買い揃える

かいそろえる

Also written 買いそろえる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to buy (a set of items)

Kanji

• 買 buy. Read as かう.
• 揃 assemble. Read as そろえる.

Example sentences

• そのうち読もうと思って買い揃えた世界文学全集も、結局ほとんど読まないまま本棚に飾ってあり、宝の持ち腐れになっている。
  In the end, the complete collection of world literature I had bought with the intention of reading someday became just a display on the bookcase, remaining mostly unread. What a waste.

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