競る
せる · seru
To compete
- to bid
- to sell at auction
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 競りますせります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 競りませんせりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 競りましたせりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 競りませんでしたせりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 競りましょうせりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 競りせり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 競りたいせりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 競りながらせりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 競ってせって |
| Plain past (た形) | 競ったせった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 競ったらせったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 競っているせっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 競らないせらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 競らなかったせらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 競らなくてせらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 競れるせれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 競ればせれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 競れせれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 競ろうせろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 競られるせられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 競らせるせらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 競らされるせらされる |
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What does 競る mean?
To compete. It can also mean: to bid; to sell at auction.
How do you pronounce 競る?
せる (seru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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