青あお田た買がい

noun

speculative rice buying; buying rice before harvest

Literal agricultural term: purchasing a rice crop while the fields are still green, i.e., before harvest. Now largely historical or metaphorical.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、青あお田た買がいで米こめの先さき物もの取とり引ひきが行おこなわれていた。

  In the Edo period, speculative rice trading was done through aotagai.

noun

early recruitment of students; hiring students before the official date

Figurative extension of the agricultural term. Refers to companies recruiting university students before the agreed-upon start of the hiring season, often seen as a controversial practice.

• 青あお田た買がいを防ふせぐため、就しゅう活かつルールが設もうけられている。

  Job-hunting rules are established to prevent early recruitment of students.

• 大おお手て企き業ぎょうによる青あお田た買がいが問もん題だいになっている。

  Early recruitment by major companies has become a problem.