Japanese

けんかをうる
Meaning: to pick a fight; to provoke a quarrel
Part of Speech: Verb, Idiom

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 喧嘩を売る 喧嘩を売らない
Polite 喧嘩を売ります 喧嘩を売りません
Past 喧嘩を売った 喧嘩を売らなかった
Polite + Past 喧嘩を売りました 喧嘩を売りませんでした
Te-form 喧嘩を売って 喧嘩を売らなくて
Potential 喧嘩を売れる 喧嘩を売れない
Passive 喧嘩を売られる 喧嘩を売られない
Causative 喧嘩を売らせる 喧嘩を売らせない
Causative + Passive 喧嘩を売らされる 喧嘩を売らされない
Imperative 喧嘩を売れ 喧嘩を売るな

Example

彼は酔って、店の客に喧嘩を売った。
He got drunk and picked a fight with a customer at the bar.

Usage Notes

This is an idiom for deliberately provoking someone into a fight or argument. It is not about literally selling something.

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