► 名詞
得 [(2)とく] [得する] meaning: profit rank: 1
☆ 得した気分！ ⇨ I feel like I got lucky!
☆ 特売に遅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
得 [(2)とく] meaning: advantage rank: 1
☆ 安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
得 [(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:
- 彼は奥さんに花を贈って得点を稼いだ ⇨ He scored points by gifting flowers to his wife
- 彼は大学の奨学金を得た ⇨ He won scholarship for college
- そんな事は有り得ない ⇨ That is impossible. That will never happen
- 彼は所得を申告した ⇨ He declared his income
- チームはスター選手の獲得に向けて動いた ⇨ The team made a move to acquire the start player
- この国では消費税が高いが、その代わり所得税が低い ⇨ The consumption tax is high in this country, but the income tax is low instead
- かくなる上はやむを得まい ⇨ We have no other choice under these circumstances
- 執念が実って彼は四度目のオリンピックで遂に金メダルを獲得した ⇨ His tenacity bore fruit when he finally won a gold medal at his forth Olympics
- 彼は運動が得意だ ⇨ He is good at sports
- 長年修練して得た技 ⇨ The skills gained by years of training
- この技の習得にはかなり時間が掛かる ⇨ It takes a while to master this skill
- 病原菌が抗生物質に耐性を得て来ている ⇨ Pathogens are gaining resistance against antibiotics
- 彼等は試合開始30秒後に得点した ⇨ They scored 30 seconds after the game began
- 彼等は戦って自由を勝ち得た ⇨ They fought and won their freedom
- それは十分起こり得る事だ ⇨ That is very possible to happen