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買う, かう
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to buy, to purchase
2. to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize
3. to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour)
4. to accept, to take on, to take up
5. to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
車を買うために貯金をしている。
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顰蹙を買う, ひんしゅくを買う, ひんしゅくをかう
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to be frowned on, to invite frowns of disapproval, to displease (people), to disgust
半角カタカナをインターネット上の色んな所で使えば、いつか顰蹙をかいまくる事になるよ。
恨みを買う, 怨みを買う, うらみを買う, うらみをかう
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to incur someone's enmity
不興を買う, ふきょうをかう
Expression, Godan verb
to fall into disgrace with, to incur someone's displeasure
失笑を買う, しっしょうをかう
Expression, Godan verb
to be laughed at, to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
喧嘩を買う, けんかを買う, けんかをかう
Expression, Godan verb
to get into a fight, to take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge
反感を買う, はんかんをかう
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to antagonize, to provoke antipathy
若い時の苦労は買うてもせよ, 若いときの苦労は買うてもせよ, わかいときのくろうはこうてもせよ
Expression, Proverb
spare no effort while you are young, heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age