購入

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See also: 购入

Chinese

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to buy; to purchase to enter
trad. (購入)
simp. (购入)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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購入

  1. to purchase

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: S
にゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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/koːnipu//koːniɸu//koːniu//koːnjuː/

From Middle Chinese compound 購入购入 (kuwH nyip, literally present, give + enter). Compare modern Cantonese reading kau3 jap6.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こう)(にゅう) (kōnyūこうにふ (kounifu)?

  1. a purchase, the act of buying something

Verb

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(こう)(にゅう)する (kōnyū suruこうにふ (kounifu)?suru (stem (こう)(にゅう) (kōnyū shi), past (こう)(にゅう)した (kōnyū shita))

  1. to purchase

Usage notes

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Just as with English purchase compared to buy, the Chinese-derived 購入する (kōnyū suru) is more formal than the native Japanese term 買う (​kau). This is an example of the usual formality difference between kango terms versus native Japanese terms (大和言葉 (Yamato kotoba)).

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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購入 (gu'ip) (hangeul 구입)

  1. hanja form? of 구입 (purchase)