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利り益やく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. profit; gains
2. benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
3. grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle
when read as "りやく"
Alt. forms
利り益えき
99%
Kanji used
利
profit
益
benefit
Pitch accent
り
やく
Conjugations...Used in: 2253
Composed of
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
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Examples (34 in total)
It is to his advantage.
I could not resist the lure of great profits.
They allotted the profits fairly.
We shared the profit among us all.
The company's profits soared.
Our interests clash with theirs.
He claimed his share of the profits.
I split the profits with my cousin.
At best we can only hope for a small profit.
In a word, he gained much profit.
You will derive great benefits from learning English.
Robert got a small proportion of the profit.
Many advantages accrue to society from the freedom of speech.
Stock investments do not always yield profit.
He derived great benefit from the book.
I made a good profit by selling my car.
He always puts himself first.
He derived a lot of profit from the enterprise.
She benefited from the sound investment.
It is from advertising that a newspaper earns most of its profits.
This new investment will multiply our profit.
We must always consider the public interest.
The new road will benefit the people living in the hills.
Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
The firm has made large profits from exports.
The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
He gave them the benefit of his insight.
Investing abroad on your national currency basis will not always be profitable.
Ichiro puts friendship above profit.
The profit will amount to three million dollars.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
I profited 200,000 yen yesterday.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
The company's profit amounted to $250 million before tax.