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物色買い (ぶっしょくがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

物ぶっ色しょく買がい

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Meanings

1

selective buying; bargain-hunting

Refers to carefully choosing items to buy, often looking for good deals or specific qualities. Not a high-frequency word, but understandable.

彼かの女じょは物ぶっ色しょく買がいが得とく意いで、いつも良よい品しなを

安やす

く

手て

に

入い

れる

。

She is good at selective buying and always gets good items cheaply.

週しゅう末まつは市いち場ばで物ぶっ色しょく買がいを楽たのしんだ。

I enjoyed bargain-hunting at the market on the weekend.

Kanji

物thing, object, matter
色color
買buy

Related words

買かい物もの
買い物 is general shopping, while 物色買い emphasizes careful selection and bargain-hunting.
衝しょう動どう買がい
衝動買い is impulse buying, the opposite of the deliberate, selective nature of 物色買い.

Built from

物ぶっ色しょく+買かう

Etymology

Compound of 物色 (ぶっしょく, 'looking for something; searching') and 買い (かい, 'buying'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently means 'buying while searching/selecting'.