買い物

かいもの【買い物】

1 〔買うこと〕 《do, go》 shopping; 《make》 a purchase.

～する ＝～をする.

●正月の買い物 《do》 shopping for the New Year; 《do》 (the) New Year's shopping

・夕食の買い物 shopping for supper [dinner, the evening meal].

●買い物ごっこをする 〔お店屋さんごっこをする〕 play shop.

●帰りにちょっと買い物があるんだ. I have to do some shopping [buy some things] on the way home.

・彼女は買い物が好きだ. She likes (going) shopping.

●買い物から戻る get back [return] from (going) shopping; get back after going shopping.

●買い物に行く go shopping [《米》 marketing] 《at [in, near]…》; 〔その日の予め決まったものを〕 go to do the shopping

・買い物に出る go shopping

・家内は今買い物に出ています. My wife has gone shopping [is doing the shopping] (at the moment). | My wife's not here. She's gone shopping.

・日用品の買い物にも税金がかかる. Everyday shopping is taxed, too. | Things that one buys every day in the shops have tax on them.

●買い物をする 〔一般的な行為〕 buy 《some things》; get; make a purchase; 〔予め決まったものを〕 do the [one's] shopping [《米》 marketing]

・いろいろ買い物をする buy all sorts of [various] things; get various things 《at the local supermarket》; 《文》 make (sundry) purchases

・持ちきれないほどたくさんの買い物をする buy so much that one can't carry it home

・多額の買い物をする spend a lot of money shopping [on a purchase, on buying 《wine》]

・いい買い物をする make a good buy [purchase]; get a bargain

・これで 5,000 円とは, いい買い物をしましたね. At \5,000, that was a good buy [bargain].

・日曜に一週間分の買い物をする do the week's shopping on Sunday; do all the [one's] shopping for a [the] week on Sunday

・いつも買い物をする店 the 《米》 store [《英》 shop] where one usually does one's shopping; one's regular [usual] store

・勤めの帰りに夕飯の買い物をする do the shopping for the evening meal on the way home (from work)

・カードで買い物をする buy 《wine》 on [with] a credit card; make a purchase on [with] a credit card; buy 《a camera》 and pay for 《it》 with one's credit card

・外貨で買い物をする buy [get, obtain] sth with foreign currency; make a purchase in [with] foreign currency

・私たちは大通りを歩き回りいろいろ買い物をした. We went up and down the main street buying various things.

・そのデパートで買い物を全部すませた. I did all my shopping [bought everything I wanted] in that one department store.

・買い物を頼む ask sb to buy sth (for one); 〔予め決まったものを〕 ask sb to do the shopping (for one).

●〔広告で〕 お買い物は地元で. Shop locally (and support the local economy).

2 〔買う予定の物･買った物〕 a purchase.

●1,000 円以上の買い物 a purchase of \1,000 or more.

●今日は買い物がたくさんある. I have a lot of shopping to do [things to buy, purchases to make] today.

●それはすぐ壊れてしまって, 結局高い買い物になった. It broke immediately, so it ended up being a bad buy [an expensive purchase].

●その日の買い物を家計簿に書く record the day's purchases [what one has spent on shopping that day] in an accounts book.

●サラリーマンにとって住宅は安い買い物ではないのだからよく検討しなさい. For a “salaryman” a house doesn't come cheap [is a very major purchase], so think it over carefully.

・雑株には買い物少なく皆低落した. Miscellaneous issues were not supported and went off.

3 〔買い得品〕 a good buy [bargain, purchase]; a bargain.

●これは買い物だ. This is [would be] a bargain [good buy].

買い物依存症 compulsive [manic] shopping; a compulsive shopping disorder; 〔人〕 《口》 a shopaholic.

買い物客 a shopper.

買い物券 a shopping coupon.

買い物上手

●彼女は買い物上手だ. She shops sensibly [skillfully, wisely, shrewdly]. | She's sensible with her money.

買い物情報 shopping information [tips].

買い物相談係 〔デパートなどの〕 customer advice; a customer advice section; 〔その担当者〕 a customer consultant; a personal shopper.

買い物ツアー a shopping tour [trip].

買い物袋[かご] a shopping bag [basket].

買い物メモ a shopping list.