I just stumbled across (or on) an interesting Japanese word in a story I've begun translating: 買い食い.
The first character, a version of 買う, is pronounced "kai" and means "to buy."
The second, a version of 食る, can in this context be pronounced "gai" and means "to eat." (I had to look that up.)
Put them together and, according to my dictionary, you get "kaigai" which means "buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking.'
Thank goodness for the dictionary.
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