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利 kanji
profit, advantage, benefit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
リ
Kun readings
きく
Words with 利
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —利口ぶるto try to appear smart; to pretend to be intelligent
- —利用明細account statement
- —利益還元returning profits to customers; lowering prices to make up for profits (e.g. from exchange rate changes); distribution of profits (to staff, shareholders)
- —遅延利息late payment interest; interest on late payments; default interest; interest on overdue accounts; penalty interest
- —利殖商法fraudulent business practice of luring people into investing by promising high returns
- —利付国債interest-bearing government bonds
- —権利能力legal capacity to hold rights
- —利子所得interest income; income from interest
- —利用案内usage information; usage instructions
- —便利使いusing without consideration for others; using (another person, etc.) in a way that's convenient to oneself (but detrimental to the person, thing etc. being used); using in a reckless manner
- —利益誘導pork barreling; political patronage; handing out benefits to one's electoral district
- —単舎利別simple syrup; solution of white sugar
- —逆転勝利come-from-behind victory; comeback win
- —有効利用effective utilization; efficient use
- —利を得るto profit (e.g. from a sale); to benefit from
- —死ぬ権利right to die
- —経過利子accrued interest
- —利尿作用diuretic effect
- —利益確定profit-taking
- —愛の勝利Amor Vincit Omnia (painting by Caravaggio)