安売り|やすうりyasuuri[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbbargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price
- 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.
- 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


