買う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
買
か
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "買う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 買う かう [kàú]
Imperative (命令形) 買え かえ [kàé]
Key constructions
Passive 買われる かわれる [kàwárérú]
Causative 買わせる かわせる [kàwásérú]
Potential 買える かえる [kàérú]
Volitional 買おう かお​ー [kàóꜜò]
Negative 買わない かわない [kàwánáí]
Negative perfective 買わなかった かわな​かった [kàwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 買います かいま​す [kàímáꜜsù]
Perfective 買った かった [kàttá]
Conjunctive 買って かって [kàtté]
Hypothetical conditional 買えば かえ​ば [kàéꜜbà]

Verb

買(か)う • (kau) ←かふ (kafu)?transitive godan (stem 買(か)い (kai), past 買(か)った (katta))

  1. to buy
    私(わたし)は新車(しんしゃ)を買(か)うつもりです。
    Watashi wa shinsha o kau tsumori desu.
    I'm going to buy a new car.
  2. to value, to appreciate, to have a high opinion of someone
  3. to provoke someone, to stir

Conjugation
Conjugation of "買う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 買わ かわ kawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 買い かい kai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 買う かう kau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 買う かう kau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 買え かえ kae
Meireikei ("imperative") 買え かえ kae
Key constructions
Passive 買われる かわれる kawareru
Causative 買わせる
買わす		 かわせる
かわす		 kawaseru
kawasu
Potential 買える かえる kaeru
Volitional 買おう かおう kaō
Negative 買わない かわない kawanai
Negative continuative 買わず かわず kawazu
Formal 買います かいます kaimasu
Perfective 買った かった katta
Conjunctive 買って かって katte
Hypothetical conditional 買えば かえば kaeba
Classical conjugation of "買ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 買はかはkafa
Continuative (連用形) 買ひかひkafi
Terminal (終止形) 買ふかふkafu
Attributive (連体形) 買ふかふkafu
Realis (已然形) 買へかへkafe
Imperative (命令形) 買へかへkafe
Key constructions
Negative 買はずかはずkafazu
Contrasting conjunction 買へどかへどkafedo
Causal conjunction 買へばかへばkafeba
Conditional conjunction 買はばかはばkafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 買ひきかひきkafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 買ひけりかひけりkafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 買ひつかひつkafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 買ひぬかひぬkafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 買へり
買ひたり		かへり
かひたり		kaferi
kafitari
Volitional 買はむかはむkafamu

Antonyms

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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