専売|せんばいsenbai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivemonopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
    これは当店とうてんの専売せんばいです。↗
    Our store has a monopoly on this item.
Conjugation
Dictionary form専売する(せんばいする)
Polite (masu)専売します(せんばいします)
Negative (nai)専売しない(せんばいしない)
polite (masen)専売しません(せんばいしません)
classical zu / nu専売せず・専売せぬ(せんばいせず・せんばいせぬ)
Past (ta)専売した(せんばいした)
polite (mashita)専売しました(せんばいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)専売しなかった(せんばいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)専売しませんでした(せんばいしませんでした)
Te form専売して(せんばいして)
Potential専売できる(せんばいできる)
Passive専売される(せんばいされる)
Causative専売させる(せんばいさせる)
Causative passive専売させられる(せんばいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)専売すれば(せんばいすれば)
tara専売したら(せんばいしたら)
Volitional専売しよう(せんばいしよう)
polite (mashou)専売しましょう(せんばいしましょう)
Imperative専売しろ(せんばいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related独り占めひとりじめCasualColloquial: one person or group having something all to themselves, as in 「お菓子を独り占め」; stresses personal enjoyment, not an official system.
  • RelatedモノポリーNeutralA loanword for monopoly; also the name of the board game. Leans toward economics usage.
  • Related丸取りまるどりCasualColloquial: taking everything and leaving none behind; stresses grabbing it all, rather than an official monopoly system.
  • Related壟断ろうだんWrittenWritten/formal prose: cornering the profits, monopolizing; carries a derogatory nuance.
  • Antonym自由販売NeutralThe antonym: free selling, where anyone may buy and sell; the opposite of government-run 「専売」.

Use 「専売」 for a government or licensed monopoly on a commodity, as in 「専売公社」「専売特許」. For everyday hogging say 「独り占め」; for economic monopoly, 「独占」 or 「モノポリー」. The antonym is 「自由販売」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある物品ぶっぴんの流通りゅうつう過程かていにおいて、政府せいふ又または政府せいふが認可にんかする商人しょうにんのみが、独占どくせん的てきに仕入しいれ・販売はんばいを行おこなうことができる制度せいど。
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