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  1. Words
  2. 買う

かう

買う

N3

to buy

kau

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JLPT
N3
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#1,424

Meanings

  1. 1
    to buy; to purchaseu-verb (う)transitive
  2. 2
    to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion ofu-verb (う)transitive
  3. 3
    to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn)u-verb (う)transitive

JMdict 1473740

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
買いますかいます
かいます
Polite Past (~mashita)
買いましたかいました
かいました
Polite Negative (~masen)
買いませんかいません
かいません
Plain Negative (~nai)
買わないかわない
かわない
Te-form (Connecting)
買ってかって
かって
Plain Past (~ta)
買ったかった
かった
Potential (Can do)
買えるかえる
かえる

In a sentence

車(くるま)を買う(かう)ために貯金(ちょきん)をしている。

I'm saving money for a car.

Written with

  • 買buy12 strokes

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