buying
買う
解説 Definition
buying は buy（買う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「買うこと」「購入している」という意味で、物やサービスを手に入れるためにお金を払う場面で使います。
Buying is the act or process of obtaining goods or services by paying money for them. It is also the present participle of buy, used in progressive verb forms to describe a purchase in progress.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
buying は原形 buy に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。buy は母音字 y で終わるため y を変えず、そのまま buying とします。発音は「バイイング」に近く、buying food なら「買うこと」、is buying なら「買っている」と、名詞的用法と進行形を区別して覚えます。
Buying is formed by adding -ing directly to buy; the final y stays because buy does not follow the consonant-plus-y spelling change seen in words such as carry. Keep its two main jobs separate. In “Buying food takes time,” it is a gerund naming the activity of purchasing. In “She is buying a bag,” it is a present participle forming the progressive tense. Connect it with common phrases such as online buying, buying tickets, and buying a house, all involving payment to obtain something.
例文
Buying food takes time.
食べ物を買うのには時間がかかります。
She is buying a new bag.
彼女は新しいかばんを買っています。
Buying tickets online is easy.
オンラインでチケットを買うのは簡単です。
buying の類義語・関連語
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buying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 bycgan（買う）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *bugjaną に遡る。ラテン語やギリシャ語起源ではなく純粋なゲルマン系の語で、英語固有の基本語彙。関連語: buyer（買い手）、buyout（買収）。物々交換から貨幣経済への移行とともに意味が定着した。
Buying is the -ing form of buy. The verb buy comes from Old English bycgan and belongs to the Germanic layer of English vocabulary, with related forms reconstructed in earlier Germanic languages. The modern spelling developed through changes in English spelling and pronunciation. Adding -ing creates either a gerund referring to the activity of purchasing or a present participle used in verb phrases such as is buying.
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