買

買	Meanings: buy, purchase On Readings: バイ bai Kun Readings: か（う） ka(u) Most Used Pronunciation: ka(u) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 貝 Stroke Number: 12

Level 4 Completion 97 / 103

Common jukugo
買物 - かい　もの kai mono - shopping

Useful Examples
Japanese: 僕の妻は店で一番高いカバンを買ってしまった。
Romaji: boku no tsuma wa mise de ichiban takai kaban o katte shimatta.
English: My wife bought the most expensive purse in the store! (shimatta implies it is unfortunate)

Japanese: 今日はリンゴが安いので、２個買いましょう。
Romaji: kyou wa ringo ga yasui node, ni ko kaimashou.
Literal: today-(topic)-apple-(subject)-cheap-because-2 units-lets buy
English: Today, apples are inexpensive so let's buy 2.

Japanese: 新しい車を買いたい。
Romaji: atarashii kuruma o kaitai.
English: I want to buy a new car.

Japanese: 兄はエレキギターを買いました。
Romaji: ani wa erekigita- o kaimashita.
English: My brother bought an electric guitar.

Japanese: もう新車を買う方がいいよ。
Romaji: mou shinsha o kau hou ga ii yo.
English: You should get you a new car now.

Japanese: ピカソの絵を買いたいものだ。
Romaji: pikaso no e o kaitai mono da.
English: I'd like to buy a Picasso.

Japanese: 鉱山を所有している人から銀を買いました。
Romaji: kouzan o shoyuu shite iru hito kara gin o kaimashita.
English: I buy my silver from a man who has a mine on his property.

Japanese: 母はこの前の日曜日にズボンを２本買ってくれました。
Romaji: haha wa kono mae no nichiyoubi ni zubon o ni hon katte kuremashita.
English: My mother bought me two pairs of pants last Sunday.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
A lot of money words also have shell kai [貝] as part of the kanji. A long time ago shells were used as money.

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.