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買い物かご (かいものかご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

買かい物ものかご

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Meanings

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noun

shopping basket

A basket used while shopping, typically handheld or placed in a shopping cart. Common in supermarkets and retail stores.

スーパーで買かい物ものかごを持もって店てん内ないを回まわった。
I walked around the supermarket carrying a shopping basket.
買かい物ものかごがいっぱいになるまで買かってしまった

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I ended up buying so much that the shopping basket became full.

Written forms

買かい物ものかご
Standard spelling using the common kanji 買 and 物 with kana for かご.
買かい物ものカゴ
Variant with カゴ in katakana, often seen in retail contexts.
買かい物もの籠かご
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the kanji 籠 is not common for this word.

Kanji

買buy
物thing, object, matter
籠basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself

Similar words

ショッピングカート
A shopping cart with wheels, larger than a handheld basket.
買かい物もの袋ぶくろ
A shopping bag, typically used to carry purchases after checkout.

Etymology

Compound of 買い物 (shopping) and かご (basket). The word かご is of native Japanese origin.