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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

買かう

N5
かう kau
  1. to buy
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

买

Examples

  • 買か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。
  • 外がい国こくから買か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"
  }
}