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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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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。

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

Kanji

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

Related words

ショッピングカート
買い物かご is a hand-carried shopping basket without wheels, whereas ショッピングカート is the larger wheeled cart pushed along the floor.

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.

Etymology

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