買う

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 買う. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 買う, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 買う in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 買う you have here. The definition of the word 買う will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of買う, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
買
か
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "買う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		買う かう
Imperative (命令形) 買え かえ
Key constructions
Passive 買われる かわれる
Causative 買わせる かわせる
Potential 買える かえる
Volitional 買おう かお​ー
Negative 買わない かわない
Negative perfective 買わなかった かわな​かった
Formal 買います かいま​す
Perfective 買った かった
Conjunctive 買って かって
Hypothetical conditional 買えば かえ​ば

Verb

買(か)う • (kau) ←かふ (kafu)?transitive godan (stem 買(か)い (kai), past 買(か)った (katta))

  1. to buy
    私(わたし)は新車(しんしゃ)を買(か)うつもりです。
    Watashi wa shinsha o kau tsumori desu.
    I'm going to buy a new car.
  2. to value, to appreciate, to have a high opinion of someone
  3. to provoke someone, to stir

Conjugation

Conjugation of "買う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 買わ かわ kawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 買い かい kai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 買う かう kau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 買う かう kau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 買え かえ kae
Meireikei ("imperative") 買え かえ kae
Key constructions
Passive 買われる かわれる kawareru
Causative 買わせる
買わす 		かわせる
かわす 		kawaseru
kawasu
Potential 買える かえる kaeru
Volitional 買おう かおう kaō
Negative 買わない かわない kawanai
Negative continuative 買わず かわず kawazu
Formal 買います かいます kaimasu
Perfective 買った かった katta
Conjunctive 買って かって katte
Hypothetical conditional 買えば かえば kaeba
Classical conjugation of "買ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 買は かは kafa
Continuative (連用形) 買ひ かひ kafi
Terminal (終止形) 買ふ かふ kafu
Attributive (連体形) 買ふ かふ kafu
Realis (已然形) 買へ かへ kafe
Imperative (命令形) 買へ かへ kafe
Key constructions
Negative 買はず かはず kafazu
Contrasting conjunction 買へど かへど kafedo
Causal conjunction 買へば かへば kafeba
Conditional conjunction 買はば かはば kafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 買ひき かひき kafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 買ひけり かひけり kafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 買ひつ かひつ kafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 買ひぬ かひぬ kafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 買へり
買ひたり		 かへり
かひたり		 kaferi
kafitari
Volitional 買はむ かはむ kafamu

Antonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia