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購買組合 (こうばいくみあい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
cooperative society ; purchasing cooperative
A cooperative organization formed by consumers or small businesses to purchase goods collectively, often to obtain lower prices or better quality. Common in agricultural and consumer contexts.
この 地ち 域いき の 購こう 買ばい 組くみ 合あい は 、 組くみ 合あい 員いん に 日にち 用よう 品ひん を 割わり 引びき 価か 格かく で 提てい 供きょう し て いる 。
The local cooperative society offers daily necessities to its members at discounted prices.
Kanji 組 association, braid, plait Similar words 生せい 活かつ 協きょう 同どう 組くみ 合あい A consumers' cooperative (co-op) focused on daily life goods and services; 購買組合 is a broader term for any purchasing cooperative, often used in business or agricultural contexts.
協きょう 同どう 組くみ 合あい General term for a cooperative; 購買組合 specifically emphasizes joint purchasing activities.
Etymology Compound of 購買 (こうばい, 'purchasing') and 組合 (くみあい, 'association, union'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound describing a cooperative for collective purchasing.
