[はたらく, hataraku](v5k, vi) (1) to work; to labor; to labour; (2) to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; (3) to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; (4) { ling } to be conjugated; (P)#5440[Add to Longdo]
[こつこつはたらく(こつこつ働く);コツコツはたらく(コツコツ働く), kotsukotsuhataraku ( kotsukotsu hataraku ); kotsukotsu hataraku ( kotsukotsu hatara](exp, v5k) to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away[Add to Longdo]