noun

  1. speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green.
  2. recruiting of university students before the agreed date.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
青田買い あおたがい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
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)