Wakame
Wakame Seaweed
noun
A young cloth for some reason is the seaweed wakame. If you've never heard of wakame before, go look it up. It's delicious and really good for you. Seaweed is kind of like cloth in the sea, right? Well, this young cloth is nice and soft and thin, like wakame. I imagine young people are soft and thin too, which is why the young cloth gets to be wakame.
若い uses the same reading you learned with the kanji, but the reading for 布 is totally irregular. If you can figure out the meaning, you can use that to remember the reading (since they're the same), but here's a mnemonic to help you just in case:
You're eating wakame and you suddenly spot a 目 (め) looking up at you. You didn't know seaweed had eyes!
かん国ではたん生日には若布スープを飲む習かんがあります。
In Korea, it's customary to have wakame soup on your birthday.
忙しいので、かん単に若布ときゅうりの和え物を作りました。
I'm busy so I simply made dressed wakame and cucumber.
私のお母さんが、若布と豆腐のお味噌汁を作ったんだけど、食べる？
My mom made a miso soup with wakame seaweed and tofu. Do you want some?