購読する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 購読する | 購読しない |
| Polite | 購読します | 購読しません |
| Past polite | 購読しました | 購読しませんでした |
| Past | 購読した | 購読しなかった |
| Te-form | 購読して | 購読しないで |
| Desire | 購読したい | 購読したくない |
| Potential | 購読できる | 購読できない |
| Passive | 購読される | 購読されない |
| Causative | 購読させる | 購読させない |
| Causative passive | 購読させられる | 購読させられない |
| Volitional | 購読しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 購読しましょう | |
| Imperative | 購読しろ | 購読するな |
| Conditional | 購読すれば | 購読しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 購読したら | 購読しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
subscribe to; buy and read
Covers both paid subscriptions and free subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and similar periodicals. Also used for the act of buying and reading a publication regularly.
I subscribe to the newspaper every morning.
You can subscribe to this magazine online for free.
I subscribe to a business magazine every month.
I applied for a subscription to the new magazine.
I canceled my newspaper subscription when I moved.
購買 and 購読 share the kanji 購 and both involve paying for something, but 購買 means buying goods while 購読 specifically means subscribing to a publication.