Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on, to buy up, to scoop up.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
買い漁る かいあさる
 
 
 
 
買いあさる かいあさる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

buy
か.う バイ (2nd, N4)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
fishing, fishery
リョウ ギョ あさ.る (4th, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ