Word details

投機

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 投機.

Dictionary

Entry

投機うきNounFreq #61429
1

speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)

Examples
彼は投機に手を出して財産の大半を失った。
He lost the greater part of his fortune in speculation.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

7 strokesFrequency 236JLPT N2Grade 3

On

トウ

Kun

な.げる-な.げ

loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

16 strokesFrequency 127JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

はた

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