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利害 (りがい): advantages and disadvantages, interest — Japanese vocabulary

利害 is read りがい and means "advantages and disadvantages, interest". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

利害

Reading
りがい · rigai
Translation
advantages and disadvantages, interest
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
りがいが

Example

彼は自分の利害に敏感である。

かれはじぶんのりがいにびんかんである。

He is alive to his own interests.

Kanji in this word

  • 利 — benefit, profit
  • 害 — Harm, Injury

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