JLPT N1 · な-adjective

有益 (yuueki)

有益 (ゆうえき, yuueki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “beneficial; profitable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうえき
Romaji: yuueki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

私にはとても有益だった。

It was of great benefit to me.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 有益

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	有益だ	ゆうえきだ yuuekida
Present (polite)	有益です	ゆうえきです yuuekidesu
Negative	有益じゃない	ゆうえきじゃない yuuekijanai
Past	有益だった	ゆうえきだった yuuekidatta
Negative past	有益じゃなかった	ゆうえきじゃなかった yuuekijanakatta
Te-form	有益で	ゆうえきで yuuekide
Before a noun	有益な	ゆうえきな yuuekina
Adverb (~ni)	有益に	ゆうえきに yuuekini

Kanji in 有益

有

possess, have, existユウ・ウ・あ.る · 6 strokes

益

benefit, gain, profitエキ・ヤク・ま.す · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有益.

有るあるto be有名ゆうめいfamous有無うむexistence or nonexistence有効ゆうこうvalid有能ゆうのうable有利ゆうりadvantageous有機ゆうきorganic有料ゆうりょうfee-charging有難いありがたいgrateful有ゆうexistence国有こくゆうnational ownership固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)所有しょゆうpossession

Source: JMdict entry 1541120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.