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売り出す (うりだす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
put on sale ; put on the market ; begin selling ; market
Transitive use: a company, shop, publisher, etc. starts selling or launches a product onto the market. The object is the item being sold.
服ふく
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The store put spring clothes on sale at low prices.
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godan verb (-su), intransitive verb
become popular ; make a name for oneself
Intransitive use, often about entertainers, artists, products, or people who start attracting public attention. It does not take a direct object in this sense.
Written forms 売う り 出だ す Usage 95%
Standard spelling with okurigana; this is the high-priority form.
売うり 出だ す Usage 5%
Attested variant with reduced okurigana; less learner-friendly than 売り出す but still understandable in context.
Similar words 発はつ 売ばい する Also means to release or put something on sale, but it is a more straightforward commercial term and does not have the intransitive sense of becoming popular.
売う れる Means to sell well or to be popular; unlike 売り出す, it focuses on the result or popularity, not the act of launching something for sale.
売う り 込こ む Means to promote or pitch something aggressively to buyers or the public; 売り出す is more about launching sales or beginning to gain attention.
Etymology A compound verb from 売る, 'to sell,' in stem form 売り, plus 出す, 'to put out' or 'to bring out.' The compound expresses putting goods out for sale, and by extension starting to gain public attention.
