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投げ売り (なげうり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
sacrifice sale ; selling at a loss ; dumping ; clearance sale
Refers to selling goods at a loss or far below cost, often to clear inventory or undercut competitors. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
ライバル 店てん に 対たい 抗こう し て 商しょう 品ひん を 投な げ 売う り する 。
They dump products to compete with rival stores.
Written forms 投な げ 売う り Usage 70%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news term.
投なげ 売う り Usage 26%
Variant spelling without the okurigana げ; less common but still seen.
投なげ 売うり Usage 5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in normal writing.
Similar words 安やす 売う り 安売り means selling at a low price, but not necessarily at a loss; 投げ売り implies a sacrifice sale or dumping, often below cost.
特とく 売ばい 特売 is a special sale or promotion, usually temporary and not necessarily at a loss; 投げ売り is more drastic and often associated with financial distress.
Etymology Compound of 投げ (nage, 'throwing') + 売り (uri, 'selling'), literally 'throw-away selling'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term evokes the image of discarding goods cheaply.
