買かい付つける

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

buy in bulk; stock up on; lay in a supply

Used when purchasing a large quantity of something, often for business or stocking purposes.

年ねん末まつに備そなえて、店みせは商しょう品ひんを大たい量りょうに買かい付つけた。
In preparation for the year-end, the store bought a large quantity of goods.
彼かれは海かい外

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He buys wine in bulk from overseas.

2

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

buy regularly; be a regular customer; patronize

Describes the habit of buying from a particular shop or supplier on a regular basis.

あの店みせは昔むかしから買かい付つけている。
I've been a regular customer at that shop for a long time.
彼かれはいつも同おなじ市いち場ばで買かい付つけている。
He always buys regularly at the same market.

Written forms

買かい付つけるUsage62%
Standard kanji spelling.
買かいつけるUsage37%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
かいつけるUsage1%

Kanji

買buy
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

仕し入いれる
仕入れる also means to stock or lay in supplies, but is more commonly used in a business context for procuring inventory, while 買い付ける emphasizes the act of buying in large quantities or regularly.
買かい込こむ
買い込む means to buy up or stock up, often with a nuance of buying more than needed, whereas 買い付ける focuses on the regularity or bulk nature of the purchase.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (kai, the continuative form of 買う 'to buy') + 付ける (tsukeru, 'to attach, apply'), with the sense of 'attaching' a buying action to a place or supplier, leading to the meanings of buying regularly or in bulk.