所得|しょとくshotoku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounincome; earnings
    給与きゅうよが増ふえるに比例ひれいして、所得税率しょとくぜいりつもあがっていく。↗
    The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym収入しゅうにゅうNeutralRefers to money coming in, as in 「月収入」; stresses the total flowing in, while 「所得」 is the tax figure left after deducting expenses.
  • Synonym稼ぎかせぎCasualColloquial word for money earned by working, as in 「稼ぎがいい」; leans toward earnings from labour, while 「所得」 is a tax and statistics term.
  • Synonym実入りみいりNeutralCovers income taken in and also crop harvests; stresses what you actually take home, while 「所得」 is the formal term.
  • Synonym収益しゅうえきNeutralRevenue from business activity, not necessarily net of expenses, as in 「収益を上げる」; 「所得」 is what remains after costs are deducted.
  • SynonymインカムNeutralLoanword for income, as in 「インカムゲイン」; leans toward investment terminology.
  • Related儲けもうけNeutralMeans profit or gain, as in 「儲けが出る」; the money made in business, whereas 「所得」 centres on personal income.
  • Related利りWrittenWritten/formal: benefit or advantage, mostly in compounds like 「利息」; 「所得」 refers specifically to income.
  • Related利益りえきNeutralMeans profit or gain, as in 「利益を上げる」; typically a company's earnings, while 「所得」 usually refers to personal income.
  • RelatedあがりCasualTakings from a business or a harvest, as in 「店の上がり」; colloquial, while 「所得」 is the formal term.
  • Related純益じゅんえきWrittenWritten/formal: net profit left after all costs and taxes are deducted; an accounting term whose subject is usually a company.
  • Related利得りとくWrittenWritten/formal: gains obtained; leans toward legal and economic usage, and also means amplification in electric circuits.
  • Related益金えききんWrittenWritten accounting term for profits a business makes; in corporate-tax calculations it is the revenue side, from which 「損金」 is deducted to reach taxable income.
  • Related利潤りじゅんWrittenWritten/formal: profit, as in 「利潤追求」; leans toward economics, with companies as the subject.
  • RelatedプロフィットNeutralLoanword for profit; leans toward business use, while 「所得」 covers personal or national income.
  • Related純利じゅんりWrittenWritten/formal: net profit; synonymous with 「純利益」, and usually about companies.
  • Related稼ぎ高かせぎだかNeutralThe total amount earned; rare in actual use — in speech people say 「稼ぎ」.
  • Related純利益じゅんりえきWrittenWritten/formal: net profit; a financial-statement term whose subject is a company.
  • Related純収益じゅんしゅうえきWrittenWritten/formal: net earnings; leans toward accounting, with companies or investments as the subject.
  • Antonym支出ししゅつNeutralAntonym: money paid out for a purpose, the counterpart of income and 「所得」.

「所得」 is income left after expenses are deducted, used mainly in tax and statistics contexts, as in 「所得税」 and 「国民所得」. For income in general say 「収入」; in speech, 「稼ぎ」; for company profits, 「利益」; for business revenue, 「収益」. The opposite is 「支出」. The remaining words are narrower or specialist: net-profit terms like 「純利益」, accounting terms like 「益金」, and economics terms like 「利潤」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんのものになった品物しなもの・金銭きんせんや利益りえき・収入しゅうにゅう。
  2. 一定いっていの期間きかんの勤労きんろう・事業じぎょう・資産しさんなどから得えた金額きんがくから、必要ひつような経費けいひを引ひいた残金ざんきん。
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