I Love Kanji卸す (orosu)
卸す (おろす, orosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sell wholesale”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おろす
- Romaji
- orosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sell wholesale · godan verb, transitive
- to grate (e.g. vegetables) · godan verb, transitive
- to cut up fish · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 卸す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 卸す | おろす orosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 卸します | おろします oroshimasu |
| Negative | 卸さない | おろさない orosanai |
| Polite negative | 卸しません | おろしません oroshimasen |
| Past | 卸した | おろした oroshita |
| Polite past | 卸しました | おろしました oroshimashita |
| Negative past | 卸さなかった | おろさなかった orosanakatta |
| Te-form | 卸して | おろして oroshite |
| Potential | 卸せる | おろせる oroseru |
| Passive | 卸される | おろされる orosareru |
| Causative | 卸させる | おろさせる orosaseru |
| Volitional | 卸そう | おろそう orosou |
| Imperative | 卸せ | おろせ orose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 卸せば | おろせば oroseba |
Kanji in 卸す
Source: JMdict entry 1183050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.