How to Say ‘Sales went up twenty percent.’ in Japanese
売上は二十パーセント上がりました。
uriage wa nijitsu paasento agari mashi ta
[oo-ree-AH-geh wah nee-JOO PAH-sen-toh ah-GAH-ree mah-shee tah]
💬 Usage Tip: The は here is said (wa), not (ha). The amount goes right before the verb with no particle: 二十パーセント上がりました.
Phrase Breakdown
売上は
uriage wa
as for sales
売上 (uriage) means 'sales'. The topic particle は is written 'ha' but pronounced 'wa'.
売上はいいです。
Sales are good.
Words in this phrase
売上
uriage
[oo-ree-AH-geh]
sales; revenue
Noun for money earned from selling goods or services.
売上が下がりました。
Sales went down.
は
wa
[wah]
topic marker; as for
Marks 'today' as the topic. Written は but pronounced 'wa.'
本日はお時間をいただき、ありがとうございます。
Thank you for giving me your time today.
二十パーセント
nijitsu paasento
twenty percent
二十 (nijuu) means 'twenty'. パーセント (paasento) means 'percent'; stretch the long 'pā' sound.
二十パーセント安いです。
It is twenty percent cheaper.
Words in this phrase
二十
nijitsu
[nee-JOO]
twenty
The number 20.
二十人来ました。
Twenty people came.
パーセント
paasento
[PAH-sen-toh]
percent
Loanword from English used for percentages.
十パーセント安いです。
It's ten percent cheaper.
上がりました。
agari mashi ta
went up
This is the polite past form of 上がる (agaru, 'to rise').
気温が上がりました。
The temperature went up.
Words in this phrase
上がり
agari
[ah-GAH-ree]
to rise; to go up
Stem of 上がる, used when numbers, prices, or levels increase.
気温が上がりました。
The temperature rose.
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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