Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to buy; to purchase
in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.
2. to value; to have a high opinion
3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
Kanji used
buy
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
to incur someone's enmity
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
to take on a role; to take part
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
to win favour; to win favor
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
to incur someone's enmity
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
to incur someone's enmity
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
to buy the whole lot; to buy in bulk
to buy on credit
Examples (200 in total)
"Do you want to buy it?" "Yes."
I don't want to buy this one.
We bought a house.