To Make A Profit
To Gain Something
transitive verb, intransitive verb, ichidan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means make money, so the verb vocab version is pretty similar: to make a profit.
儲ける means to gain something in a way that feels profitable or advantageous. It's most common in money talk, like 株で儲ける (make a profit from stocks), but it can also describe other kinds of lucky or beneficial gains. For example, you might 一日儲ける (gain an extra day) thanks to a lucky turn of events or an efficient way of doing something.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading already with the kanji, so you're good to go! Woo-hoo!
株で儲ける
to profit from stocks
投資で儲ける
to profit from investment
相場で儲ける
to profit from the market
取り引きで儲ける
to profit from a transaction
競馬で儲ける
to profit by betting on horse racing
お金を儲ける
to make money
大金を儲ける
to make a large amount of money
子供を儲ける
to have children
その店は毎日かなり儲けているらしい。
That shop apparently turns quite a profit every day.
うまく投資して大きく儲けることができた。
I invested well and was able to make a big profit.
仕事が急に休みになって、一日儲けた気分だ。
My work was suddenly canceled, so it feels like I gained a whole day.
二人は結婚して、すぐに子どもを儲けました。
They got married and quickly had a child.