損得 (sontoku)
loss and gain,advantage and disadvantage
- JLPT N2
- Pitch 1
- #42026 most frequent
Meaning
損得 (そんとく, sontoku) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “loss and gain,advantage and disadvantage”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
損得抜きで一緒に仕事しよう
Let's work together without thinking about profits or losses.
損得とんとんだ.
The profits and losses even out.
損得なしにしよう。
Let's make it a fair trade.
損得などどうでも構わん.
I don't give a damn whether I gain or lose.
双方損得なしで終わった.
They finished by breaking even.
彼らは損得を離れて助け合っている.
They help each other regardless of gain.
あの男はちゃんと損得勘定をしている.
That man knows where his interests lie.
損得を度外視してこの仕事をやりとげたい.
Regardless of profit or loss, I would like to see this job through to the end.
損得関係なく商取引において、景気付けの縁起担ぎとして、一年の始まりなどに高値で取引する事を指す。
This term is used to describe the high prices caused by people making deals with no regard for profit or loss for good luck on the first business day of the New Year.
（それまで松次郎はほとんど文楽に興味を持たなかったが、上方者としての責任として損得抜きでその立直しにあたったという）。
(Up till then, he took little interest in Bunraku, but being a man of Kamigata, he held himself responsible for rebuilding it without any regard for the bottom line).