購こう読どく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

購読する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	購こう読どくする	購こう読どくしない
Polite	購こう読どくします	購こう読どくしません
Past polite	購こう読どくしました	購こう読どくしませんでした
Past	購こう読どくした	購こう読どくしなかった
Te-form	購こう読どくして	購こう読どくしないで
Desire	購こう読どくしたい	購こう読どくしたくない
Potential	購こう読どくできる	購こう読どくできない
Passive	購こう読どくされる	購こう読どくされない
Causative	購こう読どくさせる	購こう読どくさせない
Causative passive	購こう読どくさせられる	購こう読どくさせられない
Volitional	購こう読どくしよう
Polite volitional	購こう読どくしましょう
Imperative	購こう読どくしろ	購こう読どくするな
Conditional	購こう読どくすれば	購こう読どくしなければ
Tara conditional	購こう読どくしたら	購こう読どくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

subscribe to; buy and read

Covers both paid subscriptions and free subscriptions for newspapers, magazines, and similar periodicals. Also used for the act of buying and reading a publication regularly.

毎まい朝あさ、新しん聞ぶんを購こう読どくしている。
I subscribe to the newspaper every morning.
この雑ざっ誌しはオンラインで無む料りょう購こう読どくできます。
You can subscribe to this magazine online for free.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を購こう読どくするto subscribe to / buy and read (a periodical)
毎まい月つき、経けい済ざい専せん門もん誌しを購こう読どくしている。
I subscribe to a business magazine every month.
〈物もの〉の購こう読どくを申もうし込こむto apply for a subscription to (something)
新あたらしい雑ざっ誌しの購こう読どくを申もうし込こんだ。
I applied for a subscription to the new magazine.
〈物もの〉の購こう読どくを中ちゅう止しするto cancel a subscription to (something)
引ひっ越こしを機きに新しん聞ぶんの購こう読どくを中ちゅう止しした。
I canceled my newspaper subscription when I moved.

Kanji

購subscription, buy
読read

Related words

定てい期き購こう読どく
定期購読 specifically means a regular, often paid subscription, while 購読 can also cover a one-time purchase or free subscription.
購こう入にゅうN2
購入 is the general word for buying any kind of goods, whereas 購読 is limited to reading materials and implies ongoing engagement.

Don't confuse with

講こう読どくN1
講読 (same pronunciation) means to read and study a text academically, while 購読 means to subscribe to or buy and read a periodical.
購こう入にゅうN2
購読 means 'to subscribe' (to a magazine, newspaper, or service), while 購入 means a one-time 'purchase' of goods; the two are easy to mix up because both start with 購.
愛あい読どくN1
購読 means to subscribe to or regularly purchase a publication, while 愛読 means to read something with fondness, so the two overlap in context (magazines, newspapers) but describe different actions.
購こう買ばいN1
購買 and 購読 share the kanji 購 and both involve paying for something, but 購買 means buying goods while 購読 specifically means subscribing to a publication.

Word family

購こう読どく料りょう
subscription fee; subscription charge
購こう読どく者しゃ
subscriber; reader; buyer
予よ約やく購こう読どく
subscription
定てい期き購こう読どく
subscription

Etymology

Compound of 購 (buy, purchase) and 読 (read). The combination straightforwardly means 'buy and read', extended to subscribing to periodicals.