Meaning

Primary

Amount Sold

Alternatives

Sales, Proceeds

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The selling that you've raised (上げ) is the amount sold or number of sales. Think of a graph going upward, where it's rising as you sell more things.

Reading

うりあげ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for is the one you learned with 売る. The reading for 上げ is the same as the reading for 上げる, a word you learned previously. If you know those two separate things, you should be able to combine them into one awesome vocab thing.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 売り上げ代金

    proceeds

    売り上げ金

    proceeds

    売り上げ高

    sales figures

Context Sentences

だんだん売り上げがへってきた。

Sales gradually decreased.

アメリカ人人気はいゆうが主えんしたハリウッドえいがのDVDは、日本だけで売り上げが八百万まいになった。

The DVD of the Hollywood movie in which a popular American actor played the main character has sold eight million copies in Japan alone.

あの性差別の広告のせいで、売り上げが激減した。

Sales have decreased rapidly because of that sexist advertisement.

Kanji Composition