売れます（うれます、uremasu）
- to sell well

The Japanese verb 売れます, read うれます, means "to sell well," "to be popular," or "to be in demand." It implies that a product or service is easily and successfully sold, or that something is widely accepted and liked. It focuses on the ability of something to be sold, rather than the action of selling itself. It often describes the marketability or popularity of something. This verb is in the potential/passive form, indicating the possibility or the inherent capacity of something to be sold.

⚫︎この商品はよく売れます。 Translation: This product sells well. ⚫︎彼の小説は売れました。 Translation: His novel sold well (became popular). ⚫︎このお店のケーキはすごく売れます。 Translation: The cakes from this shop sell very well.

⚫︎売れます is used to describe the marketability, popularity, or demand for a product, service, or creative work. ⚫︎It emphasizes the success of a sale, the popularity of something, or how well something is received by the public. ⚫︎It's often used when talking about businesses, products, books, music, or anything that is sold or consumed by others. ⚫︎It is often used when something is available for sale. For example, if you sell goods, the product is 売れる, not you.

⚫︎ The base form is 売る (to sell). ⚫︎売れます is the potential/passive form of 売る. ⚫︎ It is typically written in hiragana as うれます or kanji as 売れます. ⚫︎ The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always れます.

⚫︎ 人気があります (にんきがあります) - is popular ⚫︎ 売れる (うれる) - (the plain form) to sell ⚫︎ 売れる is the basic form, also to sell. ⚫︎ 流行しています (りゅうこうしています) - is in fashion, is trending. (Though, not always interchangeable, this one often is. Can be used for trends in fashion, or popular goods.)

⚫︎ 売れません (うれません) - does not sell well, is not popular ⚫︎ 売れない (うれない) - cannot be sold ⚫︎ 売れ行きが悪い (うれゆきがわるい) - sales are poor

この新しいレストランはすぐに売れました。 ・Translation: This new restaurant became popular quickly. ・Explanation: This sentence indicates that the restaurant gained popularity and attracted many customers.

この歌手のCDは、発売と同時に売れました。 ・Translation: This singer's CD sold out as soon as it was released. ・Explanation: It means the CD was very popular and quickly sold all its copies. This shows the success of the release.

⚫︎ The verb 売る (uru), meaning "to sell," is the root of 売れます. ⚫︎ The structure of 売れます is derived from the verb stem of 売る with the potential/passive ending れる, indicating that something has the potential to be sold (or is able to be sold) successfully. The "e" sound of れるchanges the potential/passive meaning.