No. 2,544 in Japanese
売り切れる
"売り切れる" means "to be sold out."
In a sentence
人気のケーキはすぐに売り切れる。
The popular cake sells out quickly.
Here, '売り切れる' is used to indicate that an item becomes sold out due to high demand.
昨日のコンサートチケットはすべて売り切れました。
All concert tickets for yesterday's event were sold out.
In this sentence, '売り切れる' is used in the past tense, showing completion of the action of selling all items.
この商品は毎年のクリスマスシーズンに必ず売り切れる。
This product inevitably sells out every Christmas season.
Here, '売り切れる' describes a recurring event where an item becomes sold out routinely during a specific time frame.
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