買う
かう
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to buy; to purchase
- to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize
- to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour)
- to accept; to take on; to take up
- to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
Kanji
- 買 buy. Read as かう.
Example sentences
- 飲み物を俺に頼まないでくれよ。自分で買いにいけばいいだろ。
Stop asking me for a drink! Go get it yourself. - あなたがじゃがいもを買うように奇蹟を買うことができないなんて本当に残念だわ。
It's a pity that you can't buy miracles like you would buy potatoes. - 私の母はオレンジジュースを二本買った。
My mother bought two bottles of orange juice. - ああ！ もし私がお金持ちだったら、スペインに家を買うのに。
Ah! If I were rich, I'd buy myself a house in Spain. - 君は必要以上に多くの切手を買ってしまった。
You have bought more postage stamps than are necessary.
Common phrases
- 怒りを買う (いかりをかう) to rouse anger
- 一役買う (ひとやくかう) to take on a role
- 反感を買う (はんかんをかう) to antagonize
- 不興を買う (ふきょうをかう) to fall into disgrace with
- 家を買う
- スーパーで買う
- 本を買う
- 商品を買う
- コンビニで買う
- 土地を買う
- 反発を買う
- 服を買う
- お土産を買う
- 金で買う
- 帰りに買う
Words containing 買う
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