売ります（うります、urimasu）
- to sell

The Japanese verb 売ります (読み方: うります) means "to sell." It describes the action of offering something for money or exchanging goods or services for payment. The object being sold is typically indicated by the particle を before the item.

⚫︎この車を売ります。 Translation: I will sell this car. ⚫︎お店で野菜を売っています。 Translation: They are selling vegetables at the store. ⚫︎私は古い本を売ることにしました。 Translation: I decided to sell my old books.

⚫︎You use 売ります when you intend to offer something for sale. ⚫︎It's common to use it in situations like: ⚫︎At a store or shop. ⚫︎When advertising something for sale (e.g., online, in a classified ad). ⚫︎When discussing a transaction where goods or services are being exchanged for money. ⚫︎The polite form 売ります is suitable for most formal and polite conversations.

⚫︎The base form is 売る (read: うる). ⚫︎The polite form, 売ります, uses the ます form. ⚫︎The verb is written in kanji 売 and hiragana ります. ⚫︎The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always ります when using the polite form.

There aren't exact one-word synonyms that perfectly match 売ります, but here are some related words: ⚫︎販売します (hanbai shimasu) - To sell (more formal) ⚫︎売却します (baikyaku shimasu) - To sell off (often used for assets or large items) ⚫︎取引する (torihiki suru) - To trade/deal (implies an exchange, which may not always be selling)

The antonym of 売ります is "to buy," which in Japanese is: ⚫︎買います (kaimasu) - To buy

この家を売ります。値段は五千万円です。 ・Translation: I will sell this house. The price is 50 million yen. ・Explanation: This sentence directly states the intention to sell a house, followed by the price.

インターネットで服を売っています。 ・Translation: I am selling clothes on the internet. ・Explanation: This shows an example of selling through online platforms.

The verb 売る comes from the Old Japanese word "uru," meaning "to sell or trade." The kanji 売 depicts a person or item (the top stroke), with the action of selling (the bottom part).