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買う, かう

Conjugated: 買った

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。

ばかり, 許り, 許, ばっかり, ばっか

Particle, Usually in kana

1. only, merely, nothing but, no more than

2. approximately, about

after the -ta form of a verb

3. just (finished, etc.)

See 言わんばかり・いわんばかり, after an attributive form or auxiliary verb ぬ(ん), also often …とばかり(に)

4. as if to, (as though) about to

often …とばかり(に)

5. indicates emphasis

５０００円ばかりもっている。