喧嘩を買う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喧 嘩 買
けん
Jinmeiyō
か
Jinmeiyō
か
Grade: 2
kan’on kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally, “to buy a fight”, from 喧嘩 (kenka, “fight”) +‎ を (o, direct object marker) +‎ 買う (kau, “to buy”).

Verb

喧(けん)嘩(か)を買(か)う • (kenka o kau) godan (stem 喧(けん)嘩(か)を買(か)い (kenka o kai), past 喧(けん)嘩(か)を買(か)った (kenka o katta))

  1. (idiomatic) to take on a fight, to take up the gauntlet

Conjugation

See also

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