Illustration: Inside a neighborhood laundry, an automatic towel-folding machine is fully at work. A towel enters between turning rollers, another is midway through the folding mechanism, and a neatly folded towel emerges onto a growing stack.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

稼か働どう

kadou

to operate, to run

Used for machinery, facilities and systems. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

エンジンはフル稼働かどうしている。
The engine is running at full power.
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工場こうじょうはフル稼働かどうしてますよ。
Our factories are working at full capacity.
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ソーラーパネルは夜間やかんは稼働かどうしません。
Solar panels don’t work at night.
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Kanji in 稼働

稼earnings; workOnカKunかせぐ
働work; (kokuji)OnドウKunはたらく

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