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利り益えき
Meanings
Noun
1. profit; gains
If you want profit, you must also bear the responsibility for it.
2. benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)
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
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Conjugations...Used in: 2518
Composed of
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
profit ratio
net income; net profit
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Examples (48 in total)
It is to his advantage.
It's not good to think only of your own interests.
Ichiro puts friendship above profit.
I could not resist the lure of great profits.
The profit will amount to three million dollars.
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.
Big companies are siphoning off profits from their subcontractors.
They act with only the national interest in mind.
In a word, he gained much profit.
The one who makes a profit wins.
At best we can only hope for a small profit.
They obtained a yield of 8 percent on their investment.
You will derive great benefits from learning English.
Robert got a small proportion of the profit.
I am not interested in material gain.
Heavy industry always benefits from war.
Many advantages accrue to society from the freedom of speech.
Stock investments do not always yield profit.
Well, we can't make a living unless we turn a profit.
He derived great benefit from the book.
I made a good profit by selling my car.
He would do anything for gain.
I profited 200,000 yen yesterday.
If you want profit, you must also bear the responsibility for it.
It isn't something that benefits any one particular person.
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.
We must always consider the public interest.
This new investment will multiply our profit.
The new road will benefit the people living in the hills.
Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
With technology of this magnitude, one could generate tremendous profits if it were monopolized.
He made a profit of ten thousand dollars on the sale.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
The firm has made large profits from exports.
Fighting here won't do either of us any good.
The company announced a profit of $200 million after tax.
The company's profit amounted to $250 million before tax.
Our nation will enter this war to protect its own interests.
He gave them the benefit of his insight.
The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.
Investing abroad on your national currency basis will not always be profitable.