► 名詞
利益 [(1)りえき] meaning: benefit rank: 1
☆ 多くの政治家は自分の利益しか考えていない ⇨ Many politicians think only about their personal gains
利益 [(1)りえき] meaning: profit rank: 1
☆ 会社は利益を上げていない ⇨ The company is not making any profit
☆ 純利益 ⇨ Net profit
More examples:
- 昨年に対して利益は減少した ⇨ The profit has declined compared with last year
- 会社は株主に利益を配当した ⇨ The company distributed its profit to the stockholders
- 思わぬ製品が大きな利益を生んだ ⇨ The unexpected product has produced a large profit
- 特権階級のみが利益を享受している ⇨ Only the privileged are enjoying the benefits
- 彼は目先の利益しか考えない ⇨ He only thinks about the profit in front of his eyes. He doesn’t have a long-term view
- 彼は個人の利益と社会正義の間で葛藤した ⇨ He got torn between his personal gains and social justice
- 彼は他人を自分の利益のための道具に使う ⇨ He uses other people as tools for his own benefit
- どんなに祈っても御利益が無い ⇨ God won’t help me no matter how I pray
- 彼等は製品の安全性より利益を優先した ⇨ They prioritized the profit than the safety of their products
- コストの増加は利益の増加で相殺された ⇨ The cost increase has been offset by the profit increase
- 個人の利益よりも全体の利益を優先する ⇨ Prioritize the benefit of the whole over the benefits of individuals
- 全てを経費を差し引きすれば利益はゼロになる ⇨ When you subtract all the expenses the profit will be zero
- 利益が予想より低かったので手放しでは喜べない ⇨ The profit was lower than expected, so we cannot be 100% happy
- 利益を社会に還元する ⇨ Give profit back to the society
- 会社は一億円余りの利益を上げた ⇨ The company recorded a profit of about ¥10 million