"買う" meaning in Japanese

See 買う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|かう|hhira=かふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 買(か)う • (kau) ^(←かふ (kafu)?)transitive godan (stem 買(か)い (kai), past 買(か)った (katta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|か|4-p}} Forms: 買う [canonical] (ruby: ()), kau [romanization], kafu [romanization], 買い [stem] (ruby: ()), 買った [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 買わ [error-unrecognized-form], かわ [error-unrecognized-form], kawa [error-unrecognized-form], 買い [error-unrecognized-form], かい [error-unrecognized-form], kai [error-unrecognized-form], 買う [error-unrecognized-form], かう [error-unrecognized-form], kau [error-unrecognized-form], 買え [error-unrecognized-form], かえ [error-unrecognized-form], kae [error-unrecognized-form], 買われる [passive], かわれる [passive], kawareru [passive], 買わせる [causative], 買わす [causative], かわせる [causative], かわす [causative], kawaseru [causative], kawasu [causative], 買える [potential], かえる [potential], kaeru [potential], 買おう [volitional], かおう [volitional], kaō [volitional], 買わない [negative], かわない [negative], kawanai [negative], 買わず [continuative, negative], かわず [continuative, negative], kawazu [continuative, negative], 買います [formal], かいます [formal], kaimasu [formal], 買った [perfective], かった [perfective], katta [perfective], 買って [conjunctive], かって [conjunctive], katte [conjunctive], 買えば [conditional, hypothetical], かえば [conditional, hypothetical], kaeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 買は [irrealis, stem], かは [irrealis, stem], kafa [irrealis], 買ひ [continuative, stem], かひ [continuative, stem], kafi [continuative], 買ふ [stem, terminative], かふ [stem, terminative], kafu [terminative], 買ふ [attributive, stem], かふ [attributive, stem], kafu [attributive], 買へ [realis, stem], かへ [realis, stem], kafe [realis], 買へ [imperative, stem], かへ [imperative, stem], kafe [imperative], 買はず [negative], かはず [negative], kafazu [negative], 買へど [contrastive], かへど [contrastive], kafedo [contrastive], 買へば [causative], かへば [causative], kafeba [causative], 買はば [conditional], かはば [conditional], kafaba [conditional], 買ひき [past], かひき [past], kafiki [past], 買ひけり [past], かひけり [past], kafikeri [past], 買ひつ [perfect], かひつ [perfect], kafitu [perfect], 買ひぬ [perfect], かひぬ [perfect], kafinu [perfect], 買へり [continuative, perfect], 買ひたり [continuative, perfect], かへり [continuative, perfect], かひたり [continuative, perfect], kaferi [continuative, perfect], kafitari [continuative, perfect], 買はむ [volitional], かはむ [volitional], kafamu [volitional]
  1. to buy
    Sense id: en-買う-ja-verb-fi7Tk9Ul Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 40 31 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 30 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 31 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 28 26
  2. to value, to appreciate, to have a high opinion of someone
    Sense id: en-買う-ja-verb-Wp0TdXO7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 32 34
  3. to provoke someone, to stir
    Sense id: en-買う-ja-verb-0ccgczUv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 34 36 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 34 32 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 払う (harau) (ruby: (はら)) (english: to pay), 遣う (tsukau) (ruby: (つか)) (english: to spend), 購入 (kōnyū) (ruby: 購入(こうにゅう)) (english: purchase)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to sell",
      "roman": "uru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "売",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “buy”",
      "word": "売る"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "買う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買い",
      "roman": "kai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買った",
      "roman": "katta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かう",
        "hhira": "かふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "買(か)う • (kau) ^(←かふ (kafu)?)transitive godan (stem 買(か)い (kai), past 買(か)った (katta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "か",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to pay",
      "roman": "harau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "払",
          "はら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "払う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to spend",
      "roman": "tsukau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遣",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遣う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "purchase",
      "roman": "kōnyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "購入",
          "こうにゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "購入"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 31 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 31 28",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 31 28",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 34",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "41 30 28",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 31 29",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 28 26",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm going to buy a new car.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa shinsha o kau tsumori desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "新車",
              "しんしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は新車を買うつもりです。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to buy"
      ],
      "id": "en-買う-ja-verb-fi7Tk9Ul",
      "links": [
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to value, to appreciate, to have a high opinion of someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-買う-ja-verb-Wp0TdXO7",
      "links": [
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "appreciate",
          "appreciate"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 34 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 32 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to provoke someone, to stir"
      ],
      "id": "en-買う-ja-verb-0ccgczUv",
      "links": [
        [
          "provoke",
          "provoke"
        ],
        [
          "stir",
          "stir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "買う"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "to sell",
      "roman": "uru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "売",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “buy”",
      "word": "売る"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "買う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買い",
      "roman": "kai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買った",
      "roman": "katta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "買",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買は",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買へり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買ひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "買はむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かう",
        "hhira": "かふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "買(か)う • (kau) ^(←かふ (kafu)?)transitive godan (stem 買(か)い (kai), past 買(か)った (katta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "か",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to pay",
      "roman": "harau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "払",
          "はら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "払う"
    },
    {
      "english": "to spend",
      "roman": "tsukau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "遣",
          "つか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "遣う"
    },
    {
      "english": "purchase",
      "roman": "kōnyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "購入",
          "こうにゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "購入"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm going to buy a new car.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa shinsha o kau tsumori desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "新車",
              "しんしゃ"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は新車を買うつもりです。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to buy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to value, to appreciate, to have a high opinion of someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "appreciate",
          "appreciate"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to provoke someone, to stir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "provoke",
          "provoke"
        ],
        [
          "stir",
          "stir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "買う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 買う meaning in Japanese (9.6kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "買う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "買う",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.