商品は値段が高いためにかえってよく売れるということがしばしばある。

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English Translation

It often happens that goods sell all the better for their high price.

Furigana

商品(しょうひん)は値段(ねだん)が高(たか)いためにかえってよく売(う)れるということがしばしばある。

Romanji

Shōhin wa nedan ga takai tameni kaette yoku ureru toiu koto ga shibashiba aru.

Words

商品 (しょうひん)

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

値段 (ねだん)

price; cost

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

換える (かえる)

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

売れる (うれる)

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about