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彼は店じまいのため商品を投げ売りした。

Sentence Analyzer

店じまい ため 商品 投げ売り した

English Translation

He sold his goods at a sacrifice to close down his business.

Furigana

(かれ)(みせ)じまいのため商品(しょうひん)()()りした。

Romanji

Kare wa misejimai no tame shōhin o nageuri shita.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
店じまい (みせじまい)
closing up shop; stopping business; going out of business
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
商品 (しょうひん)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
投げ売り (なげうり)
bargain (sacrifice) sale; selling at a loss; dumping
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ
Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell