買
Buy
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| ばい | か |  + 貝 |
Meaning: Buy
Sauron is looking at some clams to buy.
Have him go through various questions. “How much are these?” “Can you go lower on your prices? I Have a lot of orcs to feed.” “Are these ones on sale?” etc. Always make it focused on the buying, though.
Reading: か
Some how Sauron goes from trying to buy clams to buying an entire car (か). He drives away in it, forgetting about the clams. Come up with a story about how he ended up buying this car from the clam salesman. Should be ridiculous to help you to remember that the kun’yomi reading for this kanji is か.
The on’yomi for this kanji (which you’re not learning with the mnemonic, because it’s not as common) just sounds like the word “buy,” which makes it pretty easy to remember later on, when you need to.
Vocabulary
a 買う（かう）＝ To Buy
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a 買い物（かいもの）＝ Shopping
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