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小売商人は卸しで仕入れて小売りで売る。

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小売 商人 卸し 仕入れて 小売り 売る

English Translation

A retail merchant buys wholesale and sells retail.

Furigana

小売(こうり)商人(しょうにん)(おろ)しで仕入(しい)れて小売(こう)りで()る。

Romanji

Kouri shōnin wa oroshi de shiirete kouri de uru.

Words

小売 (こうり)
retail
商人 (しょうにん、あきんど、あきうど、あきゅうど、あきびと)
trader; shopkeeper; merchant
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
卸す (おろす)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
仕入れる (しいれる)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn something that might be useful later
売る (うる)
to sell

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell
Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シャ、 おろ.す、 おろし、 おろ.し
Meaning: wholesale
Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える
Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert