捌く
さばく
sabaku
JMdict entry #1299630
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to handle well; to handle deftly
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to deal with; to manage; to settle; to sort; to process
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.); to cut and trim (fish)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to sell out (completely); to dispose of (all stock)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to untangle; to disentangle; to part; to arrange (e.g. the hem of a kimono)
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
首相は記者会見で難しい質問をうまくさばいた。
shushou ha kisha kaiken de muzukashii shitsumon wo umaku sabai ta 。
The prime minister fielded some tough questions at the press conference.
その道路は現在の交通量をさばききれない。
sono douro ha genzai no koutsuu ryou wo sabaki kire nai 。
The road is inadequate for the amount of traffic which it carries.
ロバート・ハンセンが、旧ソ連に秘密情報を売りさばいた容疑で逮捕された。
robaato ・ hansen ga 、 kyuu soren ni himitsu jouhou wo urisabai ta yougi de taiho sa re ta 。
Robert Hansen was arrested on suspicion of having sold off secret information to the former Soviet Union.
たくさん作っても捌ききれないから、控えめにね。
takusan tsukuxtsu te mo sabaki kire nai kara 、 hikaeme ni ne 。
If you make too many, we won't be able to sell them all, so don't go wild.
「そんなに性格がいいかな〜？」「ありえない。今回もだけど、中学ん時は女子のパンツを売りさばいて儲けてたし」
「 son'na ni seikaku ga ii ka naa ？ 」 「 ari e nai 。 konkai mo da kedo 、 chuugaku n toki ha joshi no pantsu wo urisabai te mouke te ta shi 」
"Do I really have that good a personality?" "Impossible. After all, there's this time as well, but in middle school you sold off girl's pants all over to bring in the money."