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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

働はたらかせる

hatarakaseru

to make someone work

Example sentences

彼かれらは彼かれを働はたらかせた。
They made him work.
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彼かれらは私わたしたちを１日中にちじゅう働はたらかせた。
They made us work all day long.
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上司じょうしは私わたしを先週せんしゅうの日曜日にちようびに働はたらかせた。
My boss made me work last Sunday.
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Kanji in 働

働work; (kokuji)OnドウKunはたらく

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