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利り益やく
Meanings
Noun
1. profit; gains
2. benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)
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"
Alt. forms
利り益えき
99%
Kanji used
利
profit
益
benefit
Pitch accent
り
やく
Conjugations...Used in: 2377
Composed of
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
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 (37 in total)
It is to his advantage.
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.
In a word, he gained much profit.
At best we can only hope for a small profit.
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.
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.
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.
They obtained a yield of 8 percent on their investment.
The new road will benefit the people living in the hills.
Advances in science don't always benefit humanity.
The revenues for the first month of 2011 exceed one million yen.
The firm has made large profits from exports.
The company announced a profit of $200 million after tax.
The company's profit amounted to $250 million before tax.
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.