Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 密売(みつばい) in Japanese

密売
Kana Reading
みつばい
Romaji
mitsubai
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
    Example sentence
    麻薬の密売は根こそぎ絶やさなければならない。 We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.

Examples of 密売, みつばい in a sentence

Kanji in this word

密 JLPT 1

11 strokes

secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness

On'Yomi: ミツ

Kun'Yomi: ひそ.か

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売 JLPT 4

7 strokes

sell

On'Yomi: バイ

Kun'Yomi: う.る, う.れる

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