auction hall; auction site
Refers to a physical or virtual place where auctions are held, such as a fish market auction floor or an online auction platform.
魚市場の競り場は朝早くから活気がある。
The auction hall at the fish market is lively from early morning.
ネット競り場で
I won a used car at an online auction site.
オークション会場 is a more general term for auction venue, often used for charity or art auctions, while 競り場 is strongly associated with traditional markets like fish or produce auctions.
Standard kanji spelling for auction hall/site.
Variant spelling; less common than 競り場.
Rare variant using the character 糶 (sell grain).
Compound of 競り (seri, 'auction', the continuative form of 競る 'to bid') and 場 (ba, 'place').