儲け・儲|もうけmouke[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounprofit; earnings
   多おおくのギャンブラーは競馬けいばでお金かねを儲もうけもし、失うしないもする。↗

   Many gamblers win and lose money at the horse-race track.
2. nounstroke of luck

• Synonym利益りえきNeutralMeans profit but also benefits and interests in general; 「儲け」 is the everyday word for money made or a windfall.
• Synonym利潤りじゅんWrittenThe balance left when expenses are subtracted from revenue in economic activity; an economics and accounting term, while 「儲け」 is the more everyday word for profit.
• Synonym利得りとくWrittenGain or profit obtained, and also the amplification of an electric circuit; 「儲け」 is the everyday word for profit and is not used for circuit gain.
• Synonym収益しゅうえきWrittenEconomic value accruing to a company from its operations, compared with expenses to work out profit or loss; 「儲け」 typically focuses on the profit made.
• Related利りWrittenBenefit, advantage or interest, as in 「地の利」; 「儲け」 centers on money made or a windfall and does not cover geographic advantage.
• Related益金えききんWrittenThe amount of profit a company or business earns; a written term. In everyday talk about money made, 「儲け」 is the usual word.
• RelatedプラスNeutralAddition or a positive number, and by extension a benefit or surplus; 「儲け」 is about money made or a windfall, not positives in general.
• Related所得しょとくWrittenMoney obtained from labor, business, assets and the like; frequent in tax contexts. 「儲け」 is about profit made, not income in general.
• Related益えきWrittenBenefit or usefulness, also profit; a written term. 「儲け」 centers on money made, not on being useful to society.
• RelatedゲインNeutralCan mean profit, but in electronics it is the gain of a circuit; a technical term. Use 「儲け」 for everyday profit, not for circuit gain.
• RelatedプロフィットNeutralA loanword way of saying profit or earnings, common in business language; for everyday talk about money made, 「儲け」 is the usual choice.
• Related得分とくぶんNeutralAn older word for profit or for one's share of something; use 「儲け」 for everyday profit and 「取り分」 for one's due share.
• Antonym損そんNeutralLoss or disadvantage, also wasted effort; opposed to 「儲け」 as losing money is to gaining it.
• Antonym赤字あかじNeutralBeing in the red, with expenses exceeding income — the opposite of profitable 「儲け」; also means red writing or a teacher's corrections.

Use 「儲け」 for everyday talk about profit or money made, as in 「儲けが出る」 and 「大儲け」. For formal profit use 「利益」 or 「利潤」; for a company's earnings, 「収益」; for losses, 「損」 or 「赤字」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 得えた富とみ。利益りえき。