Money relevant letter

October 1, 2015 TAKA 0 Comments

貝(kai)

This letter meaning is a shell.

Shell had a function as money in old times.

So, if you saw 貝 in letters, feel transaction or money reference.

買(kai) is buying.

Take a look at this phrase.

購買(kou bai)

Its meaning is buying (little more formal way)

These letters have 貝 in theirs.

貯金(cho kin) is saving money.

(金(kin) is money or gold)

財(zai) is fortune.

販売(han bai) is selling.

(売(Uru) has the meaning to sell, if there is only itself.)

贈り物(Oku ri Mono) means presenting something.

賠償(bai shou) is also 貝 and 貝.

This means compensation.

Since old times, compensation has been did with money….

賄賂(wai ro)

貝 and 貝, again.

This meaning is bribe.

“This talk is a secret between you and me, please take this rare shell…”

Maybe like that….?

This idiomatic phrase tells a human culture from long time ago X(

Clam is still fortune.

For memorising these letters

Thank you.