利益 (Rieki) is a Japanese noun meaning “profit, gains, benefit, advantage”.
Meanings
- nounprofit; gains
- nounbenefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbgrace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracleusu. ご〜
Examples
利益は税金抜きですか。
Are the profits exclusive of taxes?
利益は効果を発揮してる。
Benefits are in effect.
彼は自分の利益に敏感だ。
He is alive to his own interests.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).