得する|とくするtokusuru[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto make a profit
    私わたしたちはお金かねを得とくするために働はたらく。↗
    We work to get money.
Conjugation
Dictionary form得する(とくする)
Polite (masu)得します(とくします)
Negative (nai)得しない(とくしない)
polite (masen)得しません(とくしません)
classical zu / nu得せず・得せぬ(とくせず・とくせぬ)
Past (ta)得した(とくした)
polite (mashita)得しました(とくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)得しなかった(とくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)得しませんでした(とくしませんでした)
Te form得して(とくして)
Potential得できる(とくできる)
Passive得される(とくされる)
Causative得させる(とくさせる)
Causative passive得させられる(とくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)得すれば(とくすれば)
tara得したら(とくしたら)
Volitional得しよう(とくしよう)
polite (mashou)得しましょう(とくしましょう)
Imperative得しろ(とくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym儲かるもうかるCasualColloquial verb meaning to make money or gain a profit; it focuses on monetary returns, while 「得する」 broadly means gaining an advantage, not only money.
  • Synonym儲けるもうけるNeutralNeutral transitive verb for making money, stressing the active side of earning; it can also mean to have a child.
  • Synonym利得りとくWrittenWritten noun meaning profit or gain; used mainly in legal and electrical terminology.
  • Synonym利するりするWrittenWritten/formal verb meaning to benefit or be advantageous to someone or something, or to make use of something; often in the pattern 「敵を利する」.
  • Antonym損するそんするCasualColloquial antonym: to lose out or suffer a loss; it stands opposite 「得する」, which is about gaining an advantage.

Use 「得する」 for gaining an advantage or getting a good deal, not just money; it is common in speech, as in 「早起きすると得する」. For making money say 「儲かる」 or 「儲ける」, for benefiting someone 「利する」; the opposite is 「損する」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 利益りえきを得うる。
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