セラー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

noun

seller; vendor

Often used in business, retail, and online marketplace contexts, such as 個人セラー or トップセラー.

このサイトでは、個こ人じんセラーも商しょう品ひんを出しゅっ品ぴんできる。
On this site, individual sellers can also list products.

noun

cellar; storage cellar

Refers to a cellar or storage space; in modern Japanese it is especially familiar in compounds such as ワインセラー.

この店みせのワインセラーには古ふるいボトルが並ならんでいる。
Old bottles are lined up in this shop's wine cellar.

Usage patterns

セラーとして出しゅっ品ぴんするto list an item for sale as a seller
彼かれはネットショップでセラーとして商しょう品ひんを出しゅっ品ぴんしている。
He lists products for sale as a seller on an online shop.
〈物もの〉をセラーで保ほ管かんするto store something (e.g. wine) in a cellar
赤あかワインをセラーで保ほ管かんしている。
I keep the red wine stored in the cellar.

Related words

売うり手てN1sense 1
売り手 is the plain Japanese word for a seller, while セラー is the trendy loanword often used for online marketplaces or business contexts.
地ち下か室しつ sense 2
地下室 is the general Japanese word for a basement or cellar, while セラー usually implies a specialized storage space, especially for wine.
販はん売ばい者しゃ sense 1
販売者 is a formal, often legal or official term for a seller, whereas セラー has a casual, e-commerce-flavored feel.

Opposites

買かい手てN1sense 1
買い手 (buyer) is the direct opposite of セラー (seller) in a transaction.

Don't confuse with

セールN2
セール means 'sale' (a discount event), which learners can easily confuse with セラー (seller/cellar) due to the similar katakana spelling and sound.

Word family

ベストセラーN1
bestseller
ロングセラー
longtime best seller; product with steady long-term sales
ミリオンセラー
million seller; million-selling work
トップセラー
top seller; bestseller
ホールセラー
wholesaler

Etymology

Written in katakana. No language-of-origin data is specified. The two listed senses correspond to the English words 'seller' and 'cellar', which are represented by the same Japanese katakana form.