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物色買い (ぶっしょくがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

物ぶっ色しょく買がい

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Meanings

1

noun

selective buying; bargain-hunting

Refers to carefully choosing items to buy, often looking for good deals or specific qualities. Not a high-frequency word, but understandable.

彼かの女じょは物ぶっ色しょく買がいが得とく意いで、いつも良よい品しなを安やすく手てに入いれる。
She is good at selective buying and always gets good items cheaply.

週しゅう

末まつ

は

市いち

場ば

で

物ぶっ

色しょく

買が

い

を

楽たの

しん

だ

。

I enjoyed bargain-hunting at the market on the weekend.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
色color
買buy

Similar words

買かい物もの
買い物 is general shopping, while 物色買い emphasizes careful selection and bargain-hunting.
衝しょう動どう買がい
衝動買い is impulse buying, the opposite of the deliberate, selective nature of 物色買い.

Etymology

Compound of 物色 (ぶっしょく, 'looking for something; searching') and 買い (かい, 'buying'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently means 'buying while searching/selecting'.