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Kanji in this term

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Grade: 3
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Etymology

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Compound of 買い (kai, buying, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 買う kau, “to buy”) +‎ 取り (tori, taking, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 取る toru, “to take”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (kaitoriかひとり (kafitori)?

  1. a purchase, a sale (transaction)
  2. (particularly) a purchase on a no-return policy (generally in reference to a business's purchase of inventory)
  3. a lump-sum payment, a flat fee

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN