売り込む|うりこむurikomu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
This browser can't play pronunciations (needs Safari 18.4 or later, or Chrome / Edge / Firefox).
Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto build a market for; to promote (a product); to sell; to become well known
- godan verb, transitive verbto promote oneself; to sell oneself
- godan verb, transitive verbto sell heavily
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 売り込む（うりこむ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 売り込みます（うりこみます） |
| Negative (nai) | 売り込まない（うりこまない） |
| polite (masen) | 売り込みません（うりこみません） |
| classical zu / nu | 売り込まず・売り込まぬ（うりこまず・うりこまぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 売り込んだ（うりこんだ） |
| polite (mashita) | 売り込みました（うりこみました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 売り込まなかった（うりこまなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 売り込みませんでした（うりこみませんでした） |
| Te form | 売り込んで（うりこんで） |
| Potential | 売り込める（うりこめる） |
| Passive | 売り込まれる（うりこまれる） |
| Causative | 売り込ませる（うりこませる） |
| Causative passive | 売り込ませられる・売り込まされる（うりこませられる・うりこまされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 売り込めば（うりこめば） |
| tara | 売り込んだら（うりこんだら） |
| Volitional | 売り込もう（うりこもう） |
| polite (mashou) | 売り込みましょう（うりこみましょう） |
| Imperative | 売り込め（うりこめ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym売るうるNeutralThe most common everyday word for selling; it stresses simply getting goods sold, without the nuance of actively promoting them or building a market.
- Synonym売り出すうりだすNeutralRefers to putting a new product on the market and starting to sell it; also used for entertainers rising to fame, as in 「売り出し中の新人」.
- Related売り渡すうりわたすNeutralStresses transferring ownership to the buyer; it can also mean selling out one's companions, as in 「仲間を売り渡す」.
- Related市場に出すWrittenA written, formal phrase for putting goods on the market; it covers only the launch itself, with no sense of promoting or persuading buyers.
Use 「売り込む」 to actively promote a product or yourself, as in 「新製品を売り込む」 and 「自分を売り込む」; use 「売る」 for selling in general and 「売り出す」 for a new product going on sale.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
See also
