noun:

• repair work

noun:

• work permit

noun:

• discretionary work (labour, labor)

noun:

• people who study or work while listening to the radio (or watching television, etc.)

noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

godan ~る verb:

• to work without sleep or rest - after Yukio Edano, Chief Cabinet Secretary during the 2011 earthquake - slang

noun:

• mediocre work; poor work

noun:

• work hakama ➜ 袴

noun:

• bell signalling that work, class, etc. has formally begun ➜ 予鈴

noun:

• running a start-up company after work or on weekends

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

expression / ichidan verb:

• to work hard; to make an effort

noun / ~する noun:

• work after retirement age; work to supplement an insufficient pension - slang

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with
• to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

noun:

• construction work

noun:

• flexible work hours; flexi-time

noun / ~する noun:

• absence from work without permission

noun:

• philanthropic work; charitable enterprise

noun:

• work party

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out

noun:

• relief (aid) work

noun:

• work hakama for use in the snow ➜ 山袴

noun:

• the work of man

noun:

• clothes for doing farm work or working in fields

noun:

• absence from work (school) due to mourning