買い物

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
買 物
か
Grade: 2 		もの
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
買物

Pronunciation

Noun

買(か)い物(もの) • (kaimono) ←かひもの (kafimono)?

  1. shopping, buying
  2. purchased goods

Verb

買(か)い物(もの)する • (kaimono suru) suru (stem 買(か)い物(もの)し (kaimono shi), past 買(か)い物(もの)した (kaimono shita))

  1. to shop, to buy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "買い物する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 買い物し かいものし kaimono shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 買い物し かいものし kaimono shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 買い物する かいものする kaimono suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 買い物する かいものする kaimono suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 買い物すれ かいものすれ kaimono sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 買い物せよ¹
買い物しろ² 		かいものせよ¹
かいものしろ² 		kaimono seyo¹
kaimono shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 買い物される かいものされる kaimono sareru
Causative 買い物させる
買い物さす 		かいものさせる
かいものさす 		kaimono saseru
kaimono sasu
Potential 買い物できる かいものできる kaimono dekiru
Volitional 買い物しよう かいものしよう kaimono shiyō
Negative 買い物しない かいものしない kaimono shinai
Negative continuative 買い物せず かいものせず kaimono sezu
Formal 買い物します かいものします kaimono shimasu
Perfective 買い物した かいものした kaimono shita
Conjunctive 買い物して かいものして kaimono shite
Hypothetical conditional 買い物すれば かいものすれば kaimono sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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