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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

買い込み

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaikomi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Buying-spree/ˈbaɪ.ɪŋ spriː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は給料日直後に買い込みの週間を始めた。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A brief period of intense, heavy, and often extravagant purchasing of goods.

    "The tech billionaire went on a buying-spree, acquiring three smaller startups in a single week."
  2. 2

    A sudden rush of retail therapy or impulsive consumer spending by an individual.

    "After receiving her bonus, she immediately embarked on a weekend buying-spree at the mall."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the present participle of 'buy', originating from Old English 'bycgan', with 'spree', a nineteenth-century colloquialism of uncertain origin denoting a bout of unrestrained activity or indulgence. Initially associated with drinking episodes, the compound 'buying-spree' emerged in mid-20th-century economic journalism to describe rapid, excessive purchasing behavior.

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