殖 Multiply

Radical Combination

• 歹

  Yakuza
• 直

  Straight

Meaning

Primary

Multiply

Mnemonic

When you go to the yakuza to make things straight, your problems just multiply.

Hints

Why would you ask the yakuza to "straighten out" a problem for you? Do you realize what that means in yakuza-speak? Your problems are going to be multiplying exponentially, friend.

Readings

On’yomi

しょく

Kun’yomi

ふ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your problems multiply and give you quite a shock (しょく) as yakuza thugs commit crime after shocking crime on your behalf. You really shouldn't be shocked though — of course crimes are going to multiply when you ask the yakuza to "straighten things out."

Hints

Feel shock envelop your entire body as yakuza run around town roughing up everyone who's ever wronged you. Police attention on you is beginning to multiply, too, and you can't even think from the shock of it all.