稼ぐ
かせぐ
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time)
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-gu), Transitive
to earn (income); to make (money)- to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
Godan verb (-gu), Intransitive
to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 稼ぐかせぐ | 稼ぎますかせぎます |
| Negative | 稼がないかせがない | 稼ぎませんかせぎません |
| Past | 稼いだかせいだ | 稼ぎましたかせぎました |
| Past negative | 稼がなかったかせがなかった | 稼ぎませんでしたかせぎませんでした |
| Te-form | 稼いでかせいで |
|---|---|
| Potential | 稼げるかせげる |
| Passive | 稼がれるかせがれる |
| Causative | 稼がせるかせがせる |
| Volitional | 稼ごうかせごう |
| Imperative | 稼げかせげ |
| Conditional (ば) | 稼げばかせげば |
| Conditional (たら) | 稼いだらかせいだら |
Example sentences
もっと稼ぎたい。
I'd like to earn more money.
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He earns a great deal.
たくさん稼ぎたい。
I want to earn a lot.
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He earns three times as much as I.
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He earns three times more than I do.
More examples (10)
トムは大金を稼いだ。
Tom has made a lot of money.
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He earns half a million yen a month.
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He earns 300,000 yen a month.
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He earns twenty dollars a day.
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He earns double my salary.
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He earns three times as much as me.
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He brings home the bread and butter.
いっぱいお金を稼ぎたい。
I want to earn a lot of money.
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He earns three times as much as I do.
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She earns on average ten pounds a week.