買かう
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Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase
2. to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize
3. to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour)
4. to accept; to take on; to take up
5. to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かう
Used in vocabulary
飲のむ打うつ買かう
drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution
Noun
Examples1096
We fully appreciate his excellence as a skier.
I'm saving money for a car.
His constant insults aroused my anger.
If I were you, I'd buy that one.
Buy it for me, please.
I bought a book.