売る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
売
う
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
賣る (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in 正倉院文書 (Shōsōin Monjo, “Shōsōin Documents”) with the spelling 宇利 (⟨uri⟩) (Omodaka 1967, p. 136). In turn, from Proto-Japonic *uru.

Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 得 (u), modern Japanese 得る (eru, “to obtain, to get”), from the sense of getting money in exchange for the item sold.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「売る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		売る うる
Imperative (命令形) 売れ うれ
Key constructions
Passive 売られる うられる
Causative 売らせる うらせる
Potential 売れる うれる
Volitional 売ろう うろー
Negative 売らない うらない
Negative perfective 売らなかった うらなかった
Formal 売ります うります
Perfective 売った うった
Conjunctive 売って うって
Hypothetical conditional 売れば うれば

Verb

売(う)る • (uru) transitive godan (stem 売(う)り (uri), past 売(う)った (utta))

Japanese verb pair
active 売る
mediopassive 売れる
  1. to sell something (to agree to transfer goods)
    野(や)菜(さい)を売(う)る
    yasai o uru
    to sell vegetables
  2. to sell someone out, to betray
    仲(なか)間(ま)を売(う)る
    nakama o uru
    to sell out one's friend, to sell one's friend down the river
    友達(ともだち)を警察(けいさつ)に売(う)る
    tomodachi o keisatsu ni uru
    to turn in a friend to the police
  3. to agitate, to incite
    喧(けん)嘩(か)を売(う)る
    kenka o uru
    to incite a quarrel
    何(なん)だ、喧(けん)嘩(か)売(う)ってんのか？
    Nan da, kenka utten no ka?
    What, are you looking for / asking for a fight?

Conjugation

Conjugation of "売る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 売ら うら ura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 売り うり uri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 売る うる uru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 売る うる uru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 売れ うれ ure
Meireikei ("imperative") 売れ うれ ure
Key constructions
Passive 売られる うられる urareru
Causative 売らせる
売らす 		うらせる
うらす 		uraseru
urasu
Potential 売れる うれる ureru
Volitional 売ろう うろう urō
Negative 売らない うらない uranai
Negative continuative 売らず うらず urazu
Formal 売ります うります urimasu
Perfective 売った うった utta
Conjunctive 売って うって utte
Hypothetical conditional 売れば うれば ureba
Classical conjugation of "売る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 売ら うら ura
Continuative (連用形) 売り うり uri
Terminal (終止形) 売る うる uru
Attributive (連体形) 売る うる uru
Realis (已然形) 売れ うれ ure
Imperative (命令形) 売れ うれ ure
Key constructions
Negative 売らず うらず urazu
Contrasting conjunction 売れど うれど uredo
Causal conjunction 売れば うれば ureba
Conditional conjunction 売らば うらば uraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 売りき うりき uriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 売りけり うりけり urikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 売りつ うりつ uritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 売りぬ うりぬ urinu
Perfect-continuative tense 売れり
売りたり		 うれり
うりたり		 ureri
uritari
Volitional 売らむ うらむ uramu

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “agree to transfer goods”): 買(か)う (kau, “to buy”)

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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