| Word | Reading | Meaning |
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| 働き | はたらき | work, workings, activity, ability, talent, function, labor, labour, action, operation, movement, motion, conjugation, inflection, achievement |
| 労働 | ろうどう | manual labor, manual labour, toil, work |
| 労働者 | ろうどうしゃ | laborer (labourer), blue-collar worker |
| 労働省 | ろうどうしょう | Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
| 労働党 | ろうどうとう | Labour Party, Labor Party |
| 労働組合 | ろうどうくみあい | labor union, labour union |
| 労働条件 | ろうどうじょうけん | working conditions |
| 稼働 | かどう | operation (of machine), actual work |
| 共働き | ともばたらき | (husband and wife) both working, dual income |
| 働かせる | はたらかせる | to put someone to work, to make someone work |
