買い入れる・買入れる|かいいれるkaiireru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
買い入れる買い入れる is the most common written form of this word and the form learners should choose by default.
買入れる買入れる is a less common written variant of 買い入れる. You may encounter it, but it is not the first choice for learners.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto purchase; to buy in
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 買い入れる（かいいれる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 買い入れます（かいいれます） |
| Negative (nai) | 買い入れない（かいいれない） |
| polite (masen) | 買い入れません（かいいれません） |
| classical zu / nu | 買い入れず・買い入れぬ（かいいれず・かいいれぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 買い入れた（かいいれた） |
| polite (mashita) | 買い入れました（かいいれました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 買い入れなかった（かいいれなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 買い入れませんでした（かいいれませんでした） |
| Te form | 買い入れて（かいいれて） |
| Potential | 買い入れられる（かいいれられる） |
| Passive | 買い入れられる（かいいれられる） |
| Causative | 買い入れさせる（かいいれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 買い入れさせられる（かいいれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 買い入れれば（かいいれれば） |
| tara | 買い入れたら（かいいれたら） |
| Volitional | 買い入れよう（かいいれよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 買い入れましょう（かいいれましょう） |
| Imperative | 買い入れろ（かいいれろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym買取かいとりWrittenWritten noun for buying out or a shop taking used goods off customers' hands — closer to the trade-in and buy-back trade than 「買い入れる」.
- Synonym購入こうにゅうWrittenWritten noun centred on the act of buying itself; more at home in formal settings than 「買い入れる」.
- Synonym買い取るかいとるNeutralNeutral verb for paying to make something your own or buying out rights; stresses ownership more than 「買い入れる」.
- Synonym購買こうばいWrittenWritten noun for organizations procuring supplies in bulk; also names a school co-op or campus store.
- Synonym買い付けるかいつけるNeutralNeutral verb for buying in bulk or purchasing regularly at the same place; leans more toward batch and repeat buying than 「買い入れる」.
- Synonym買い受けるかいうけるWrittenWritten term for paying to acquire goods or rights; reads like legal paperwork and feels stiffer than 「買い入れる」.
- Related買い込むかいこむNeutralNeutral verb for stocking up, buying in large amounts to keep on hand; puts more weight on quantity than 「買い入れる」.
- Related買い上げるかいあげるFormalFormal verb for the state or public bodies buying up goods from private citizens; more official in flavour than 「買い入れる」.
- Related買い求めるかいもとめるWrittenWritten word for paying to get something you want, with a slightly solemn tone; 「買い入れる」 is about buying in for yourself.
- Related買収ばいしゅうWrittenWritten noun for corporate takeovers and acquisitions, or buying people off; belongs to the world of business battles, unlike 「買い入れる」.
- Related買うかうNeutralThe everyday word for buying anything; far more casual than the business-flavoured 「買い入れる」.
- Related購うあがなうWrittenRare written word for paying to obtain something, with an archaic elegance; written 「贖う」 it usually means to atone for or redeem.
- Antonym売り払ううりはらうNeutralNeutral antonym: to sell off everything, parting with it all — the reverse of 「買い入れる」.
- Antonym売却するWrittenWritten antonym: to sell off property or assets — the selling-side counterpart of 「買い入れる」.
Use 「買い入れる」 for buying in goods for your own use or stock — a business-flavoured word, as in 「原料を買い入れる」. For everyday buying say 「買う」; in formal contexts 「購入」. For buying out or taking ownership, 「買い取る」; for stocking up in bulk, 「買い込む」 or 「買い付ける」; for official purchases by government bodies, 「買い上げる」. The opposites are 「売り払う」 and 「売却する」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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