儲ける|もうけるmoukeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto profit; to get; to earn; to gain
    ここに先物取引さきものとりひきで儲もうけた方かたいらっしゃいますか?↗
    Has anybody here made a profit in futures trading?
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verbto have (bear, beget) a child
  3. 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.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive儲けるもうける⇄intransitive儲かるもうかる
店みせが儲もうかる
金かねを儲もうける
儲かる focuses on the store or business becoming profitable (店が儲かる), while 儲ける focuses on the act of earning money (金を儲ける).

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 利益りえきを得うる。
  2. 好評こうひょうを得うる、ほめられる。
  3. 有利ゆうりな立場たちばに立たつ。
  4. 子こを得うる。
Kanji in this word
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