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売り抜ける (うりぬける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
sell out before a price drop ; sell at a profit
Primarily used in stock/asset trading contexts. Implies selling while the price is still high to secure profit or avoid loss. The second gloss 'sell at a profit' is a natural extension of the same action.
益えき
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得え
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He skillfully sold at a profit and made a large gain.
Written forms 売う り 抜ぬ ける Usage 70%
Standard kanji spelling for this financial term.
売う りぬける Usage 30%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still seen.
うり 抜ぬ ける
Mixed kana-kanji spelling with kana for the first part; rare.
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out Similar words 利り 食ぐ い 利食い is a noun meaning profit-taking, while 売り抜ける is a verb focusing on the action of selling out before a decline.
損そん 切ぎ り 損切り means cutting losses by selling at a loss, whereas 売り抜ける implies selling while still profitable or before a loss occurs.
Etymology Compound of 売り (uri, 'selling', continuative form of 売る) + 抜ける (nukeru, 'to come out, to escape'). The combination conveys the idea of 'selling one's way out' of a position before a downturn.