General noun for competing or competition, often used in contexts like bidding or vying for something.
Specifically refers to an auction, especially in the context of 競り売り (auction sale).
See also: 競り売り
This painting fetched a high price at auction.
The fishermen put this morning's catch up for auction.
At the market, fierce bidding is taking place for fresh fish.
He won a valuable antique at the auction.
I took part in a fish market auction for the first time.
The two buyers ended up in a bidding war over the high price.
競争 is the general word for any competition or rivalry, while 競り specifically denotes the bidding process used to determine a winner at an auction or market.
競り refers specifically to bidding at an auction, whereas 競り合い broadens the idea to any mutual, seesawing contest, in business or sports alike.
芹 (せり) is an unrelated homophone meaning Japanese parsley or water dropwort, while 競り (せり) means auction or bidding.
competition; rivalry; bidding war
struggle for; compete for; vie for
first auction of the year at a wholesale market
auction hall; auction site
auction market
bidder
win after tough bidding; outbid the competition
auctioning; selling at auction
auction
Standard kanji spelling for auction and competitive bidding contexts.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Rarely used kanji form; 競り is preferred in modern writing.
Derived from the verb 競る (せる, to compete/bid). The noun form 競り refers to the act or event of competitive bidding.
rise in bidding; go up at auction
bid up; raise the price by bidding
successfully bid for; buy at auction; outbid