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不買運動 (fubaiundou) Japanese meaning: boycott | Kotomora

不ふ買ばい運うん動どう

ふ

ば

い

う

ん

ど

う

Meanings

1

boycott; boycott movement

Refers to an organized refusal to buy goods or use services as a form of protest or pressure.

環かん境きょう団だん体たいがその会かい社しゃの製せい品ひんの不ふ買ばい運

うん

動どう

を

呼よ

びかけ

た

。

An environmental group called for a boycott of the company's products.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
買buy
運carry, luck, destiny
動move, motion, change

Related words

ボイコットN1
不買運動 is the more formal, often organized term for a consumer boycott campaign, while ボイコット is the everyday loanword used for any kind of boycott, including political or social ones.

Built from

不ふ買ばい+運うん動どう

Etymology

Compound of 不買 (ふばい, 'not buying') and 運動 (うんどう, 'movement').