品物が少ないときには売り手が有利だ。
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English Translation
        When goods are scarce, sellers have the advantage.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Shinamono ga sukunai tokini wa urite ga yūri da.
    
Words
            
                品物
            
            
                (しなもの)
            
        
        
            goods; article; thing
        
    
            
                が
            
            
                (が)
            
        
        
            indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
        
    
            
                少ない
            
            
                (すくない)
            
        
        
            few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
        
    
            
                時に
            
            
                (ときに)
            
        
        
            by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                売り手
            
            
                (うりて)
            
        
        
            seller; vendor
        
    
            
                有利
            
            
                (ゆうり)
            
        
        
            advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    Kanji
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
                        Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
                    Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
                        Meanings: thing, object, matter
                    Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
                        Meanings: few, little
                    Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
                        Meaning: sell
                    Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
                        Meaning: hand
                    Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る
                        Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
                    Readings: リ、 き.く
                        Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit