Illustration: At a neighborhood flea market in a community-center courtyard, a seller and buyer complete the exchange of a secondhand rice cooker. The seller extends the cooker across a folding table while the buyer places coins into the seller’s waiting palm.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

売ばい買ばい

baibai

buying and selling

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは革製品かわせいひんの売買ばいばいをしている。

    He buys and sells leather goods.

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  2. トムは馬うまを売買ばいばいしている。

    Tom buys and sells horses.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムは麻薬まやくを売買ばいばいしている。

    Tom is dealing drugs.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 売買

  • 売sellOnバイKunうる・うれる
  • 買buyOnバイKunかう

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