買い取る|かいとるkaitoru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto buy; to purchase; to buy outその家は買い取られた。↗The house has been bought.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 買い取る（かいとる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 買い取ります（かいとります） |
| Negative (nai) | 買い取らない（かいとらない） |
| polite (masen) | 買い取りません（かいとりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 買い取らず・買い取らぬ（かいとらず・かいとらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 買い取った（かいとった） |
| polite (mashita) | 買い取りました（かいとりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 買い取らなかった（かいとらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 買い取りませんでした（かいとりませんでした） |
| Te form | 買い取って（かいとって） |
| Potential | 買い取れる（かいとれる） |
| Passive | 買い取られる（かいとられる） |
| Causative | 買い取らせる（かいとらせる） |
| Causative passive | 買い取らせられる・買い取らされる（かいとらせられる・かいとらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 買い取れば（かいとれば） |
| tara | 買い取ったら（かいとったら） |
| Volitional | 買い取ろう（かいとろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 買い取りましょう（かいとりましょう） |
| Imperative | 買い取れ（かいとれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym買取かいとりNeutralNoun form of 「買い取る」 with the same meaning; very common in the used-goods trade, as in 「買取店」 and 「買取価格」.
- Synonym購入こうにゅうWrittenWritten, formal word for buying; 「買い取る」 stresses buying something out or taking it over from the other party.
- Synonym買うかうNeutralThe everyday verb for buying; 「買い取る」 emphasizes taking what belongs to someone else and making it your own.
- Synonym購買こうばいNeutralProcurement, the act of buying itself; also the school store, as in 「購買部」.
- Synonym買い上げるかいあげるNeutralFor governments or agencies to buy from private citizens; also the store honorific 「お買い上げ」.
- Synonym買い入れるかいいれるNeutralTo purchase or buy in stock; a commercial term common in trade and finance.
- Synonym買収ばいしゅうNeutralCorporate acquisition or takeover, and also bribery; 「買い取る」 carries no sense of bribery.
- Synonym購うあがなうWrittenLiterary word for buying; when written 「贖う」 it means to atone. Rare in modern usage.
- Related買い込むかいこむNeutralTo buy in quantity or stock up; the emphasis is on buying a lot, not on acquiring from a particular party.
- Related譲り受けるゆずりうけるNeutralTo take over or receive something from another person, with or without payment; stresses the transfer relationship.
- Related買い求めるかいもとめるWrittenTo deliberately buy something you want; written register with a formal, earnest tone.
- Related買い出しかいだしNeutralNoun for going out to shop, mostly for food and daily necessities; stresses the trip out to buy.
- Related買い受けるかいうけるNeutralTo purchase, chiefly in legal and contractual documents; seldom heard in daily conversation.
- Related買い付けるかいつけるNeutralTo buy in bulk or procure stock; also to be a regular customer at a shop.
- Related購求こうきゅうWrittenA very formal written term for purchasing; rarely met and not part of everyday speech.
- Antonym売り払ううりはらうNeutralAntonym: to sell everything off; contrasts with 「買い取る」, which is about buying in.
- Antonym売却するWrittenAntonym: to sell or dispose of assets; written register, the opposite of 「買い取る」.
Use 「買い取る」 when you pay to buy something out or take it over from another party, as in 「中古品を買い取る」. For ordinary buying say 「買う」, for formal contexts 「購入」, and for corporate takeovers 「買収」. 「買取」 is the noun form common in used-goods shops; 「買い込む」「買い付ける」「買い入れる」 stress buying in quantity or stock; 「譲り受ける」 is taking over by transfer; 「買い上げる」 is official purchase from the public; 「売り払う」「売却する」 are the opposites.
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