買い出し（かいだし、kaidashi）
- shopping run

The Japanese word 買い出し 買い出し (kaidashi) primarily means "shopping" or "going shopping", but with a specific connotation. It often refers to a planned shopping trip, usually for essential items or supplies. It suggests a more purposeful and possibly larger-scale purchase than casual browsing. It can also imply procuring goods for a specific purpose, such as a business or an emergency. The act of 買い出し 買い出し focuses on the action of going to purchase something, not necessarily the items themselves.

⚫︎ 食料品の 買い出し に行ってきます。 Translation: I'm going shopping for groceries. ⚫︎ 非常時のために、食料品の 買い出し をしておこう。 Translation: Let's buy groceries in preparation for an emergency. ⚫︎ 店に必要な材料の 買い出し に行く。 Translation: I'm going to shop for the necessary ingredients for the shop.

⚫︎ 買い出し 買い出し is typically used when you are going to acquire goods for a specific purpose, especially when it involves planned purchasing. ⚫︎ It's suitable for situations like grocery shopping, buying office supplies, or purchasing necessary items for a business. ⚫︎ You can use it when you are informing someone of your shopping plans or discussing the act of acquiring supplies. ⚫︎ It is appropriate for both formal and informal conversations.

⚫︎ The word is typically written as 買い出し 買い出し (kaidashi) using the kanji 買い (kai, meaning "buying") and the kanji 出し (dashi, meaning "taking out" or "putting out"), but it is often written entirely in hiragana (かいだし) 買い出し. ⚫︎ There are no common variations in the okurigana.

⚫︎ 買い物 (kaimono) - shopping (general term) ⚫︎ 仕入れ (shiire) - purchasing (specifically for business purposes) ⚫︎ 買物 (kaimono) - shopping ⚫︎ 買物に行く (kaimono ni iku) - going shopping

⚫︎ There is no direct antonym, as it’s an action rather than a specific object. The opposite concept could be *not* going shopping.

週末は、家族みんなで食料品の 買い出し に行く予定です。 ・Translation: We plan to go grocery shopping as a family this weekend. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a planned shopping trip for groceries involving multiple family members.

新しいプロジェクトのために、必要な備品の 買い出し をしなければならない。 ・Translation: I have to go shopping for the necessary supplies for the new project. ・Explanation: This sentence indicates a need to purchase supplies specifically related to a work-related project.

The word 買い出し 買い出し is a compound word. 買い (kai) comes from the verb 買う (kau, "to buy"), and 出し (dashi) is a stem of the verb 出す (dasu, "to put out" or "to take out"). The combination suggests the action of going out to *buy* and *get* things.