買う
N5かう kau
- to buy
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
买
Examples
- 買うかどうかはあなたしだいです。It is up to you whether to buy it or not.买不买由你决定。
- 外国から買わなくてはなりません。We have to buy them from abroad.必须从外国购买。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bdb125e5c6'); // 買う
{
"id": "bdb125e5c6",
"word": "買う",
"reading": "かう",
"romaji": "kau",
"meanings": [
"to buy"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1473740,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "買うかどうかはあなたしだいです。",
"furigana": "{買|か}うかどうかはあなたしだいです。",
"en": "It is up to you whether to buy it or not.",
"tatoeba_id": 121489
},
{
"ja": "外国から買わなくてはなりません。",
"furigana": "{外国|がいこく}から{買|か}わなくてはなりません。",
"en": "We have to buy them from abroad.",
"tatoeba_id": 184826
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c4723fad55f36b8f7a51658e027b5bb2169f4afa71f57b393d05d5e685db4c44",
"meanings": [
"买"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "買うかどうかはあなたしだいです。",
"zh": "买不买由你决定。"
},
{
"ja": "外国から買わなくてはなりません。",
"zh": "必须从外国购买。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/bdb125e5c6",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "c75fd768e97a54393082b987ce199e230f8367ad6402d36c01bac52403fa08f5"
}
}