損得そんとく (sontoku)

loss and gain,advantage and disadvantage

  • JLPT N2
  • Pitch 1
  • #42026 most frequent
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Meaning

損得 (そんとく, sontoku) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “loss and gain,advantage and disadvantage”.

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Example sentences 5

損得そんとく きで 一緒いっしょ仕事しごとしよう

Let's work together without thinking about profits or losses.

損得そんとくなしにしよう。

Let's make it a fair trade.

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.

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).