Illustration: At a small privately run craft stall, the owner accepts coins for a handmade bracelet and immediately divides the payment between two shallow dishes. One dish sits with replacement beads and cord; the other holds the extra coins the owner keeps after covering those materials.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

営えい利り

eiri

profit-making

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは営利えいりのためにこれをした。

    He has done this for profit.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. キッザニアはメキシコにおいて1999年ねんに開館かいかんした「営利えいり目的もくてき」の民間施設みんかんしせつである。

    Kidzania is a 'for-profit' private facility that opened in Mexico in 1999.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 実態じったいは営利えいり目的もくてきであったものの、表向おもてむきはあくまでも寺院じいんの管理かんりや故人こじんの供養くようのための経費捻出けいひねんしゅつを目的もくてきとしていた。

    Even though the official purpose of the moneylending was to generate funds to manage the temples and have memorial services for the deceased, the real purpose was for profit-making.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 営利

  • 営camp; performOnエイKunいとなむ・いとなみ
  • 利profit; advantageOnリKunきく

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