JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
買い占め
Buying up goods, cornering the market, or panic buying.
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買い占める verb form
買占め alternative kanji
Noun, Suru Verb (買い占めする)
Buying Up" / "Panic Buying
The act of purchasing the majority or entirety of available stock, effectively monopolizing the supply and preventing others from buying it.
Example
A スーパー の 棚 が 空っぽ だ ！
B うん 、 台風 が 来る から 、 みんな が 水 を 買い占め て いる みたい 。
[A:] The supermarket shelves are empty! [B:] Yeah, it looks like everyone is buying up water because a typhoon is coming.
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