No. 656 in Japanese
買う
To buy.
In a sentence
私は新しい本を買いました。
I bought a new book.
This is a regular polite past-tense usage of '買う' (to buy), indicating the action was completed.
何を買うべきか教えてください。
Please tell me what I should buy.
This demonstrates usage of '買う' (to buy) in the dictionary form within a phrase suggesting advice or guidance.
週末に友達と一緒に買い物に行く予定です。
I plan to go shopping with my friend on the weekend.
Here, '買う' is part of the compound noun '買い物' (shopping), showing its derivation and usage in creating related terms.
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