安売り|やすうりyasuuri[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price
    私はこのセーターを安売やすうりで買かった。↗
    I bought this sweater in a sale.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbgiving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
Conjugation
Dictionary form安売りする(やすうりする)
Polite (masu)安売りします(やすうりします)
Negative (nai)安売りしない(やすうりしない)
polite (masen)安売りしません(やすうりしません)
classical zu / nu安売りせず・安売りせぬ(やすうりせず・やすうりせぬ)
Past (ta)安売りした(やすうりした)
polite (mashita)安売りしました(やすうりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)安売りしなかった(やすうりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)安売りしませんでした(やすうりしませんでした)
Te form安売りして(やすうりして)
Potential安売りできる(やすうりできる)
Passive安売りされる(やすうりされる)
Causative安売りさせる(やすうりさせる)
Causative passive安売りさせられる(やすうりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)安売りすれば(やすうりすれば)
tara安売りしたら(やすうりしたら)
Volitional安売りしよう(やすうりしよう)
polite (mashou)安売りしましょう(やすうりしましょう)
Imperative安売りしろ(やすうりしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym特売とくばいNeutralNeutral term for a limited-time special-price sale, as in 「特売日」; 「安売り」 covers selling cheap in general and also carries a derogatory figurative sense.
  • Synonym売り出しうりだしNeutralNeutral term for a promotional bargain sale; it can also mean a newcomer rising to fame. 「安売り」 focuses on the low price itself.
  • SynonymセールNeutralNeutral loanword for a discount promotion, as in 「夏のセール」; 「安売り」 is the plainer, more direct way to say it.
  • SynonymバーゲンセールNeutralNeutral loanword for a big bargain sale; 「安売り」 additionally carries the metaphor of selling oneself short.
  • Related割引き販売WrittenWritten/formal prose term that plainly states discount selling; 「安売り」 also figuratively means readily pandering to others, as in 「自分を安売りする」.
  • Related特売催しWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a special-sale promotional event; 「安売り」 simply means selling at a low price.
  • Antonym高売りCasualColloquial term for selling at a high price, the opposite of the low-price 「安売り」.

Use 「安売り」 for selling cheap in general or figuratively pandering, as in 「安売り店」; for limited-time specials pick 「特売」, and for sales events 「セール」 or 「バーゲンセール」; the opposite is 「高売り」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 価格かかくを安やすくして販売はんばいすること。
  2. 相手あいてなどをかまわず気軽きがるに与あたえること。相手あいての要望ようぼうなどに安易あんいに応おうじること。
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