as hard as one can; to the best of one's ability

to compensate, make up for / to recompense, atone for

(archaic, now nonstandard) Same as つぐなう (tsugunau) above / (archaic, obsolete) to use, utilize

(dialectal) to compensate

failure, miscarriage / mistake, fault, error

fail / make a mistake

to work at a job, to labour / to work properly, to operate, to function; to carry out one's function, to be effective, to come into play / to perpetrate or commit a crime

Alternative spelling of 只働き

Alternative spelling of 只働き

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend