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Secondary schoolJLPT N1

earnings, work, earn money

15 strokes · frequency rank #1264

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かせ.ぐ

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Common words

  1. でかせぎworking away from home (esp. abroad)1
    • It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.

  2. かせぎearnings2
    • Poverty is a stranger to industry.

    • Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability.

    • It was difficult to live on his meager earnings.

  3. かせぐto earn (income); to make (money)3
    • I've got to earn my own living.

    • He earns a great deal.

    • He earns three times as much as I.

  4. かどうoperation (of a machine); running4
  5. ともかせぎ(husband and wife) earning a living together5
    • Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.

    • Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.

    • He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.

  6. かどうりつoperating rate; utilization rate; occupancy rate; availability factor6
  7. かぎょうtrade; business; occupation; profession7
  8. あらかせぎmaking a killing; making easy money8
    • I heard you're raking in the money.

    • He made a killing in his new business.

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