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得とく
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Meanings
Na-adjective
Noun
1. profit; advantage; benefit; gain (also written as 徳)
2. rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
Kanji used
得gain
Pitch accent
とく
Used in vocabulary
買かい得どく
bargain; good buy
Noun
勝かち得どく
win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament
Noun
一いっ挙きょ両りょう得とく
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
Noun
取とり得どく
gain; profit
Noun
不ふ得とく要よう領りょう
vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point
Na-adjective
欲よく得とくずく
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
Noun
欲よく得とく尽づく
carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
Noun
負まけ得どく
loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament
Noun
愚ぐ者しゃ一いっ得とく
even a fool may sometimes give good counsel
Expression
不ふ可か得とく
the unobtainable (that which cannot be known)
Noun
生せい得とく観かん念ねん
innate idea; innate ideas
Noun
高こう所しょ得とく者しゃ
high-income earner
Noun
Examples12
It pays to be polite.
One man's gain is another man's loss.
It's to your advantage to learn everything you can.
Keep your purse and your mouth closed.
He has an optimistic turn of mind.
It pays in the long run to buy goods of high quality.