もうける – Vocabulary details

もうける

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to profit; to get; to earn; to gain

あの金かねは俺おれたちが商しょう売ばいして儲もうけたもんだ。That money is what we earned through our business.

2. to have (bear, beget) a child

二ふた人りは結けっ婚こんして、三さん人にんの子こ供どもを儲もうけた。The two of them got married and had three children.

3. to have a stroke of luck

急きゅうに休やすみになって、儲もうけた気き分ぶんだ。I suddenly got a day off, and I feel like I struck it lucky.

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たくさんお金かねをもうけたい。

I want to earn a lot of money.

二ふた人りは結けっ婚こんして、三さん人にんの子こ供どもをもうけた。

The two of them got married and had three children.

急きゅうに休やすみになって、もうけた気き分ぶんだ。

I suddenly got a day off, and I feel like I struck it lucky.

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