得 (とく) Japanese meaning

得 (とく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Kanji

得gain, get, find

Related words· 7

利り益えきN2sense 1
利益 is a more concrete, businesslike word for profit or earnings, while 得 is broader and covers everyday advantage or good value.
お得とく sense 1
お得 is the common, polite everyday form used for 'a good deal' in shopping and ads, while 得 alone is more general and can sound plainer.
有ゆう利りN3sense 1
有利 means 'advantageous' in a broader situational sense (position, conditions), while 得 focuses more narrowly on personal profit or gain.
利り
得 is a casual, everyday word for a personal gain or bargain, whereas 利 is more formal and often used in economic or abstract contexts.

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益えき
得 emphasizes personal advantage or gain in a casual, practical sense (得をする), whereas 益 is a more neutral term for benefit that can apply to abstract or collective advantage.
実じつ利り
得 is a casual, everyday word for a gain or advantage, while 実利 is more formal and emphasizes tangible practical benefit.
割わりN1
得 is the general word for 'profit' or 'gain', while 割り (as in 割に合う) specifically judges whether an effort is worth its cost.

Opposites

損そんN3sense 1
損 means a loss or disadvantage, the direct opposite of 得's meaning of profit or benefit, as in 損か得か.
失しつ
得 means a gain or profit, while 失 means a loss or disadvantage, forming the classic pair seen in 一得一失.

Don't confuse with

徳とく sense 1
徳 is pronounced the same as 得 but means 'virtue' or 'moral merit', a completely different concept from 得's sense of profit or advantage.

Word family· 64

取しゅ得とくN1
acquisition; obtaining; getting
納なっ得とくN3
consent; agreement; acceptance · understanding; being convinced; satisfaction with an explanation
獲かく得とくN1
acquisition; obtaining; securing

Written forms

得とくUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling for the sense of profit, advantage, or benefit; also the headword for the Buddhist technical sense.
トクUsage11%
徳とく
The profit/advantage sense is also written 徳. In modern Japanese, 徳 more commonly means 'virtue', so 得 is the safer spelling for this word.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese reading とく of 得, a character associated with obtaining or gaining. The Buddhist sense is a specialized technical use connected with spiritual attainment.

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Expressions· 12