Illustration: At a restaurant-supply wholesaler in Japan, a café worker checks a batch of matching cups and plates packed in reusable crates. She holds one cup up to inspect its rim while her colleague completes payment at the counter.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

購こう買ばい

koubai

to purchase

Often used in business terms such as 購買部 and 購買力. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. お客様きゃくさまの今後こんごの購買こうばい需要じゅようを明あきらかにしようとしています。

    We are trying to clarify your future procurement requirements.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 購買こうばい部ぶの者ものに会あわれたほうがいいと思おもいます。

    I think you should probably see someone from Purchasing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ともに、彼かれらの購買こうばい力りょくを高たかめて景気回復けいきかいふくを図はかった。

    By increasing their purchasing power they hoped to strengthen the economy.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 購買

  • 購subscription; buyOnコウ
  • 買buyOnバイKunかう

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