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► 名詞
  [(2)とく]  [得する]    meaning:  profit  rank: 1
☆ 得した気分! ⇨ I feel like I got lucky!
☆ 特売れて行ってかえって得をした ⇨ I went to a sale late and actually got a better deal

► 形容動詞
  [(2)とく]    meaning:  advantage  rank: 1
☆ いうちに買っておいたほうが得だ ⇨ We will save money if we buy them while the prices are still low
☆ 美人は得よね ⇨ Being pretty gives you all kinds of advantages

  [(2)とく]    meaning:  benefit  rank: 1
☆ ズルとしたほうが得だというのはおかしい ⇨ It is wrong when you gain more when you cheat


More examples:
  • 彼女私達のお得意様です ⇨ She is one of our best customers
  • 代替案えざるを得ない ⇨ We have no choice but to come up with an alternative plan
  • 教授められて得意満面だった ⇨ He was smiling smugly when he got praised by the professor
  • 所得税 ⇨ Income tax
  • 名乗なかったので拾得した所有権を得た ⇨ Nobody came out to claim it, so the finder gained the possession
  • ハイエナ漁夫を得ようと狙っている (ぎょふのり) ⇨ Hyenas are looking for a fisherman’s profit, windfall
  • 仕事見合っ報酬を得ているとじない ⇨ He doesn’t feel his earnings match the work he has done
  • 若者からくの支持を得ている ⇨ He receives a lot of support from young people
  • は得体がれないだ ⇨ He is impossible to figure out
  • 彼女医者免許を取得した ⇨ She obtained a medical license
  • 弁明にはく説得力がかった ⇨ His defense, excuse, was not convincing at all
  • 努力すれば結果はどうでもかしら得るものが有る ⇨ If you work hard you will gain something, whatever it is, regardless of the end result
  • どうも納得がかない ⇨ It just doesn’t make complete sense to me
  • 長年修練して得た ⇨ The skills gained by years of training
  • チームスター選手獲得にいた ⇨ The team took an action to acquire a star player