How to say "profit" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 利益りえきnounThe everyday word for profit in the financial sense: the gain a company or business makes, as shown in reports and accounts. Choose this for accounting profit or gains.
- 得とくna-adjective, nounProfit here means personal advantage or benefit rather than money on a balance sheet: use it when something leaves you better off, such as saving money or getting a good deal.
- 儲けるもうけるichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb sense of 'profit': to make or earn money, usually through business or a deal. Use it for the act of gaining, not the profit figure itself.
- 儲けもうけnounThe noun for profit or earnings you make from a venture or deal; think of the money gained rather than 利益 as the accounting figure.
- 採算さいさんnounA marginal match: this word is about profitability — whether a business or venture pays — rather than profit as money earned, so it is seldom the word you want for 'profit' itself.
Use 利益 for profit in the financial or accounting sense, 得 for personal advantage or benefit, 「儲ける」 for the act of making money, 「儲け」 for money earned, and 採算 only for profitability rather than profit itself.
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Japanese equivalents
- 利益りえきprofit
- 得とくprofit
- 儲けるもうけるto profit
- 儲けもうけprofit
- 採算さいさんprofit
- 利りadvantage
- 利潤りじゅんprofit
- 益金えききんprofit
- 利得りとくgain
- プロフィットprofit
- 利するりするto profit
- 得分とくぶんprofit
- 利を得るりをえるto profit (e.g. from a sale)
- 便益べんえきconvenience
- 取り得とりどくgain
- 裨益ひえきbenefit
- 得をするとくをするto benefit
- 実利じつりutility
- 潤ううるおうto profit (from)
- 益えきprofit
- 潤すうるおすto profit
- 果実かじつfruits
- 潤いうるおいfinancial leeway
- 妙味みょうみadvantage
- あがりincome
- 徳とくprofit
- 割りわり(comparative) profit
- プラスprofit
- リターンreturn
- 旨みうまみprofit
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