N2906/1725

損そん得とく

nounnoun (generic)

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そんとく

Meanings

loss and gain, advantage and disadvantage

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Example sentences

彼かれは何事なにごとも損得そんとくで考かんがえる人ひとだ。

He is a person who thinks about everything in terms of gain and loss.

損得そんとく抜ぬきで友達ともだちを助たすけるべきだ。

You should help your friends regardless of personal gain or loss.

その取引とりひきの損得そんとくを慎重しんちょうに計算けいさんしてから決断けつだんした。

I made the decision after carefully calculating the advantages and disadvantages of the deal.

損得そんとく勘定かんじょうばかりする人ひとは、本当ほんとうの友情ゆうじょうを築きずけない。

A person who always calculates personal gain and loss cannot build true friendship.

ビジネスにおいては損得そんとくを明確めいかくに把握はあくすることが経営けいえいの基本きほんとされている。

In business, clearly understanding gains and losses is considered a fundamental principle of management.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)