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買い受ける (かいうける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

買かい受うける

か

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け

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Transitive verb meaning to buy or purchase something, often used in commercial or formal contexts.

会かい社しゃが新あたらしい機き材ざいを買かい受うけた。
The company purchased new equipment.
その絵えを高たか値ねで買

か

い

受う

ける

人ひと

が

現あらわ

れ

た

。

Someone appeared who would buy the painting at a high price.

Written forms

買かい受うけるUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling.
買かい受うけるUsage13%
Variant spelling without okurigana い; less common but still used.

Kanji

買buy
受accept, undergo, answer (phone)

Similar words

買かう
買う is the general verb for 'to buy'. 買い受ける is more formal and often implies a business transaction or purchasing something offered.
購こう入にゅうする
購入する is a formal term for 'purchase', similar to 買い受ける but more common in modern business contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (stem of 買う, 'to buy') + 受ける ('to receive'). The combination yields the meaning 'to receive by buying', i.e., to purchase.