I Love Kanji売る (uru)
売る (うる, uru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sell”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うる
- Romaji
- uru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sell · godan verb, transitive
- to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
- to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself · godan verb, transitive
- to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.); to provoke; to force on someone · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 売る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 売る | うる uru |
| Polite (~masu) | 売ります | うります urimasu |
| Negative | 売らない | うらない uranai |
| Polite negative | 売りません | うりません urimasen |
| Past | 売った | うった utta |
| Polite past | 売りました | うりました urimashita |
| Negative past | 売らなかった | うらなかった uranakatta |
| Te-form | 売って | うって utte |
| Potential | 売れる | うれる ureru |
| Passive | 売られる | うられる urareru |
| Causative | 売らせる | うらせる uraseru |
| Volitional | 売ろう | うろう urou |
| Imperative | 売れ | うれ ure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 売れば | うれば ureba |
Kanji in 売る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 売る.
売り場うりばselling area商売しょうばいtrade販売はんばいsale売れるうれるto sell (well)売上うりあげamount sold特売とくばいspecial sale売店ばいてんstand売買ばいばいtrade発売はつばいsale売行きうれゆきsales売り上げうりあげamount sold売り切れうりきれsold-out売れ行きうれゆきsales売り切れるうりきれるto be sold out
Source: JMdict entry 1473950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.