稼かせぐ

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

earn income; make money

The core modern use: to earn money or income through work, business, or other activity. Common with お金, 生活費, 給料, and specific amounts.

• アルバイトで月つきに十じゅう万まん円えんを稼かせいでいる。

  I earn 100,000 yen a month from my part-time job.

• 彼かの女じょは自じ分ぶんで生せい活かつ費ひを稼かせいでいる。

  She earns her own living expenses.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

score points; gain a win or result

Extended use for accumulating points, goals, wins, or other measurable results, especially in sports, games, and performance contexts.

• 前ぜん半はんだけで三さん点てんを稼かせいだ。

  They scored three points in the first half alone.

• この選せん手しゅは毎まい試し合あい確かく実じつに得とく点てんを稼かせぐ。

  This player reliably scores points in every game.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

gain time; play for time

Common fixed-like extension in 時間を稼ぐ, meaning to buy time or delay matters so that more time becomes available.

• 救きゅう助じょ隊たいが来くるまで、何なんとか時じ間かんを稼かせいだ。

  We somehow bought time until the rescue team arrived.

• 彼かれは質しつ問もんに長ながく答こたえて時じ間かんを稼かせいだ。

  He gave a long answer to the question to play for time.

godan verb (-gu), intransitive verb

work hard; labor; toil

Intransitive use meaning to work hard at one's job. It often overlaps with the idea of earning money, but the focus is on laboring or working energetically rather than on a direct object earned.

• 若わかいころは寝ねる間まも惜おしんで稼かせいだ。

  When I was young, I worked so hard I barely took time to sleep.

• 父ちちは家か族ぞくのために朝あさから晩ばんまで稼かせいだ。

  My father worked from morning to night for his family.