Meaning

Primary

To Be Sold

Alternative

To Sell

Word Type

intransitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means sell, so the verb version is to sell or to be sold.

Reading

うれる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading already, so you should be able to read it! It's the same reading as 売る where you're trying to sell some Uni ()!

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 本が売れる

    the book sells

    アイドルが売れる

    an idol is popular

    名が売れる

    to be well-known

Context Sentences

この車、いくらで売れるかな?

I wonder how much this car can sell for?

このトラックは毎月二千万台売れるんです。

Twenty million of these trucks sell every month.

千円札を五百円でネットオークションに出したら、必ず売れると思う?

If you put a thousand yen bill on an online auction for five hundred yen, do you think it will surely sell?

Kanji Composition