noun

  1. buying up of goods, cornering (market).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
買い占め かいしめ
 
買占め かいしめ

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)
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う セン し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)