Hatarakikakeru

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働きかける (Hatarakikakeru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to work on (someone), to appeal to, to make approaches to, to pressure”.

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to pressure; to exert influence on; to seek action from
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto begin to work

Examples

  • He must be worked upon so that his feeling may be made to change.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 働きかける

work

Related words

to workto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)subsection headto startto go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)to (happen to) seechanceto chaseclueto be caught into address (someone)