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仕入れ (しいれ, shiire) Japanese meaning: purchasing | Kotomora

仕し入いれ

し

い

れ

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

purchasing; stocking; procurement

Refers to the act of buying goods or materials for a business, especially for retail or production. Often used in commercial contexts.

新あたらしい商しょう品ひんの仕

し

入い

れ

を

担たん

当とう

し

て

い

ます

。

I'm in charge of purchasing new products.

仕し入いれ価か格かくが上あがって利り益えきが減へった。

The purchase price went up and profits decreased.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の仕し入いれをするto purchase/stock something (for business)
この店みせは野や菜さいの仕し入いれを毎まい朝あさ行おこなっている。
This shop stocks up on vegetables every morning.
仕し入いれコストが上あがる／下さがるpurchasing costs go up/down
原げん材ざい料りょうの値ね上あげで仕し入いれコストが上あがった。
Purchasing costs rose due to higher raw material prices.
仕し入いれを行おこなうto carry out procurement/purchasing
海かい外がいから直ちょく接せつ仕し入いれを行おこなっている企き業ぎょうも増ふえている。
More companies are now procuring directly from overseas.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
入enter, insert

Related words· 6

購こう入にゅうN2
購入 is a general word for buying anything, while 仕入れ specifically means buying stock or materials for a business to resell or use in production.
調ちょう達たつN1
調達 covers procuring goods, funds, or resources in any context (including non-commercial), while 仕入れ is limited to a business buying inventory or materials.
買かい付つけ
仕入れ emphasizes stocking goods for resale, while 買い付け focuses on the act or trip of purchasing directly from a market or supplier.
入にゅう荷かN1
仕入れ emphasizes a business's act of purchasing/stocking goods, while 入荷 emphasizes the goods' arrival itself, regardless of who ordered them.

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買かい出だし
仕入れ is business jargon for procuring stock or materials for resale, whereas 買い出し can also refer casually to stocking up for personal or event use.
買かい入いれ
仕入れ is buying goods specifically to resell, whereas 買い入れ is broader and can cover purchases for internal use or reserves.

Opposites

販はん売ばいN3
販売 means selling goods to customers, the opposite side of the business cycle from 仕入れ, which means buying stock in.

Counted with

件けんN2
Used for individual cases or transactions; there is no natural dedicated counter for the abstract noun itself.

Word family

仕し入いれ値ね
cost price; buying price
仕し入いれ先さき
supplier; vendor
仕し入いれ物もの
stock of goods received; purchased goods; incoming inventory
仕し入いれ価

Written forms

仕し入いれUsage62%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
仕し入いれUsage38%
Abbreviated kanji form; rarely used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 仕入れる (to lay in stock), from 仕 (do) + 入れる (put in). The nominalized form 仕入れ is used as a business term.

か

格かく

cost price; buying price

仕し入いれ費ひ用よう

purchasing expense; procurement cost