| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 働 | はたら・く | work, labor, serve |
| 働く | はたらく | to work, to labor, to serve (at), to operate |
| 働き | はたらき | work, labor, ability, action, a function |
| 労働 | ろうどう | work, (manual) labor |
| 本屋で働 | ほんやではたらく | to work at a bookshop |
| 働き者 | はたらきもの | a hard worker |
| 重労働 | じゅうろうどう | heavy labor |
| 働かせる | はたらかせる | to put someone to work, to make someone work |
| 働き盛り | はたらきざかり | prime of life |
| 共働き | ともばたらき | (husband and wife) both working, dual income |
| 労働党 | ろうどうとう | Labour Party, Labor Party |
| 労働基準法 | ろうどうきじゅんほう | Labor Standards Act |
| 労働条件 | ろうどうじょうけん | working conditions |
| 労働省 | ろうどうしょう | Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
| 労働組合 | ろうどうくみあい | labor union, labour union |
| 労働者 | ろうどうしゃ | laborer (labourer), blue-collar worker |
| 囚人労働 | しゅうじんろうどう | prison labor, prison labour, forced labor, forced labour |
| 稼働 | かどう | operation (of machine), actual work |
| 稼働率 | かどうりつ | operating ratio, rate of operation |