損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)

そんとくかんじょう
noun
calculation of gain and loss; self-interested calculation
moneyevaluation
1. calculating what one stands to gain or lose
Weighing a decision strictly by what one will gain or lose, without regard for feeling, principle, or relationship. Usually used critically of someone acting out of pure self-interest.
彼(かれ)は損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)が強(つよ)い。
He's very calculating about what he gains and loses.
損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)抜(ぬ)きで手伝(てつだ)った。
I helped out without thinking about what I'd get from it.
友人関係(ゆうじんかんけい)に損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)を持(も)ち込(こ)むと、長続(ながつづ)きしない。
If you bring calculations of gain and loss into a friendship, it won't last.

損得(そんとく)(gain and loss) + 勘定(かんじょう)(calculation): weighing a decision purely by what one gains or loses from it.

Common collocations

  • 損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)が働(はたら)く: self-interest kicks in
  • 損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)抜(ぬ)きで: without regard for gain or loss
  • 損得勘定(そんとくかんじょう)で動(うご)く: to act out of self-interest

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Related: 打算的(ださんてき) (calculating, self-serving)
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Added 2026.9.22 1:18 · Revised 2026.9.22 1:25
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