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売り時 (うりどき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

売うり時どき

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Meanings

1

good time to sell

Refers to an opportune moment to sell something, such as stocks, property, or goods, when the market conditions are favorable.

今いまが株かぶの売うり時どきだ。
Now is a good time to sell stocks.

Kanji

売sell
時time, hour

Related words

売うり場ばN5
売り場 and 売り時 both can mean 'a good time to sell', but 売り時 is the far more common, everyday term, while 売り場 in this sense is limited mostly to financial market talk.

Built from

この家いえは売うり時どきを逃のがした。

We missed the right time to sell this house.

Written forms

売うり時どきUsage83%
Standard kanji form.
売うりどきUsage17%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 売り (uri, 'selling') + 時 (doki, 'time'). The reading どき is a rendaku form of とき.