働かせる

verb (ichidan)はたらかせる · hatarakaseru

1. Englishto put someone to work; to make someone work

   • 課長は私を奴隷のように働かせた。The section chief made me work like a slave.

2. Englishto use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)

   • 想像力を働かせた。I used my imagination.

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