収益|しゅうえきshuueki[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounearnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
    その投資とうしは現在げんざい6%の収益しゅうえきを彼かれにもたらしている。↗
    The investment now yields him 6%.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym売り上げうりあげNeutralThe money from selling goods; focuses on turnover. 「収益」 is the accounting term for returns and includes sales revenue among other things.
  • Synonym所得しょとくWrittenIncome, for individuals and corporations alike; tax terminology, as in 「所得税」「法人所得」. A written, formal word.
  • Synonym利益りえきNeutralProfit left after costs are deducted; also means benefit or advantage, so its range is broad.
  • Synonym売上高うりあげだかWrittenThe numerical total of sales; accounting and financial-statement vocabulary, mainly written.
  • Synonym売上金うりあげきんNeutralThe money taken in from a sale; the emphasis is on the cash itself.
  • Synonym利得りとくWrittenMaking a gain or profit; a written legal term, as in 「不当利得」 (unjust enrichment).
  • Synonym儲けもうけCasualColloquial word for profit or takings, common in speech, as in 「儲けが出る」.
  • Synonym収入しゅうにゅうNeutralIncome; the most common everyday word. Money coming in, with no costs deducted.
  • Synonym利りWrittenA written word for benefit, profit or interest; mostly in compounds and set phrases, as in 「漁夫の利」.
  • Synonym稼ぎかせぎNeutralMoney earned by working; common in speech, with a nuance of hard-won income.
  • Synonym利潤りじゅんWrittenCorporate profit; academic economics vocabulary, as in 「利潤追求」.
  • Synonym益金えききんWrittenTax-accounting term for the revenue counted under corporate tax, the opposite of 「損金」; almost never heard in daily life.
  • Synonym実入りみいりCasualIncome or takings; also how well crops have filled out. Strongly colloquial, though not especially common.
  • SynonymインカムNeutralLoanword for income, used in business and personal finance, as in 「パッシブインカム」.
  • SynonymプロフィットNeutralLoanword for profit; business jargon, rare in everyday use.
  • Synonym稼ぎ高かせぎだかCasualColloquial word for the total amount earned; stresses the quantity. 「収益」 leans toward corporate accounting.
  • Antonym損失そんしつWrittenLoss; a formal word. A company earning 「収益」 can still post losses, so not a direct antonym.
  • Antonym赤字あかじNeutralBeing in the red, spending exceeding income. A profit-and-loss concept, so not a direct antonym of 「収益」.

Use 「収益」 for the returns a company or investment generates, as in 「収益を上げる」. For sales or turnover pick 「売り上げ」; for profit after costs, 「利益」; for income, 「収入」 or 「所得」; for profit in casual talk, 「儲け」. Most others are field-specific: 「売上高」 and 「売上金」 for sales figures and money, 「利得」「利潤」「益金」 in legal, economic and tax writing, 「インカム」「プロフィット」 in business contexts. 「稼ぎ」 and 「実入り」 are casual words for earnings. 「損失」 and 「赤字」 concern losses, not direct opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある一定期間いっていきかんの、企業きぎょうの経営けいえい活動かつどうなどによって、その企業きぎょうに帰属きぞくすることとなった経済的けいざいてき価値かち。企業きぎょうから離脱りだつした費用ひようとの比較ひかくによって、損益そんえきが計算けいさんされる。
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