"ワーク" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠ːkɯ̟] Forms: wāku [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English work. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|work}} English work Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ワーク • (wāku)
  1. (mostly in compounds) work Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-ワーク-ja-noun-AOE-169V
  2. (education) Short for ワークブック (wākubukku, “workbook”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: ワークブック (extra: wākubukku, “workbook”)
    Sense id: en-ワーク-ja-noun-PBK~ki-r Categories (other): Education, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 仕事 (shigoto) (ruby: (), (ごと)), 作業 (sagyō) (ruby: (), (ぎょう))
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