買いだめ

かいだめ

Also written 買い溜め

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive stocking up (on); hoarding

Kanji

• 買 buy. Read as かう.

Example sentences

• いくら安いからって、こんなにトイレットペーパーを買いだめしてどうするの？置く場所ないでしょ。
  Even though it's cheap, why are you buying so much toilet paper? We don't have anywhere to put it all.
• ペットフードが安いので買いだめしとこ。
  Pet food is cheap, so I'll stock up.

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