I Love Kanji儲ける (moukeru)
儲ける (もうける, moukeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to profit; to get”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もうける
- Romaji
- moukeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to profit; to get; to earn; to gain · ichidan verb, transitive
- to have (bear, beget) a child · ichidan verb, transitive
- to have a stroke of luck · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 儲ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 儲ける | もうける moukeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 儲けます | もうけます moukemasu |
| Negative | 儲けない | もうけない moukenai |
| Polite negative | 儲けません | もうけません moukemasen |
| Past | 儲けた | もうけた mouketa |
| Polite past | 儲けました | もうけました moukemashita |
| Negative past | 儲けなかった | もうけなかった moukenakatta |
| Te-form | 儲けて | もうけて moukete |
| Potential | 儲けられる | もうけられる moukerareru |
| Passive | 儲けられる | もうけられる moukerareru |
| Causative | 儲けさせる | もうけさせる moukesaseru |
| Volitional | 儲けよう | もうけよう moukeyou |
| Imperative | 儲けろ | もうけろ moukero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 儲ければ | もうければ moukereba |
Kanji in 儲ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 儲ける.
Source: JMdict entry 1534500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.