売うり場ば

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

sales area; counter; department; sales floor

Refers to a physical space in a store where goods are sold, such as a department, counter, or section. Common in compounds like 食料品売り場 (grocery section).

おもちゃ売うり場ばは3階がいにあります

。

The toy department is on the third floor.

あの売うり場ばで新あたらしいスマホを見みてきた。

I went to check out the new smartphones at that counter.

2

noun

favorable time to sell; good selling opportunity

Less common usage referring to a market timing or opportunity to sell something profitably. Often contrasted with 買い場 (good time to buy).

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉売うり場ばthe department/counter for X (attached directly, no particle)
婦ふ人じん服ふく売うり場ばで母ははへのプレゼントを買かった。
I bought a present for my mother at the women's clothing department.
売うり場ばで〈物もの〉を探さがすto look for something at the sales counter/department
靴くつ売うり場ばで息子むすこの靴くつを探さがした。
I looked for my son's shoes at the shoe department.
売うり場ばは〈場ば所しょ〉にあるthe department/counter is located at ~
化け粧しょう品ひん売うり場ばは1階いっかいにある。
The cosmetics department is on the first floor.

Kanji

売sell
場location, place

Related words

売うり時どき sense 2
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.
コーナーN3
売り場 specifically means a sales counter or section in a store, while コーナー is a more general word for any designated small area, sales-related or not.
フロア
売り場 specifically means a sales counter or section in a store, while フロア can describe that whole area more broadly, as in 3階フロア.

Opposites

買かい場ば sense 2
売り場 (in its market-timing sense) means a good time to sell, while 買い場 means a good time to buy.

Don't confuse with

売ばい店てんN2sense 1
売り場 refers to a department or sales section within a larger store, whereas 売店 is a small standalone kiosk or stall, like one at a train station.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion · counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

Word family

切きっ符ぷ売うり場ば
ticket window; box office; ticket counter
馬ば券けん売うり場ば
betting ticket office; ticket window (for horse racing)
チケット売うり場ば
ticket counter; ticket office; box office

Built from

売うる+場ば

Written forms

売うり場ばUsage72%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and everyday use.
売うり場ばUsage28%
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still seen in signs and labels.

Etymology

Compound of 売り (uri, 'selling', the continuative form of 売る) and 場 (ba, 'place'). The second sense extends the idea of 'place' to a temporal opportunity.