小売・小売り|こうりkouri[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
小売小売 is the more common form and is written entirely in kanji; beginners should use it as their default written form.
小売り小売り is a less common variant, written with kanji and kana; it is not the first choice when selecting a form to write.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbretail
    小売こうり商人しょうにんは卸おろしで仕入しいれて小売こうりで売うる。↗
    A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.
Conjugation
Dictionary form小売する(こうりする)
Polite (masu)小売します(こうりします)
Negative (nai)小売しない(こうりしない)
polite (masen)小売しません(こうりしません)
classical zu / nu小売せず・小売せぬ(こうりせず・こうりせぬ)
Past (ta)小売した(こうりした)
polite (mashita)小売しました(こうりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)小売しなかった(こうりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)小売しませんでした(こうりしませんでした)
Te form小売して(こうりして)
Potential小売できる(こうりできる)
Passive小売される(こうりされる)
Causative小売させる(こうりさせる)
Causative passive小売させられる(こうりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)小売すれば(こうりすれば)
tara小売したら(こうりしたら)
Volitional小売しよう(こうりしよう)
polite (mashou)小売しましょう(こうりしましょう)
Imperative小売しろ(こうりしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym卸売おろしうりNeutralAntonym of 小売: the sale of goods in large quantities to businesses rather than to individual consumers. Neutral in register; typical of commercial and distribution contexts.

小売 is retail — selling goods to individual consumers — while its antonym 卸売 is wholesale, selling goods in bulk to businesses; choose according to whether the buyer is a consumer or a business.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 消費しょうひを目的もくてきとする者ものへ販売はんばいすること。
Kanji in this word
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