Japanese

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Alternative spelling
爆買い
 
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Etymology

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From (ばく) (baku-) + () (kai, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (kau).). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝɡa̠i]

Noun

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ばくがい (bakugaiばくがひ (bakugafi)?

  1. intense sales (usually in reference to mass buying by Chinese tourists in Japan)

Verb

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ばくがいする (bakugai suruばくがひ (bakugafi)?suru (stem ばくがい (bakugaisuru shi), past ばくがいした (bakugaisuru shita))

  1. to have intense sales

Conjugation

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