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働かせる はたらかせる

  1. to make someone work; to put someone to work
  2. to apply; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.); to exert; to use

勘を働かせる かんをはたらかせる

  1. to use one's head; to use one's instinct; to use one's intuition

頭を働かせる あたまをはたらかせる

  1. to exercise one's brains; to think; to use one's head
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