godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to work together; to strive together; to form a tag team [literal]

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

noun:

• outstanding work of calligraphy

noun:

• publicly predicting the future developments of a creative work (making it difficult for the creator to use those ideas) - slang ➜ ねた

noun:

• work clothes

noun:

• blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• work hours

noun:

• odd but somehow interesting work of art - pun on 名作 - humorous term ➜ 名作

noun:

• amount of work; extent of labor (involved in ..., accomplished, etc.)

expression:

• thank you for all your hard work

noun:

• poor work; humble reference to one's own work - humble language

noun / ~する noun:

• joint work; collaboration

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust [literal] - idiom ➜ 身を粉にする【みをこにする】

noun:

• period of work; period of service; tour of duty

noun:

• welfare work

noun:

• work or vocational center (centre)

noun:

• work using the hands; handwork ［手業］
• hand throwing technique (judo) - usu. 手技 - Martial Arts term

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• giving one's family life priority over one's work

noun:

• hard work; rough physical labour ➜ あらしごと

noun:

• lattice work

noun:

• backbreaking work

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom - obscure term ➜ 猿袴