買かい手て

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

buyer; purchaser

Refers to the person or party buying something, often in commercial or transactional contexts. The counterpart is 売り手 (seller).

買かい手てが見みつからなければ、値ね段だんを下さげるしかない。
If we can't find a buyer, we'll have to lower the price.
この市し場じょうでは買かい手てが有ゆう利りだ。
Buyers have the advantage in this market.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の買かい手てを探さがすto look for a buyer (for something)
家いえの買かい手てをなかなか見みつけられない。
We can't seem to find a buyer for the house.
買かい手てが現あらわれるa buyer appears/turns up
ようやく良よい条じょう件けんの買かい手てが現あらわれた。
A buyer with good terms finally showed up.
買かい手てと交こう渉しょうするto negotiate with the buyer
価か格かくについて買かい手てと交こう渉しょうした。
We negotiated the price with the buyer.

Expressions

買かい手てがつくfind a buyer

Kanji

買buy
手hand

Related words

購こう入にゅう者しゃ
購入者 is a more formal, written term for 'purchaser' used in contracts and documents, while 買い手 is the everyday business word.
バイヤー
バイヤー refers specifically to a professional buyer (e.g. for a retail company), while 買い手 is a general term for whoever is purchasing in any transaction.

Opposites

売うり手てN1
買い手 is the buyer in a transaction, while 売り手 is the seller, the opposite party.
セラー
買い手 (buyer) is the direct opposite of セラー (seller) in a transaction.

Word family

Built from

買かう+手て

Written forms

買かい手てUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
買かい手てUsage19%
Less common variant; still seen but 買い手 is preferred.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (kai, 'buying', the continuative form of 買う) + 手 (te, 'person' or 'doer'). Literally 'buying person'.