売(う)れるto sell (well), to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

５年間(ごねんかん)使(つか)った中古(ちゅうこ)車(しゃ)が３０万(さんじゅうまん)円(えん)で売(う)れました。

A used car that was used for 5 years sold for 300,000 yen.

こんな時代遅(じだいおく)れなデザインの服(ふく)はあまり売(う)れないだろう。

Clothes with such outdated designs will not sell well.

自叙伝(じじょでん)が予想(よそう)した倍(ばい)売(う)れたみたいで収入(しゅうにゅう)が大幅(おおはば)にアップしました。

It seems my autobiography sold twice as much as I expected, so my income increased significantly.

後(あと)でカゴに入(い)れようと思(おも)っていた商品(しょうひん)がこの短時間(たんじかん)で売(う)れてしまったらしいです。

It seems that the items that I was going to put in my online shopping cart were sold in this short period of time.

今(いま)は売(う)れない画家(がか)も死後(しご)には有名(ゆうめい)になっているかもしれないと思(おも)うと不思議(ふしぎ)な気分(きぶん)だ。

It is strange to think that painters who are not selling now may become famous after their death.