買(か)い物(もの)

かいもの

noun

shopping

1. shopping

The activity of going to stores to buy things. Often used with the verb する to form 'to go shopping'.

買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)きます。

I'm going shopping.

Common expression: 買い物に行く

昨日(きのう)買(か)い物(もの)をしました。

I went shopping yesterday.

今日(きょう)の買(か)い物(もの)は何(なに)ですか。

What's on today's shopping list?

母(はは)と一緒(いっしょ)に買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)きました。

I went shopping with my mother.

駅(えき)の近(ちか)くのお店(みせ)で買(か)い物(もの)をするのが好(す)きです。

I like shopping at the stores near the station.

買(か)い物(もの) is a compound noun from 買(か)う (to buy) + 物(もの) (thing).

Common patterns

買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)く: to go shopping
買(か)い物(もの)をする: to do shopping
買(か)い物(もの)から帰(かえ)る: to return from shopping

Compounds

買(か)い物(もの)かご: shopping basket
買(か)い物(もの)リスト: shopping list
買(か)い物(もの)袋(ぶくろ): shopping bag
買(か)い物(もの)客(きゃく): shopper, customer

Types

Related Words

Related: 買(か)う

Related: 店(みせ)

Related: レジ

Related: 衝動買(しょうどうが)い

Related: 購入(こうにゅう) (purchase, buying)

Related: 買(か)い出(だ)し (shopping trip for supplies)

Related: 用足(ようた)し (errand)

Compare: 使(つか)い (errand)

Compare: ショッピング (shopping)

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Added 2026.1.7 21:47 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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