Lingaku稼ぐ【かせぐ】
Frequency rank: 2,495. – 2,496.
- to earn (income); to make (money)
- to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
- to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
Godan verb with 'gu' ending; transitive verb
Godan verb with 'gu' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 稼ぐ【かせぐ】Frequency rank: 2,495. – 2,496.
- かせぐFrequency rank: 45,256. – 46,118.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to earn (income); to make (money)
- to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
- to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
This meaning refers to generating income or profit through work or other economic activities.
This usage pertains to achieving points or a win in a competitive context, or strategically delaying time to achieve a specific goal.
We played for time to tire out the opposing team.
This meaning emphasizes putting in significant effort or hard work in a professional or labor-intensive context.
She works hard every day.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かせぐ稼ぐことearning incomeおかねお金をかせぐ稼ぐto earn moneyあんてい安定したしゅうにゅう収入をかせぐ稼ぐto earn a stable incomeじかんをかせぐ時間を稼ぐto gain timeてんをかせぐ点を稼ぐto score pointsしょくば職場でかせぐ稼ぐto work hard at one's jobどりょく努力してかせぐ稼ぐto earn through hard workろうどう労働でかせぐ稼ぐto earn through laborかせぐ稼ぐためにはたらく働くto work in order to earnかせぎ稼ぎをふやす増やすto increase earnings
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
I pay my university fees to go to university by part-time work. Well, I'm a 'working student' I suppose.
Earn money on the races! Know-how collection on horse racing will have you raking it in!
If I should make a lot of money, I would give you half of it.
Americans are said to regard the amount of money a man makes as a criterion of his ability.
She came up with a good way of making money by using the Internet.
They devised a scheme to make money with little effort.
He earned as much as 100,000 yen working part-time last month.