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Keyword
work
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1809
Readings
どう
(19%)
Composed of
亻
thin person
動
move
Mnemonic

Japan is a country that is known for its long and harsh working conditions, which is why the kanji for work shows a thin person who is constantly on the move. He can't stop or he'll get fired, or worse! He needs to work!

Used in vocabulary (222 in total)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
219 more...
Examples (200 in total)
I've been working since I was thirteen.
I've been working since I was fourteen years old.
I've been working since I was sixteen.
Where do you work?
How come you're still working?
You don't have to work today.
That is the shop where I used to work.
When do you work?
Is this where your mother works?
This is where my father works.
I used to work here.
I worked here.
What's the sense of working so hard?
Why do you want to work here?
Why do you work here?
People ought to work.
I'm working here now.
Are you working today?
Why are you working for him?
What are you working for?
I like working.
I worked there.
There is no need for him to work.
He hardly works.
He no longer works here.
He works hard and he is honest.
He doesn't need to work.
He is ready to work.
He works for the good of the country.
He is a really good worker.
He works for his living.
He works very hard.
It is said that he worked very hard in his younger days.
They worked to help people.
They don't work at night.
They made him work.
They require me to work harder.
There is no need for her to work.
She always works hard.
Does she work in this city?
She works hard.
She worked on behalf of her family.
I don't want to work tomorrow.
My father works here.
We work here.
We worked there.
We work for our living.
I can hardly work now.
I don't feel like working today.
I prefer working to doing nothing.
I need to work.
I started working.
I like to work.
Who is it that you're working for?
Because his father was working there.
He found it impossible to work any longer.
It's easier to have fun than to work.
No matter how tired I am, I have to work.
She only worked for the money.
We must work as long as we live.
I'll work as long as I live.
The number of working women is increasing.
He works for the sake of money.
They work as hard as ever.
He was willing to work for others.
I work eight hours every day.
He succeeded because he worked hard.
If you are to succeed, you must work harder.
He who will succeed must work hard.
That is the building where my father works.
He worked so hard that he succeeded.
I can't bear to work with him.
My wife used to stay home, but she works now.
My younger brother hates working.
They were too tired to work any more.
He wants to work in a hospital.
He wants to work at the hospital.
I want to work in a hospital.
I work in a hospital.
Have you ever visited the office where your father works?
She used to work for our company.
I work at this company.
I've been working in the same company for ten years.
Although he was tired, he would not stop working.
He was tired but worked.
In this firm, women work on equal terms with men.
I chanced to be working there.
My father lives and works in Tokyo.
You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.
This is the store where I worked.
You should have worked harder.
Are you working tonight?
Are you a student or are you working?
I work under her.
He has three sons, who work in the same office.
I've been working here since high school.
Working together, they cleaned the entire house in no time.
He objected to his wife working outside.
The difference is this: he works harder than you.
The office where my father works is near the station.
We are working in the interest of peace.
We are working for world peace.
In humans, the eyes act together with the brain.
She prodded him to work harder.
This is where my dad works.
It is too hot to work.
I work simply because I like to work.
I've been working here since I graduated from college.
I started working as soon as I graduated from college.
That's the building where my father works.
That's the building where my dad works.
He sleeps during the day and works at night.
We work by day, and rest by night.
Hi! Do you work here?
I was working last night.
They carried on working from morning till night.
I plan to work the rest of the summer.
He worked from morning till evening.
I prefer relaxing to working.
I worked as a teacher for fifteen years.
I've worked here for ten years.
You must work hard if you are to succeed.
You don't have to work so hard.
If he had worked hard at that time, he would have succeeded.
Why am I working hard?
If you are to succeed, you must work hard.
He must be tired after such hard work.
You won't succeed unless you work hard.
Work hard, and you will succeed.
Those who work hard will succeed.
If you want to succeed in life, work hard.
Up to now they have worked very hard.
You should work hard.
You must work hard in order not to fail.
He always works hard.
He worked hard. Otherwise he would have failed.
He worked hard, so that he succeeded.
He seemed to be tired from working hard.
He is a hard worker, and I'm sure that he will succeed in that new job.
He is accustomed to working hard.
He worked very hard for the sake of his family.
He worked hard in order to succeed.
He doesn't work as hard as he used to.
He commanded us to work hard.
He worked hard to earn a lot of money.
They work hard.
She is hard at work.
She worked hard in behalf of her family.
You have to work hard if you want to succeed.
Work hard so that you can succeed.
My mother worked hard in order to raise us.
I work hard at a hotel every day.
We must work hard.
I worked hard to succeed.
I prefer working hard to just sitting idle.
I worked hard all day, so I was very tired.
I am accustomed to working hard.
I want to make you work harder.
It stands to reason that he can't work hard after a long illness.
There are some people who enjoy work - in fact, they love to work.
He worked at night and slept in the daytime.
They work only during the day.
I work during the day.
There are some people who sleep in the daytime and work at night.
He works harder than I did at his age.
His family works in the fields.
They work in the fields.
He doesn't work here now, but he used to work here.
I worked on a yearly contract.
I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
Work as hard as you can.
You'll be in charge of the women working in this factory.
It is the factory, my brother works in.
I work in a factory.
I want to work in a factory.
I didn't like working at the factory, so I quit.
He has worked in this factory for 11 years.
He works in a factory.
They labored in the factories.
We work in a factory.
My father works in a factory.
My father and my brother work in this factory.
He felt tired because he had worked longer than usual.
Some people are working in the fields.
Chris can't work tomorrow.
It is through hard work that he succeeded, not through good luck.
Everyone around the area works hard.
Does she work in the kitchen?
My mother is still working in the kitchen.
Dad is a hard worker.
She worked hard to get the work done.
How hard they work!
I work hard in the garden.
He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
She works as hard as her siblings.
He is always working from morning till night.
He works a lot from morning till night.
He worked from morning till night.
They made Oshin work from morning till night.
They made him work from morning till night.