買う – 20+ Japanese Verbs for Buying
The word for buy in Japanese is 買う(かう、) . You can take this word and combine it with other verbs to create a compound verb to express even more specific ideas related to buying.
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Compound verbs are just two verbs stuck together. If you translate these from Japanese to English there is not always an exact equivalent. However, the list I provided below gives a close translation or explanation of what the word means.
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Word List for 買う
| 買い取る | かいとる | buy up |
| 買い換える | かいかえる | buy a replacement |
| 買い求める | かいもとめる | buy; purchase something someone was intending on |
| 買い込む | かいこむ | buy up or stock up on something |
| 買い付ける | かいつける | buy something for business |
| 買い足す | かいたす | Make additional purchases |
| 買い占める | かいしめる | buy up (for example buy up stocks or resources to corner or control a market) |
| 買い上げる | かいあげる | buy up everything, (for example goverment to buy from private citizens) |
| 買い漁る | かいあさる | buy a bunch of stuff, go on a spending spree |
| 買い戻す | かいもどす | buy back |
| 買い揃える | かいそろえる | buy a set of things (everything needed for a certain purpose) |
| 買い集める | かいあつめる | buy things for a collection |
| 買い与える | かいあたえる | buy as a gift or buy for someone |
| 買い入れる | かいいれる | purchase, obtain something through buying |
| 買い支える | かいささえる | support through buying |
| 買い叩く | かいたたく | bargain down the price and purchase something for cheap |
| 買い控える | かいびかえる | wait for a better price to buy something or be reluctant to buy |
| 買い急ぐ | かいいそぐ | Rush to buy |
| 買い渋る | かいしぶる | Reluctant to buy |
| 買い溜める | かいためる | stock up |
| 買い負ける | かいまける | loose out on buying something (for example in an auction) |
| 買い整える | かいととのえる | buy a set of things needed for a task or situation |
| 買い被る | かいかぶる | overestimate |
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