販売|はんばいhanbai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsale; sales; selling; marketing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 販売する（はんばいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 販売します（はんばいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 販売しない（はんばいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 販売しません（はんばいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 販売せず・販売せぬ（はんばいせず・はんばいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 販売した（はんばいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 販売しました（はんばいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 販売しなかった（はんばいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 販売しませんでした（はんばいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 販売して（はんばいして） |
| Potential | 販売できる（はんばいできる） |
| Passive | 販売される（はんばいされる） |
| Causative | 販売させる（はんばいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 販売させられる（はんばいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 販売すれば（はんばいすれば） |
| tara | 販売したら（はんばいしたら） |
| Volitional | 販売しよう（はんばいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 販売しましょう（はんばいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 販売しろ（はんばいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym売るうるNeutralNative verb and the most common everyday word, as in 「本を売る」. It also means to betray someone or to make a name for oneself; 「販売」 is only for selling goods.
- Synonym売却ばいきゃくWrittenSelling off real estate, stocks, a business and the like, as in 「土地を売却する」. Usually disposing of assets rather than everyday selling; formal written register.
- Synonym市販しはんNeutralSelling openly in stores, as in 「市販の薬」. Often used as a modifier meaning available on the market or store-bought.
- Synonym売り渡すうりわたすNeutralSelling something to someone and handing it over; used for a business selling to customers, and figuratively for selling out a comrade. The emphasis is on the handover.
- SynonymセールスNeutralLoanword for selling or a salesperson, covering door-to-door and phone selling, as in 「セールスの電話」. 「販売」 refers to selling in general.
- Related売買ばいばいNeutralCovers transactions from both sides, buying and selling, as in 「土地の売買」. It includes the buying side, while 「販売」 refers only to the seller's side.
- Related商いあきないWrittenA written word for trading or business, also sales or takings, with a traditional merchant feel, as in 「商いを営む」; modern speech usually says 「商売」.
- Related譲るゆずるNeutralTo hand over or transfer, with or without payment, as in 「車を友人に譲る」. Focus is on yielding a thing or right; 「販売」 is selling goods to customers.
- RelatedセールNeutralLoanword mostly for discount sales, as in 「バーゲンセール」. 「販売」 carries no sense of a price cut.
- Related取引とりひきNeutralTransactions or business dealings, as in 「取引先」「株の取引」. It stresses the relationship between the two parties and is common in business.
- Related営業えいぎょうNeutralRunning a business for profit, or the department that calls on clients to sell, as in 「営業部」. Broader in scope than 「販売」.
- Related売り買いうりかいNeutralThe native-Japanese counterpart of 「売買」; in colloquial speech it means buying and selling. Like 「売買」 it covers both sides, but is more casual.
- Related商うあきなうWrittenA verb meaning to deal in or trade in goods, as in 「呉服を商う」. It has an old-fashioned air; in daily speech say 「売る」 or 「商売する」.
- Antonym購入こうにゅうNeutralBuying or purchasing, as in 「チケットを購入する」 — the opposite of 「販売」, which is about selling.
- Antonym買い入れかいいれNeutralBuying in or stocking up, as in 「原料の買い入れ」 — opposite to 「販売」 in the direction of the deal.
For selling goods commercially use 「販売」; in everyday speech say 「売る」. For two-party transactions use 「売買」 or 「取引」; for selling off assets use 「売却」; for discount sales use 「セール」; for buying use 「購入」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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