買(か)い物(もの)

かいもの

noun

shopping

1. shopping

The activity of going to stores to buy things. 買(か)い物(もの)をする means to shop; 買(か)い物(もの)に行(い)く means 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 2026.10.3 3:37

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