Word details

身売り

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 身売り.

Dictionary

Entry

身売りうりNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #40844
1

selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute)

2

selling out (to a competitor); selling off

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

sell

7 strokesFrequency 202JLPT N3Grade 2

On

バイ

Kun

う.るう.れる

Nanori

うりうる

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