捌: handle

handle; fillet; sell off

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Readings

ハツ・ハチ・ベツ

Kun

さばく・さばける・はけ

The verb has two readings: さばく (fillet, handle, sell off) and はける (flow off), as in 捌け口 (outlet).

捌くさばくto fillet; to handle; to sell

捌けるさばけるto sell well; to be sensible

捌け口はけぐちoutlet; vent

売り捌くうりさばくto sell off

父ちちは釣つってきた魚さかなを手際てぎわよく捌さばいた。

My father deftly filleted the fish he had caught.

在庫ざいこを売り捌うりさばくため、店みせは大幅おおはばな値引ねびきを始はじめた。

To sell off its stock, the shop started big discounts.

たまった不満ふまんの捌け口はけぐちがなくて、彼かれは日記にっきを書かき始はじめた。

With no outlet for his pent-up frustration, he began writing a diary.