How to Say ‘It sold well’ in Japanese
よく売れました
yoku ure mashi ta
[yoh-koo oo-REH mah-shee tah]
💬 Usage Tip: 売れる (ureru) means "to sell" in the sense of the product getting sold, so the product itself is the subject. Compare 売る (uru), which is what a person does.
Phrase Breakdown
よく
yoku
[yoh-koo]
well
To a high degree; thoroughly.
よくできました。
Well done.
売れ
ure
[oo-REH]
to sell (be sold)
Stem of 売れる; intransitive verb meaning something sells well.
この本はよく売れます。
This book sells well.
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past stem
Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.
昨日は多くのことを学びました。
I learned many things yesterday.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense marker
Indicates past tense.
彼は来た。
He came.
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