利益 – Vocabulary details

利り益えき

Meanings

Noun

1. profit; gains

利り益えきが欲ほしいなら、そのための責せき任にんも負おう。If you want profit, you must also bear the responsibility for it.

2. benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)

国くにの利り益えきだけを考かんがえて動うごく。They act with only the national interest in mind.

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

3. grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle

usu. ご〜

when read as "りやく"

Kanji used

利

profit

益

benefit

Pitch accent

り

えき

Conjugations...Used in: 2518

Composed of

利り

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

益えき

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

Used in vocabulary (33 in total)

不ふ利り益えき

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

利り益えき率りつ

profit ratio

純じゅん利り益えき

net income; net profit

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Examples (48 in total)

それは彼かれの利り益えきになる。

It is to his advantage.

自じ己この利り益えきばかり考かんがえるのはよくない。

It's not good to think only of your own interests.

一郎は利り益えきよりも友ゆう情じょうを大たい切せつにする。

Ichiro puts friendship above profit.