儲ける|もうけるmoukeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto profit; to get; to earn; to gain
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto have (bear, beget) a child
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto have a stroke of luck
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 儲ける(もうける) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 儲けます(もうけます) |
| Negative (nai) | 儲けない(もうけない) |
| polite (masen) | 儲けません(もうけません) |
| classical zu / nu | 儲けず・儲けぬ(もうけず・もうけぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 儲けた(もうけた) |
| polite (mashita) | 儲けました(もうけました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 儲けなかった(もうけなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 儲けませんでした(もうけませんでした) |
| Te form | 儲けて(もうけて) |
| Potential | 儲けられる(もうけられる) |
| Passive | 儲けられる(もうけられる) |
| Causative | 儲けさせる(もうけさせる) |
| Causative passive | 儲けさせられる(もうけさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 儲ければ(もうければ) |
| tara | 儲けたら(もうけたら) |
| Volitional | 儲けよう(もうけよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 儲けましょう(もうけましょう) |
| Imperative | 儲けろ(もうけろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
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- Synonym稼ぐかせぐNeutralEarning money through your own labor, as in 「バイトで稼ぐ」, with the emphasis on the effort involved; 「儲ける」 centers on making a profit.
- Synonym儲かるもうかるNeutralIntransitive: a business or venture turns a profit, as in 「商売が儲かる」; 「儲ける」 is transitive.
- Synonym得するとくするNeutralComing out ahead or getting a bargain — often colloquial; the gain is relative, measured against the alternative.
- Related利するりするWrittenWritten/formal prose for profiting or making something advantageous, as in 「敵を利する」.
- Antonym損するそんするNeutralSuffering a loss or losing out — the opposite of the money-making 「儲ける」.
Use 「儲ける」 for profiting on a deal or venture, as in 「株で儲ける」. For earning money by working, pick 「稼ぐ」; for a business being profitable, 「儲かる」; for gaining an advantage, 「得する」. 「損する」 is the opposite: losing out.
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