買い物
かいもの
shopping
Kaimono (買い物) is a verb meaning "shopping". Its polite form is 買い物ます (kaimonomasu), its te form is 買いて, its past form is 買いた, and its negative form is 買い物ない (kaimononai).
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Kaimono (買い物) conjugation quick reference
買い物 means "shopping". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Kaimono example sentences
母と買い物に行きます。
I will go shopping with my mom.
昨日、スーパーで買い物をしました。
I did shopping at the supermarket yesterday.
今日は買い物をしません。
I won’t do any shopping today.
How to use Kaimono: grammar notes
•When saying "I do shopping" in Japanese, use 買い物をします (kaimono o shimasu) — don’t forget to include を before します!
•To say where you shop, use で with the place: スーパーで買い物をします means "I shop at the supermarket."
•買い物 by itself is a noun, so you usually need する or します to turn it into an action — saying just 買い物です doesn’t mean "I’m shopping."
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Kaimono
買い物に行く（かいものにいく）
to go shopping
買い物をする（かいものをする）
to do shopping / to shop
買い物が好き（かいものがすき）
to like shopping
Kaimono (買い物) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 買い物 | kaimono |
| Masu Form | 買い物ます | kaimonomasu |
| Te Form | 買いて | |
| Past Form | 買いた | |
| Negative Form | 買い物ない | kaimononai |
| Past Negative | 買い物なかった | kaimononakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 買い物ます | kaimonomasu |
| Polite Past | 買い物ました | kaimonomashita |
| Polite Negative | 買い物ません | kaimonomasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 買い物ませんでした | kaimonomasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 買い物る | kaimonoru |
| Passive Form | 買い物れる | kaimonoreru |
| Causative Form | 買い物せる | kaimonoseru |
| Causative Passive | 買い物される | kaimonosareru |
| Volitional Form | 買い物う | kaimonou |
| Imperative Form | 買い物 | kaimono |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 買い物ば | kaimonoba |
| Conditional (たら) | 買いたら | |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 買いている | |
| Desire (たい) | 買い物たい | kaimonotai |
| Prohibition | 買い物な | kaimonona |
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