買う（かう）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: to buy
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 買います | かいます |
| te-form | 買って | かって |
| ta-form (past) | 買った | かった |
| nai-form (negative) | 買わない | かわない |
| potential form | 買える | かえる |
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Example sentences
- スーパーで牛乳とパンを買う。 — I buy milk and bread at the supermarket.
- セールで新しいくつを買った。 — I bought new shoes during the sale.
Idioms & proverbs containing “買う”
- 若い時の苦労は買うてもせよ (わかいときのくろうはこうてもせよ) — spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
- 顰蹙を買う (ひんしゅくをかう) — to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
- 恨みを買う (うらみをかう) — to incur someone's enmity
- 反感を買う (はんかんをかう) — to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
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