安売り（やすうり、yasuuri）
- discount

The Japanese word 安売り means "sale," "discount," or "bargain." It refers to the act of selling goods at a price lower than the usual or original price. The main idea is that something is being offered at a cheaper price than normal to attract customers. The 安売り itself is a noun, representing the act or the condition of being on sale. The word can also imply "cheap sales" or "selling at low prices".

⚫︎今日、そのお店は安売りをしている。 Translation: Today, that shop is having a sale. ⚫︎安売りセールの期間中に、新しい靴を買った。 Translation: I bought new shoes during the sale period. ⚫︎この商品は安売りされていて、とてもお買い得です。 Translation: This product is on sale and is a very good deal.

You can use 安売り in various situations related to sales and discounts. ⚫︎When you want to describe a store having a sale. ⚫︎When talking about specific products being sold at a discount. ⚫︎When discussing the price of something as being cheap due to a sale. You can use it in conversations with friends, when shopping, or when discussing marketing strategies. Phrases like 安売り中 (on sale) and 安売りをする (to have a sale) are common. The verb form can be 安売りする, and the noun form can be 安売り.

安売り is typically written in kanji and hiragana: 安売り. ⚫︎ 安 (やす) means "cheap" or "inexpensive." ⚫︎ 売り (うり) means "sale" or "selling." There are no other common ways to write this word. The okurigana is consistently "り" (ri).

⚫︎ セール (seeru) - "sale" (borrowed word from English). ⚫︎ 割引 (waribiki) - "discount." ⚫︎ 特売 (tokubai) - "special sale," "special price." ⚫︎ バーゲン (baagen) - "bargain" (borrowed word from German "bargain").

⚫︎ 定価 (teika) - "regular price." ⚫︎ 通常価格 (tsuujyou kakaku) - "usual price." ⚫︎ 値上げ (neage) - "price increase."

この店はいつも、食料品を安売りしている。 ・Translation: This store always has a sale on groceries. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates how 安売り describes the common practice of a store offering discounted food items.

週末は、洋服の安売りがたくさんある。 ・Translation: There are many sales on clothes on the weekend. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 安売り to describe sales events for clothing, which often take place on weekends.

The word 安売り is formed from two kanji. 安 (やす) meaning "cheap" or "inexpensive," and 売り (uri) which comes from the verb 売る (uru) meaning "to sell". Therefore, the literal translation could be "cheap selling" or "selling at a low price".