株(かぶ)

かぶ

noun

stock, shares; stump (of tree)

1. stock, shares

Financial securities representing ownership in a company.

株(かぶ)を買(か)う。

To buy stocks.

株価(かぶか)が上(あ)がった。

The stock price went up.

父(ちち)は株(かぶ)に投資(とうし)するのが好(す)きだ。

My father likes investing in stocks.

2. stump, root (of plant)

The remaining part of a tree or plant after cutting; a plant with roots.

イチゴを3株(かぶ)植(う)えた。

I planted three strawberry plants.

庭(にわ)の木(き)を切(き)ったが、切(き)り株(かぶ)がまだ残(のこ)っている。

I cut down the tree in the garden, but the stump is still there.

トマトの苗(なえ)を5株(かぶ)買(か)って、畑(はたけ)に植(う)えた。

I bought five tomato seedlings and planted them in the field.

株(かぶ) has two main meanings: financial stocks and plant stumps/plants.

Sense 1 - stocks

株(かぶ)を買(か)う/売(う)る (to buy/sell stocks)
株(かぶ)に投資(とうし)する (to invest in stocks)
株(かぶ)で儲(もう)ける (to profit from stocks)

Compound words (FINANCIAL)

株価(かぶか) (stock price)
株式(かぶしき) (stock, shares - formal)
株式(かぶしき)会社(かいしゃ) (stock company, corporation)
株主(かぶぬし) (stockholder, shareholder)

Sense 2 - plants

Counter for plants: 〜株(かぶ)
切(き)り株(かぶ) (tree stump)

Idiomatic

株(かぶ)が上(あ)がる (one's reputation rises)
株(かぶ)が下(さ)がる (one's reputation falls)

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Added 2026.1.11 19:41 · Revised 2026.6.12 3:03

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