働き (Hataraki) is a Japanese noun meaning “work, labor, labour, achievement”.
Meanings
- nounwork; labor; labour
- nounachievement; performance; ability; talent
- nounsalary; income; earnings
- nounaction; activity; workings; function; operation; movement
- nounconjugation; inflectionalso written as 活
Examples
彼は頭の働きが早い。
He has a nimble mind.
働きに応じて支払われます。
You will be paid according to your work.
彼の頭脳の働きは活発だった。
The functions of his brain were very active.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).