Chinese

Noun

利息

1. (finance) interest (on mortgages or savings)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) りそく [rìsókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾiso̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

利息 ‎(hiragana りそく, romaji risoku)

1. (finance) interest
   • 1931, 岡本綺堂, 青蛙神:

     利息 (りそく)などを取 (と)ろうとするから、却 (かえ)って大 (おお)きい損 (そん)をするのだ。

     Risoku nado o torō to suru kara, kaette ōkii son o suru no da.

     Once you take interest and so on into account, you actually end up losing a lot.

Synonyms

• 利子 (りし) ‎(rishi)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3