只働き

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ただ
Jinmeiyō
はたら > ばたら
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
ただ働き

Etymology

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Compound of (tada, for free) +‎ 働き (hataraki, noun stem of verb hataraku, “to work”).[1][2] The hataraki changes to bataraki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ただ)(ばたら) (tadabataraki

  1. work done for free, unpaid work, uncompensated work
  2. work done in vain, work with no favorable end result

Synonyms

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Verb

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(ただ)(ばたら)する (tadabataraki surusuru (stem (ただ)(ばたら) (tadabataraki shi), past (ただ)(ばたら)した (tadabataraki shita))

  1. to work for free, to work without pay or other compensation
  2. to work in vain, to work with no favorable end result

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN