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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

利り害がい

rigai

interests, advantages and disadvantages

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは自分じぶんの利害りがいに敏感びんかんである。

    He is alive to his own interests.

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  2. 彼かれらは共通きょうつうの利害りがいによって結むすばれている。

    They are bound together by common interests.

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  3. 我々われわれの利害りがいは相反そうはんするようだ。

    Our interests seem to conflict with each other.

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Kanji in 利害

  • 利profit; advantageOnリKunきく
  • 害harm; injuryOnガイ

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