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How do you say "shopping list" in Japanese?
買い物リスト
kaimonorisuto
In Japanese, "shopping list" is 買い物リスト (kaimonorisuto).
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Pronunciation
買い物リスト is written using kanji. Romanised as kaimonorisuto, it sounds roughly like "kah-ee-moh-noh-ree-soo-toh" to an English ear.
Writing and usage
Kaimonorisuto combines kanji for shopping (買い物) with the English loanword list (risuto). The hybrid shows modern retail vocabulary.
Example sentence
机の上に買い物リストがあります。
Tsukue no ue ni Kaimonorisuto ga arimasu.
There is a shopping list on the desk.
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How to remember 買い物リスト
Shopping (kaimono) + list (risuto) = shopping list. Paper or phone memo of what to buy before going to the store.
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Questions about 買い物リスト
How do you pronounce 買い物リスト?
買い物リスト is romanised as kaimonorisuto. Say it roughly like "kah-ee-moh-noh-ree-soo-toh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
Is 買い物リスト formal or casual?
買い物リスト is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 買い物リスト written in Japanese?
買い物リスト is written using kanji. Kaimonorisuto combines kanji for shopping (買い物) with the English loanword list (risuto).
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"Shopping list" in other languages
- Korean 쇼핑 리스트 (syoping liseuteu)
- Chinese 购物清单 (gòu wù qīng dān)
- Spanish la lista de la compra
- Spanish (Latin America) la lista de la compra
- French la liste des courses
- German die Einkaufsliste
- Italian la lista della spesa
- Russian список покупок (spisok pokupok)
- Greek η λίστα για τα ψώνια (i lista ya ta psonia)
- Arabic قايمة المشتريات (a'mit ilmushtarayaat)
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