How to say "purchase" in Japanese

• 購入こうにゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe noun for a purchase: the act of buying something such as goods, a ticket or a car. Typical of shopping, business and official contexts.
  チケット購入こうにゅうに必要ひつような個人情報こじんじょうほうをインプットする。↗

  To purchase a ticket, you need to enter your personal details.
• 買うかうJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe basic verb 'to buy'; this is what you want for the plain verb sense of 'purchase', whether buying food, clothes or a car in daily life.
  車くるまを買かうために貯金ちょきんをしている。↗

  I'm saving money for a car.
• 買取かいとりCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA noun for buying from someone rather than as a shopper: a shop's purchase of used goods, a trade-in, or a buyout. Not the word for an ordinary customer purchase.
• 仕入れるしいれるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for buying in stock or materials for a business — a shop purchasing goods to resell, a factory laying in supplies. Not for a customer's ordinary purchase.
  私達わたしたちは原料げんりょうをマレーシアから仕入しいれている。↗

  We get the materials from Malaysia.
• 買い取るかいとるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb behind the noun 買取: to buy something from someone or buy them out, as when a dealer purchases a used car from its owner. Not the everyday 'I bought' verb.
  その家いえは買い取かいとられた。↗

  The house has been bought.

Choose 「買う」 for the plain verb 'to buy', 購入 for a purchase as a noun, 「仕入れる」 for buying in stock or materials, and 「買い取る」 or 買取 for buying from someone or buying out.

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• 購入こうにゅうpurchase
• 買うかうto buy
• 買取かいとりpurchase
• 仕入れるしいれるto buy (stock, materials, etc.)
• 買い取るかいとるto buy
• 購買こうばいprocurement
• 買い入れるかいいれるto purchase
• 買い上げるかいあげるto buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen)
• 取得しゅとくobtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.)
• 買収ばいしゅうacquisition (esp. corporate)
• 買い受けるかいうけるto purchase
• 購求こうきゅうpurchase
• 買い付けるかいつけるto buy a large amount (of)
• 購入品こうにゅうひんpurchased item
• 購入物こうにゅうぶつpurchased item
• 買い付けかいつけbuying (in large quantities)
• 買いかいpurchase
• 譲り受けるゆずりうけるto buy
• 求めもとめpurchase
• 買い出すかいだすto purchase
• 求めるもとめるto purchase
• 召すめすto buy
• 召されるめされるto buy