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買う かう N5

  1. to buy; to purchase
  2. to appreciate; to have a high opinion of; to recognize; to think highly of; to value (highly)
  3. to arouse; to elicit (e.g. sneers); to evoke; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to invite (e.g. scorn); to win (someone's favour)
  4. to accept; to take on; to take up
  5. to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

歓心を買う かんしんをかう

  1. to win favor; to win favour

顰蹙を買う ひんしゅくをかう

  1. to be frowned on; to disgust; to displease (people); to invite frowns of disapproval

一役買う ひとやくかう

  1. to take on a role; to take part

株を買う かぶをかう

  1. to buy stock

込みで買う こみでかう

  1. to buy in bulk; to buy the whole lot

付けで買う つけでかう

  1. to buy on credit

恨みを買う うらみをかう

  1. to incur someone's enmity

飲む打つ買う のむうつかう

  1. drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

不興を買う ふきょうをかう

  1. to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
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