| 働き蟻 | hard worker |
| 悪事を働く | to commit a crime, to do evil |
| 共働 | coaction |
| 協働 | cooperation |
| 鼻歌混じりで働く | to work while humming a tune |
| 人一倍働く | to work twice as hard as others |
| 労働相 | Minister of Labor (Labour) |
| 受働土圧係数 | coefficient of passive earth pressure |
| 主働土圧係数 | coefficient of active earth pressure |
| 労働基準法 | Labor Standards Act |
| 労働法 | labor law, labour law |
| 移民労働者 | immigrant worker |
| 家事労働 | housework |
| 外部労働市場 | external labor market, external labour market |
| 厚生労働省 | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| 船員労働委員会 | Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers |
| 外国人労働者 | foreign worker |
| 事務系労働者 | white-collar |
| 失業労働者 | unemployed labor, unemployed labour |
| 出稼ぎ労働者 | migrant worker, economic nomad |
| 奴隷労働 | slave labor, slave labour |
| 日雇い労働者 | day laborer, day labourer |
| 労働基準局 | labor standards bureau, labour standards bureau |
| 労働許可証 | work permit |
| 労働交渉 | labor negotiation, labour negotiation |
| 労働者集会 | labor rally, labour rally |
| 労働者派遣法 | Temporary Staffing Services Law |
| 労働人口 | work force |
| 労働問題 | labor problem, labour problem |
| 労働力削減 | workforce reduction |
働きすぎ 働き過ぎ | overactivity, overwork |
| 働かす | to put someone to work, to make someone work |
| 働かせる | to use, to apply, to exert |
| 働き出す | to start working, to take action |
| 裁量労働 | discretionary work (labour, labor) |
| 裁量労働制 | flexible work hours, flexi-time |
| 労働不足 | labour shortage |
| 建設労働者 | construction worker |
| 鉱山労働者 | miner |
| 工場労働者 | factory worker |
| 厚生労働大臣 | Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| 中央労働委員会 | Central Labor Relations Commission |
| 労働契約書 | labour contract (labor) |
| 労働法典 | labor code (labour) |
| 移動労働者 | itinerant laborer, migrant worker |
| 労働力不足 | labor shortage (labour) |
| 労働集約産業 | labour intensive industry |
| 労働集約 | labour intensive |