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Chinese
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to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
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business; occupation; study
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trad. (作業)
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作
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業
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simp. (作业)
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作
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业
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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作
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作
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作
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業
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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精 (13)
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精 (13)
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精 (13)
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疑 (31)
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Final (韻)
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模 (23)
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歌 (94)
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鐸 (103)
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業 (147)
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Tone (調)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Checked (Ø)
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Checked (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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臧祚切
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則箇切
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則落切
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魚怯切
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Baxter
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tsuH
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tsaH
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tsak
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ngjaep
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/t͡suoH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋɨɐp̚/
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Pan Wuyun
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/t͡suoH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋiɐp̚/
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Shao Rongfen
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/t͡soH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋiɐp̚/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/t͡sɔH/
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/t͡saH/
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/t͡sak̚/
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/ŋɨap̚/
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Li Rong
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/t͡soH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋiap̚/
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Wang Li
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/t͡suH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋĭɐp̚/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/t͡suoH/
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/t͡sɑH/
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/t͡sɑk̚/
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/ŋi̯ɐp̚/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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zù
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zuò
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zuo
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yè
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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zou3
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zo3
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zok3
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jip6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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作
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作
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業
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zuò
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zuò
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yè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsak ›
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‹ tsuH ›
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‹ ngjæp ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁak/
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/*ˁak-s/
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/*(r)p/
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English
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do, work
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do, work
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work (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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作
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作
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作
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業
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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1/1
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No.
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16641
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16653
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16661
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14819
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Phonetic component
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乍
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乍
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乍
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業
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Rime group
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暮
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暮
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鐸
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盍
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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佐
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作
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作
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業
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsaːɡs/
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/*ʔsaːɡs/
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/*ʔsaːɡ/
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/*ŋab/
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Notes
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祚原誤衤旁巾箱本不誤
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乍轉註字
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Noun
作業
- work; operation; task
- 道路作業/道路作业 ― dàolù zuòyè ― road work
本部刻正辦理採購作業。 [MSC, trad.]
本部刻正办理采购作业。 [MSC, simp.]- Běn bù kèzhèng bànlǐ cǎigòu zuòyè.
- Our ministry is handling the procurement.
- schoolwork; assignment; homework
- 抄作業/抄作业 ― chāo zuòyè ― to copy (someone's) homework
你喜歡邊聽音樂邊做作業嗎? [MSC, trad.]
你喜欢边听音乐边做作业吗? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ xǐhuān biān tīng yīnyuè biān zuò zuòyè ma?
- Do you listen to music while doing your homework?
- (literary) job; work; profession
行令半歲,萬民聞之,舍其作業,而為囷京以藏菽粟五穀者過半 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
行令半岁,万民闻之,舍其作业,而为囷京以藏菽粟五谷者过半 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
- xínglìng bàn suì, wànmín wén zhī, shě qí zuòyè, ér wèi qūnjīng yǐ cáng shūsù wǔgǔ zhě guò bàn
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
常有大度,不事家人生產作業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
常有大度,不事家人生产作业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Cháng yǒu dàdù, bù shì jiārén shēngchǎn zuòyè.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
今概絕之,則土貨滯積,而濱海之民半失作業。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今概绝之,则土货滞积,而滨海之民半失作业。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Qing dynasty, 方苞 (Fang Bao), 廣東副都統陳公墓誌銘
- Jīn gài jué zhī, zé tǔhuò zhìjī, ér bīnhǎi zhī mín bàn shī zuòyè.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
- (task): 任務/任务 (rènwù)
- (schoolwork): 功課/功课 (gōngkè)
Verb
作業
- to operate (a piece of machinery, etc.)
- to work in a profession
- to contribute to bad karma; to sin; to do evil
Synonyms
- (to operate): 操縱/操纵 (cāozòng), 操作 (cāozuò)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
作業 • (sagyō)
- work; operation
Derived terms
Verb
作業する • (sagyō suru) suru (stem 作業し (sagyō shi), past 作業した (sagyō shita))
- work
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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作業し
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さぎょうし
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sagyō shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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作業し
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さぎょうし
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sagyō shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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作業する
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さぎょうする
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sagyō suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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作業する
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さぎょうする
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sagyō suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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作業すれ
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さぎょうすれ
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sagyō sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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作業せよ¹ 作業しろ²
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さぎょうせよ¹ さぎょうしろ²
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sagyō seyo¹ sagyō shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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作業される
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さぎょうされる
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sagyō sareru
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Causative
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作業させる 作業さす
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さぎょうさせる さぎょうさす
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sagyō saseru sagyō sasu
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Potential
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作業できる
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さぎょうできる
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sagyō dekiru
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Volitional
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作業しよう
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さぎょうしよう
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sagyō shiyō
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Negative
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作業しない
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さぎょうしない
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sagyō shinai
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Negative continuative
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作業せず
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さぎょうせず
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sagyō sezu
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Formal
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作業します
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さぎょうします
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sagyō shimasu
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Perfective
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作業した
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さぎょうした
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sagyō shita
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Conjunctive
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作業して
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さぎょうして
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sagyō shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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作業すれば
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さぎょうすれば
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sagyō sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Korean
Noun
作業 • (jageop) (hangeul 작업)
- hanja form? of 작업 (“work; job; operation”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
作業
- chữ Hán form of tác nghiệp (“operational”).