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    3. 買い占め

    買い占め

    買かい​占しめ​

    buying up of goods

    KMT6News #12+1NounBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab21 strokes

    買占め

    かいしめ

    Noun

    1.
    buying up of goods, cornering (market)

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    その店みせはマスクを買かい占しめました。

    That store bought up all the masks.

    KMT5Business & FinanceDaily Life
    災さ害いが発いがは表っぴょうされると、人ひと々びとは食しょく料りょう品ひんを買かい占しめる傾けい向こうがあります。

    When a disaster is announced, people tend to buy up groceries.

    KMT6Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    戦せん争そうの噂うわさが広ひろがり、人ひと々びとは生せい活かつ必ひつ需じゅ品ひんの買かい占しめに走はしりました。

    Rumors of war spread, and people rushed to buy up daily necessities.

    KMT6Politics & LawDaily Life
    投とう機き家かたちは、原げん油ゆの買かい占しめによって市し場じょう価か格かくを操そう作さしようとしました。

    Speculators tried to manipulate market prices by buying up crude oil.

    KMT7Business & Finance
    株かぶ式しきの買かい占しめは、企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい権けんに大 きな影いきょ響うを与あたえる可か能のう性せいがあります。

    Buying up shares can significantly impact a company's management rights.

    KMT8Business & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    買
    か.う…(1)
    buy
    Kanji
    占
    し.める・うらな.う…(4)
    fortune-telling・divining・forecasting・occupy・hold…(3)
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
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