せりうり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
せり売り 競り売り 競売り 糶売り 糶売

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ɾʲiɯ̟ɾʲi]

Noun

せりうり • (seriuri) 

1. auction; selling at auction

   Synonym: 競売 (kyōbai)

   • 2007 February 2, Takagi Yūki et al., “Suisangyō kaikaku Takagi iinkai [Takagi committee report on reform of fisheries industry]”, in Japan Economic Research Institute‎^[1], page 94:

     ドイツもベルリンで1893(せんはっぴゃくきゅうじゅうさん)年(ねん)に中(ちゅう)央(おう)卸(おろし)売(うり)市(し)場(じょう)をつくったときに公(こう)設(せつ)仲(なか)買(がい)人(にん)制(せい)度(ど)を取(と)り入(い)れ、糶(せり)売(う)り取(とり)引(ひき)を強(きょう)制(せい)したが上(う)手(ま)く定(てい)着(ちゃく)しなかった。

     Doitsu mo Berurin de senhappyakukyūjūsan-nen ni chūō oroshiurishijō o tsukutta toki ni kōsetsu nakagainin seido o torīre, seriuri torihiki o kyōsei shita ga umaku teichaku shinakatta.

     Germany also adopted a public brokerage system when it set up a central wholesale market in Berlin in 1893 and required trading at auction, but it did not become well established.

Verb

せりうりする • (seriuri suru) suru (stem せりうりし (seriuri shi), past せりうりした (seriuri shita))

1. to sell at auction

Conjugation

Conjugation of "せりうりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	せりうりし	seriuri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	せりうりし	seriuri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	せりうりする	seriuri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	せりうりする	seriuri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	せりうりすれ	seriuri sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	せりうりせよ¹ せりうりしろ²	seriuri seyo¹ seriuri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	せりうりされる	seriuri sareru
Causative	せりうりさせる せりうりさす	seriuri saseru seriuri sasu
Potential	せりうりできる	seriuri dekiru
Volitional	せりうりしよう	seriuri shiyō
Negative	せりうりしない	seriuri shinai
Negative continuative	せりうりせず	seriuri sezu
Formal	せりうりします	seriuri shimasu
Perfective	せりうりした	seriuri shita
Conjunctive	せりうりして	seriuri shite
Hypothetical conditional	せりうりすれば	seriuri sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative