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買い得 (かいどく, kaidoku) Japanese meaning: bargain | Kotomora

買かい得どく

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bargain; good buy

Refers to an item that is a great deal or worth more than its price; often used in shopping contexts.

この靴くつは買かい得どくだった。

These shoes were a bargain.

買かい得どく品ひんを探さがしてセールに行いく。

I go to the sale looking for good deals.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉は買かい得どくだX is a bargain/good buy
このパソコンは今いま、かなり買かい得どくだ。
This laptop is quite a bargain right now.
買かい得どくな〈物もの〉a bargain X (item that's a great deal)
このセットは買かい得どくな商しょう品ひんだ。
This set is a great-value product.

Kanji

買buy
得gain, get, find

Related words

バーゲンN4
バーゲン is a loanword usually referring to a sale event with many discounted items, while 買い得 describes a single item being worth more than its price.
お買かい得どくN2
買い得 is the same meaning as お買い得 but without the polite お- prefix, so it sounds slightly blunter and less common in everyday shop talk.

Opposites

損そんN3
買い得 means getting more value than you paid, while 損 means suffering a loss or bad deal on a purchase.

Politeness

お買かい得どくpolite 丁寧語N2
お買い得 adds the polite prefix お and is the form typically used in advertisements and store signs, while 買い得 is the plain, everyday word for a bargain.

Don't confuse with

買かい物ものN5
買い物 just means shopping or a purchase in general, whereas 買い得 specifically means that purchase was a great deal for the price.

Word family

お買かい得どくN2
bargain; good buy; great deal
買かい得どく品ひん
good bargain; great buy

Built from

買かう+得とく

Written forms

買かい得どくUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling; the 買い (buy) + 得 (gain) combination clearly conveys 'a good purchase'.
買かい得どくUsage9%
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (buying) and 得 (gain, profit), literally 'buying gain'.