Japanese symbol for “cornering”
買い占め
かいしめ
Romaji: kaishime
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
In Japanese, cornering is 買い占め, read かいしめ (kaishime).
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Meanings
- n buying up of goods; cornering (market)
Written forms: 買い占め、買占め. Readings: かいしめ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cornering”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| コーナリング | コーナリング koonaringu | cornering |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 買う | かう kau | to buy; to purchase |
| 買取 | かいとり kaitori | purchase; buying; buying out |
| 買い物 | かいもの kaimono | shopping; purchased goods |
| 買収 | ばいしゅう baishuu | acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover |
| 売買 | ばいばい baibai | trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs) |
| 買い | かい kai | buying; shopping |
| 独占 | どくせん dokusen | monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity |
| 占領 | せんりょう senryou | occupying; having (an area) all to oneself |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.