How do I say “SHOPPING” in Japanese? Thanks!?

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What is the most commonly used word for shopping in Japanese? Phonetics are appreciate. Domo Arigato!

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Accepted Answer

♡Already got good answers, but I’ll just add this so you can check it yourself:http://rut.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PS&… http://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.ph…Of course you can say “kaimono” = keye mo noor I personally politely say “okaimono” = oh keye mo no. (*As Mimi said.)Just my two cents. Hope it helps!I live in Japan and say and go shopping a lot! ♪Okaimono, okaimono, okaimono!♪The SEIBU department has a famous dancing bear CM singing “okaimono, okaimono….” CUTE!♡

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

Japanese Shopping

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

Say Shopping

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

Yes it is Domo or Arigatou or Domo Arigatou as said above, it is not with the Doumo, that much I know too. I study martial arts also and we use Japanese in the class only I am not a teacher I am still a student and this is how my Japanese Sensei taught us. I can’t write out the kanji on my keyboard.

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

kau (shop or buy) + mono(thing)= kaimonokaimono o shimasu: (to)shopkaimono o ikimasu: go shopping

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

No, it is not shoppin-gooo. 買い物 (ka i mo no)I don’t know if you want to use it as a verb, but if you do, it is 買い物する (ka i mo no su ru) and the u sounds are very short. 明日買い物します。 (a shi ta ka i mo no shi ma su) but it sounds more like ashta ka i mo no shimass)す(su) and し (shi) are almost always very short sounds.Two thumbs down? Do people just close their eyes and point?

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

Actually, the guy above made some mistakes as to the actual pronunciation of both words, but it was a good idea anyway.Think of it this way:買物　かいもの　kaimonokai (rhymes with “guy”)mono (rhymes with Yoko Ono)ショッピング　shoppinguShaw (surname)Pingu (the penguin)__If you used the other guide, you’d be saying:かいまな　kaimana (which means nothing in Japanese) He could’ve used a much more accurate example for the final “u” on shoppingu too. It’s NOT like the “oo” of “cook”. It’s more like “goo”, like something gooey.

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

okaimono (o-kai-mono) — used mostly by womenkaimono (kai-mono) — used by both men and womenshoppingu (shoppin’ gu: “gu” as in “guru”) — usually used for “window shopping”… “wu-in-doe shoppin’ gu”

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

ka-i-mo-no“Ka” as in CAr“i” as in India“mo” as in MOney“no” as in NOthingSome young people also say “shop-pin-gu” which is prounouced the same as in English only with the “u” sound added. That is pronounced like the the middle sound in “cOOk”.***EDIT*** Butterworth, I don’t know about you but I don’t say “NAthing” I say “NOthing”! Also there is no long sound to the “gu” it is very short and not at all like “goo”. That would be wrong.Plus “Shaw” has too long a vowel sound for the “sho”. There are no long vowel sounds in “shoppingu.”

Mr. Frankie Stiedemann · Answer

ka i mo no, i am 11 and i go to a school where i learn japanese!!!!!!!!!!!!! so you can trust me

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