売れる|うれるureru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto sell (well)
    この型かたの携帯電話けいたいでんわはよく売うれています。↗
    This type of mobile phone sells well.
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be well known; to be popular; to be famous
Conjugation
Dictionary form売れる(うれる)
Polite (masu)売れます(うれます)
Negative (nai)売れない(うれない)
polite (masen)売れません(うれません)
classical zu / nu売れず・売れぬ(うれず・うれぬ)
Past (ta)売れた(うれた)
polite (mashita)売れました(うれました)
Past negative (nakatta)売れなかった(うれなかった)
polite (masen deshita)売れませんでした(うれませんでした)
Te form売れて(うれて)
Potential売れられる(うれられる)
Passive売れられる(うれられる)
Causative売れさせる(うれさせる)
Causative passive売れさせられる(うれさせられる)
Conditional (ba)売れれば(うれれば)
tara売れたら(うれたら)
Volitional売れよう(うれよう)
polite (mashou)売れましょう(うれましょう)
Imperative売れろ(うれろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive売れるうれる⇄transitive売るうる
この本ほんが売うれる
本ほんを売うる
売れる highlights the item as the subject that sells (often implying it finds a buyer), while 売る focuses on the seller’s deliberate act of offering something for sale.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ものが買かわれる。
  2. たくさん販売はんばいされる。
  3. 人気にんきが出でる。有名ゆうめいになる。
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