Keyword
benefit
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig2026
Readings
えき
(53%)
やく
(36%)
よう
(4%)
ます
(4%)
Composed of
antlers on a wall
short legs
dish
Used in kanji (4 in total)
overflow
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laughing
Used in vocabulary (149 in total)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Examples (72 in total)
It is to his advantage.
At best we can only hope for a small profit.
He always puts himself first.
He derived great benefit from the book.
He would do anything for gain.
He is acting on his own behalf.
I profited 200,000 yen yesterday.
I made a good profit by selling my car.
In a word, he gained much profit.
Ichiro puts friendship above profit.
He derived a lot of profit from the enterprise.
I could not resist the lure of great profits.
The profit will amount to three million dollars.
Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
You will derive great benefits from learning English.
She benefited from the sound investment.
It is certain that he helped them for his own benefit.
He made a profit of ten thousand dollars on the sale.
It is from advertising that a newspaper earns most of its profits.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
Your comments were always very helpful to me.
He will give you some good advice on this matter.
That's not a useful piece of information.
He has given us useful knowledge.
She thanked him for his helpful advice.
Sunshine is beneficial to plants.
It was of great benefit to me.
The horse is a useful animal.
From my point of view, cars do more harm than good.
They allotted the profits fairly.
This new investment will multiply our profit.
Robert got a small proportion of the profit.
The firm has made large profits from exports.
His company makes profits from car exports.
We must always consider the public interest.
Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
I am not interested in material gain.
I'm not interested in material gains.
We shared the profit among us all.
The company's profits soared.
Worms are sometimes beneficial to soil.
Your year-long stay in Germany was very beneficial, wasn't it?
Our interests clash with theirs.
He gave them the benefit of his insight.
She gave them the benefit of her insight.
The return on the investment will be high.
They obtained a yield of 8 percent on their investment.
The new road will benefit the people living in the hills.
He claimed his share of the profits.
He's not my boyfriend, it's just platonic love with benefits!
I split the profits with my cousin.
Will it do me any good to try to persuade him now?
The new discovery proved useful to science.
The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
Edison invented many useful things.
Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
Many advantages accrue to society from the freedom of speech.
Stock investments do not always yield profit.
Travel agencies' profits soared.
I profited from reading this book.
Net profit for the last three months is a new record high!
Net-profit comes to 10 million dollars every year.
The company's profitability improved.
It takes time to monetize.
The company's profit amounted to $250 million before tax.
The company announced a profit of $200 million after tax.
We expect rapid growth of the utilities sector.
The deterioration of corporate earnings has yet to bottom out.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
Corporate earnings for the first quarter were disappointing.
Investing abroad on your national currency basis will not always be profitable.