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売れ行き (うれゆき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

売うれ行ゆき

う

れ

ゆ

き

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to how well a product is selling; often used in business contexts to describe market performance.

新しん製せい品ひんの売うれ行ゆきは好こう調ちょうだ。
Sales of the new product are going well.
この本ほんの売うれ行ゆきが伸

の

び

て

いる

。

Demand for this book is growing.

Written forms

売うれ行ゆきUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
売うれ行ゆきUsage10%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.
売うれゆきUsage7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; the okurigana is normally written as 行き.
売うれ行ゆきUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only abbreviated form; not standard.

Kanji

売sell
行going, journey, carry out

Similar words

売うり上あげ
売上 refers to total sales revenue, while 売れ行き focuses on the pace or trend of sales.
需じゅ要よう
需要 is a more formal economic term for demand, whereas 売れ行き is a common business term for sales performance.

Etymology

Compound of 売れ (the continuative form of 売れる 'to sell well') and 行き (the continuative form of 行く 'to go'), literally 'how sales are going'.