買い物難民 かいものなんみん Meanings Noun person unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector (literally: shopping refugee) Kanji 買 buy. Read as かう. 物 thing. Read as もの. 難 difficult. Read as ナン. 民 people. Read as ミン. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists