Illustration: At a secondhand household-goods stall in an Edo town, a shopper and seller negotiate over a used iron kettle placed between them. The seller points firmly to a neat row of six matching coins on the counter.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

値ね切ぎる

negiru

to haggle, to bargain down

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは値切ねぎるのがうまいんだ。

    She’s good at bargaining the price down.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 「20ユーロかあ。ちょっと高たかいな」「値切ねぎったらもう少すこし安やすくなるかもよ」

    “Twenty euros? That’s a bit expensive.” “You might get it a little cheaper if you haggle.”

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. フリーマーケットで椅子いすを値切ねぎった。

    I haggled over the price of a chair at the flea market.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 値切

  • 値price; costOnチKunね・あたい
  • 切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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