Japanese

りさばく

うりさばく
Meaning: to sell off; to clear out; to dispose of by selling; to wholesale
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 売りさばく 売りさばかない
Polite 売りさばきます 売りさばきません
Past 売りさばいた 売りさばかなかった
Polite + Past 売りさばきました 売りさばきませんでした
Te-form 売りさばいて 売りさばかなくて
Potential 売りさばける 売りさばけない
Passive 売りさばかれる 売りさばかれない
Causative 売りさばかせる 売りさばかせない
Causative + Passive 売りさばかされる 売りさばかされない
Imperative 売りさばけ 売りさばくな

Example

店主は仕入れた大量の在庫を、数日のうちにすべて売りさばいた。
The shopkeeper sold off all of the large amount of stock they procured within a few days.

Usage Notes

売りさばく (urisabaku) means to sell a large quantity of goods or stock efficiently and completely, or to sell goods wholesale. The suffix さばく (sabaku) implies handling, processing, or clearing out a large volume of things smoothly.

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