稼ぐ|かせぐkasegu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto earn (income); to make (money)
   私は自分じぶんの生活費せいかつひを稼かせがなくてはならない。↗

   I've got to earn my own living.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
3. godan verb, intransitive verbto work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

• Synonym儲けるもうけるNeutralFocuses on making a profit, the result of gaining money, as in 「株で儲ける」 or 「商売で儲ける」; 「稼ぐ」 stresses earning through labor or effort.
• Related勝ち取るかちとるNeutralMeans winning victory, rights, or prize money through competition or effort, e.g. 「賞金を勝ち取る」; 「稼ぐ」 is about steadily earning money through work.
• RelatedつかむNeutralMeans to grasp, figuratively seizing chances or hearts, as in 「チャンスを掴む」; it is not tied to money, while 「稼ぐ」 usually takes money, points, or time.
• Antonym損するそんするNeutralMeans to lose money or suffer a loss, and by extension to miss chances or waste effort; it is the opposite of 「稼ぐ」 in the sense of gaining money.
• Antonym失ううしなうNeutralMeans losing something you have or missing an opportunity, not limited to money; it stands opposite to 「稼ぐ」 as a matter of gaining versus losing.

Use 「稼ぐ」 for earning money through work or gaining points and time. For making a profit say 「儲ける」, for seizing a chance 「掴む」; the opposite of gaining is 「損する」.

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1. 働はたらいて収入しゅうにゅうを得うる。（文脈ぶんみゃくにより）多おおく得うる。
2. 点数てんすう・得点とくてんなどを得うる。（文脈ぶんみゃくにより）多おおく得うる。
3. （「点数てんすうを稼かせぐ」「ポイントを稼かせぐ」などの形かたちで）自分じぶんが有利ゆうりになるような行動こうどうを取とる。
4. （「時間じかんを稼かせぐ」などの形かたちで）有利ゆうりな状態じょうたいになるまで何なんもせず時間じかんが経過けいかするのを待まつ。時間じかんを引き延ひきのばす。