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Kunyomi: かなら.ず
Onyomi: ヒツ
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: こころ
Radical
invariably, certain, inevitable
Mnemonics
A
katakana
丿
through the
heart
means death. That is for certain.
Written by: espiacent
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A
slice
丿
through a person's
heart
would certainly be the end of someone.
Cross
丿
my heart
and hope to die, I will never betray you. That’s for certain. Although, invariably everyone dies anyway. That’s inevitable.

Etymology unclear. According to Sears, is a blend of
spooled arrow
and
separation
, because invariably the spooled arrow will separate from its string. Others say it depicts a weapon of some kind and was borrowed for sound.


Note that the stroke order has changed. What was the third stroke of or is now the first stroke of , and what was the first stroke of or is now the second to last. Japanese continues to use this traditional stroke order, but all varieties of written Chinese have reformed the stroke order in one way or another.

(*pliɡ)
ヒツ← /pi̯ĕt̚/ ← *pliɡ
The CANARY {かなら} in the coal mine's
heart
takes its HITS {ヒツ} and
responds
丿
inevitably to the air quality of its surroundings.
Written by: マイケルミラー
A
katakana
丿
through the
heart
means certain death. Also, katakana is a type of {KANAra} {かなら}
Written by: Plum Blossom
Invariably there will come a time when the
heart
stops beating, and
no
丿
metabolism HEATS {ヒツ} the body.
Heart
break
丿
is an inevitable part of life.
Written by: Jules19
You swear you'll be in love forever, but invariably there comes a time when your
heart
is
divided
丿
Written by: Samurai_Ash
Certainly, The
arrows
missed the
target
.
Written by: Aroshima
A razor/RAZU-sharp
katakana
/KANArasu that HITSU/hits you through the
heart
is certain death.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Something inevitable does
not
丿
depend on what your
heart
feels.
Written by: Ced-san
For the catholics : this kanji makes me think about the Immaculate
Heart
of the Virgin Mary, which is sometimes represented with a
sword piercing trough it
丿
. According to the prophecy, the death of his son was certain and inevitable.
Written by: DYUUKU NYUKKEMU
When the katana
slices
丿
through your
heart
death is inevitable.
Written by: Jules.33
It's certain かならず's
mind
is
sliding
丿
into insanity...
Written by: チェイスです
Katana
丿
through
heart
means certain death.
Written by: Veerdb
This kanji looks like a
heart
being sliced by a
katakana radical
丿
, death like that is definitely inevitable.
Written by: オキシ
The role of a
heart
is to invariably deliver blood to the
canals かなら.ず
丿
, otherwise it's a ヒツ certain death
Written by: ケンパチ
no
丿
one can have a
katana
丿
through their
heart
and live to see another day, thats for certain. You know what, scratch that,
no
t
丿
even another dozen minutes!
If you break
丿
someone's
heart
, it will certainly be heartbreak.
Written by: くん
I am pretty certain that he
slashed
丿
this
heart
to half. {He sh}ould {ヒツ} have not done not done that to me.
Written by: kuroda
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/ ひつよう - (Adjective/-な) necessary, needed, essential, indispensable; {n} necessity, need, requirement
/ ひつじゅひん - (noun) necessities, necessary article, requisite, essentials
/ ひつぜん - (noun) inevitable, necessary, certain, sure; {n} inevitability, necessity
/ ふひつよう - (Adjective/-な) unnecessary, needless
ず / かならず - (adverb) always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably
Kunyomi: かなめ, い.る
Onyomi: ヨウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: おおいかんむり
Radical
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Mnemonics
You need a
woman
from the
west
.
Written by: Bison115
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The
woman
carrying the
heavy jar
西
is in need of help.
Written by: ドみにく
Don't "be rude"「IRU いる」to "your"「YŌ ヨウ」wife... she's a
woman
who *needs* help carrying that big
basket
.
The
woman
has a need to go
west
西
.
Written by:
Do you need someone to help you carry that
load
,
woman
? Using your waist as a pivot seems uncomfortable, but the main point is that over the long run it could lead to permanent deformities.
The radical is
because would imply the character was about women or social grouping.
Yo {ヨウ}, all I need is
one Tetris
woman
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Spain
西
has all the
women
I need.
Written by: テレサの
Pictogram: A man/woman pointing to the waist which is the original meaning that became , a huge eye overlooking them. As the center of the body it is the most “essential/needed” with two legs beneath. Because women have a more prominent hip the “woman” variant became dominant.

Later the hands and eye merged into the
top
西
distinct from the
woman
.
Written by: フバフバ
In the
Old West
西
women
were needed because nobody knew how to cook or clean
Written by: Samurai_Ash
In bad weather, a
woman
needs to keep
covered
.
Written by: Uao
You need a
woman/lady
who is from the
west
西
.
Written by: くん
The
west
西
need
women
'ere い.る, too.
Written by: moolsu
My
woman
said "I want to go to
Spain
I need holidays!"
Written by: ルイス
In the
west
,
西
you ヨウ need a good
woman
supporting you. She’s the key い to a happy life on the ranch. You can not make かなめ it without her.
Written by: Jules.33
Women
need
cover
to protect them
Written by: Ciboxd
That
woman
is being squashed by that huge
basket
of Sake, she NEEDS help!
Written by: Azuraphel
The
northern part of asia
is in dire need of more
women
. They are the key to restoring the plummeting birth-rates.
Written by: Xilmi
Western
西
woman
have a need to be young 24/7
Written by: ウグルセブン
The main point is, that
she
is carrying the
jar
西
on her head. It is so much easier.
Written by: Gjfj
A busy
waitress
running around with a
little bottle
西
, pouring drinks for customers. She's needed everywhere, as drinks are the main point / essence of that place.
Written by: rnavega
A
woman
bring a heavy
cover
on top of her head and she needs help
Written by: PandaGemoy
That
woman
really needed a drink. She drunk the whole
whiskey bottle
. Bottoms up!
Written by: ケンパチ
The key to a good relationship is recognizing each others needs. Recently, we went to
Spain
西
for a holiday because my
wife
needed some rest. Anyway {rhetorical pivot}, my main point is that looking out for each other is essential.
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/ かなめ - (noun) pivot; vital point, cornerstone, keystone; Japanese photinia
/ かんじんかなめ - (Adjective/-な) crucial, key, most important, main (point)
/ ひつよう - (Adjective/-な) necessary, needed, essential, indispensable; {n} necessity, need, requirement
/ じゅうよう - (Adjective/-な) important, essential, significant, major, key, principal
る / いる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
Kunyomi: た.える, た.つ, た.やす
Onyomi: ゼツ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
Mnemonics
Unfortunately this
colour
of
thread
was discontinued.
Written by: Karlla
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This peerless
thread
is cut off from a robe of another
color
. Via : semantic “silk” + semantic “knife” + phonetic /jié→ゼツ.
When the
thread
of a species turns
pale
and TIRES {たえる}, it is SET SO {ゼツ} extinction is overdue.
Written by: マイケルミラー
This dinosaur species was peerless with respect to its
colorful
plumage. Nonetheless, it became extinct {めつ = ぜつめつ} when its
thread
of fate was severed. Tah-tah {た}, dinosaur!
They discontinued that
thread's
colour
Written by: チェイスです
In order to
dye たえる/color
thread
, you extract/absolutely cut off/sever the color from its original source. (i.e. you take the color out of the berries to dye a cloth.)
Written by: かわうそ
Store Clerk - "This paricultar
color
of
thread
is discontinued"
Russian Guy - "Zet's too bad"
ぜつ
Written by: Sealingpizza
Tomoe
was
crowned
𠂊
for their exceptional
thread
weaving, and found themself cut off from their peers.
Written by: Perfect-Camellia
I really don't like this
thread
's
color
. I want it to discontinue or otherwise I'll cut it off myself.
Written by: Xilmi
they had to cut off my finger because i tied a
thread
around it and it turned the
color
purple
Written by: Praven
To sever is a
Thread
alongside a
color
.
Written by: Leonardo88
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/ ぜつめつ - (noun/する verb) extinction, extermination; eradication, stamping out, wiping out
/ きょぜつ - (noun/する verb) refusal, rejection
/ ぜつぼう - (noun/する verb) despair, hopelessness
/ しゃぜつ - (noun/する verb) refusal, declining
/ ぜったい - (Noun/な-adjective) absolutely, definitely, unconditionally; {adj-no} absolute, unconditional, unmistakable; {n} absoluteness
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: タイ, ツイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: すん
Radical
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Mnemonics
Use
measured
words
to state an opposite view.
Written by: ドみにく
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The
sentences
of the opposite side were equally
measured
, so there was a tie タイ
Written by: yuppie
Via :
tool for digging
in the
dirt
with the
thumb and forefinger
. Borrowed for sound to mean reply TO → /tuʌiᴴ/ →ツイ→タイ one’s opposite. Remember with the Latin phrase
mens
et
manu
, two ideals of equal importance that confront each other vis‑à‑vis every day.
Your
literacy
is
measured
when you express an opposite view during a debate.
Written by: Perwoll
The businessman, in his "coat"「KOTA こた」and "tie"「TAI タイ」, moved *towards* the gathering of party guests and *compared* himself to the
literary
artist in t-shirt and jeans. Far from *equal*, they were *opposites* when
measured
in style. He felt the artist was a "mook" 「MUKA」*vis~à~vis* the professional setting.
On the opposite side of the
lid
of that Thai {タイ}
treasure
chest there is a
sundial
.
Written by: Anonymous123
A
sentence
and a
measurement
are totally opposite things.
Written by:
When I compare
texts
I
measure
the words. Some are equal, some are the opposite.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
If I take a
measurement
of something and it is equal to "X", then I multiply "X" to its
inverse
, the product is equal to one. Mathematical functions also have corresponding inverse functions that undo whatever the original function did, so you could say that the inverse is the opposite of the original function. However when you compare the two functions, you can also say that the original function is the inverse of the inverse function. The one is the anti- of the other.
Your
words
measure
how well you compare to your opposite.
Written by: あいりー
Keep a tight タイ
lid
on where the
treasure
is buried until we can
measure
it and divide it into equal parts. We all deserve an even share of the sweet ツイprize.
Written by: Jules.33
This
me
wielding a
baton
wants to
measure
itself in a vis
a
vis
comparison with another me from the opposite faction.
Written by: Xilmi
In algebra, {a type タイ of math}, you are
measuring
the value of a hidden variable
x
. You can determine what x is EQUAL to by COMPARING one side of the equation to the OPPOSITE side of the equation. By doing this you can determine what number is hidden
under
the x.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ はんたい - (Noun/な-adjective) opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, objection, dissent; reverse, opposite, inverse, contrary
/ ぜったい - (Noun/な-adjective) absolutely, definitely, unconditionally; {adj-no} absolute, unconditional, unmistakable; {n} absoluteness
/ つい - (noun) pair, couple, set; antithesis; {ctr} counter for items that come in pairs; {ctr} counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
/ ふついでんし - (noun) unpaired electron
/ たいしょう - (noun) target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.), coverage
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ゼン, ネン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: れんが,れっか
Radical
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Mnemonics
You say that when the
moonlight
hit your
dog
, it caught on
fire
? In that case, it could be a reverse-vampire sort of thing.
Written by: gillianfaith
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The
meat
of
dog
/ゼン→ネン,
roasted
, is like, well, the sort of thing that if so, we’d just rather not think about, because it really upsets our ZEN.

(*njen)
ゼン← /ȵʑi̯ɛn/ ← *njen
If you see the
dog
moon
on
fire
,or that sort of thing, it means it's going to be a Zen {ゼン} year {ネン} .
Written by: Anonymous123
If you look at the
moon
at an angle, and see a
dog
on
fire
, that sort of thing, you need to shake-a {しか} it off. However, it's a sign you will have a Zen {ゼン} year/ {ネン}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
the ancient form simply meant "
to burn
", and over time evolved to mean "the state of something" and then finally "that kind of thing".
is only a sound component, for ざい carrying "yes" or "certainly".
Written by:
Under the
moon
,
dog
s
howl by the camp
fire
. In that case, it's the sort of thing they usually do.
Written by: うらしい
Did I just see your
dog
shake しか off
four ticks
? If so, then ぜん to get rid of that sort of thing, well he needs a
month
of flea and tick medication.
Written by: Jules.33
a
dog
being attracted to
campfire
cooking, or entranced by the
moon
, are both "natural " sort of things, "no need at all " to panic

in case you see it happen, it could be a "coincident ", or perhaps, it could be "fate "... or your cooking might be good, if so, well, feed the dog!
Written by: コノエ・エル
Apparently in old days people used to eat all SORT OF THINGS, especially at night grill Over the
FIRE
a
FLESH
of a
CHIHUAHUA
, that SORT OF THING!
o.0
Written by: Abnormalise
A large cauldron boiling over an
oven flame
with the
flesh
of a
chihuahua
being thrown into the whole concotion to make it into a "hot-diggity, dog-diggity" sort of thing.
Written by: elbit
Mad
dog
that
barks
little sound marks
at the
moon
Written by: HoshiGato
On a cold
night
the
dog
rests near the cozy
fireplace
, that's the sort of thing that is natural, expected.
Written by: rnavega
The sort of thing that can often happen in India is a
Tata
overrunning a
dog
despite it being on the
crosswalk
.In that case you wish you were in nature, not in the crowded city with all the Tatas, dogs and crosswalks.
Written by: Xilmi
I had a
dog
once. I never had one again. Why you may ask cos it made my house cach
fire
!!!! I've never seen such a
big
fire
but it was kinda pretty seeing the fire at midnight under the
moon
.
Dog
meat
put on
fire
? So, in that case That would be a delicious sort of thing to eat.
Written by: Riku5
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/ ぜんぜん - (adverb) (not) at all, (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence); wholly, entirely, completely, totally; {col} extremely, very
/ ぐうぜん - (Noun/な-adjective) coincidence, chance, accident, fortuity; {adv} by chance, unexpectedly, accidentally; {phil} contingency
/ てんねん - (noun) nature, spontaneity; {abbr} {col} natural airhead
/ てんねんきねんぶつ - (noun) natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
/ とうぜん - (Adverb/-な) natural, right, proper, just, reasonable, appropriate, deserved; {adv} naturally, as a matter of course, rightly, deservedly, justly, of course
Kunyomi: むずか.しい, かた.い
Onyomi: ナン
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: ふるとり
Radical
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
Mnemonics
Grass
in the
mouth
of your
husband
can only mean one thing. He's having a complicated relationship with that freaking
turkey
!!
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
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English
is difficult for
birds
. With their feet, they must practice writing
twice
as much.
Written by: seito
In the
grass
, the big-
mouthed
husband
keeps scaring away the
birds
, making it difficult to catch them. The cow nanny {ナン} moost accompany {むずか} him and cut away {かた} his loud voice.
Written by: quickMaffs44
It's difficult trying to learn
*dry Chinese
history from that
old bird
. I'll get my nan {ナン} to teach me instead. *dry Chinese = -
Written by: Anonymous123
When
China ignores the water
between it and Taiwan, war
birds
will fill the sky, and it will be difficult, nay, impossible to prevent war. That's because China says Taiwan independence is non-negotiable {ナン}.
A
Chinese
turkey
is difficult to find because they are so rare.
Written by: Seraseth
It's too HARD to catch the
bird
, so the
husband
decides to
eat
grass
instead.
Written by: Dan.t.ph
Why does your
husband
eat
grass
and ride a giant
turkey
everywhere? It's because he's trying to make your life as difficult as possible.
Written by: darrenburns
The hard
yellow clay
/カン→ナン makes it difficult for the
birds
to collect nesting material.

Full etymology, from /カン← /xɑnᵡ/, /xɑnᴴ/ ← *hnaːnʔ, *hnaːns … *n̥ʰaːn, *naːns → /nɑn/, /nɑnᴴ/ →ナン.
Yellow
Bird
, Zapdos is
hard
to catch
Written by:
It's quite difficult for a
bird
to write the right part of the
Chinese kanji
!
Written by: -kaze-
It's impossible to feed
grass
into the
mouth
of a
husband
of a
bird
.
Written by: アフマヂ
The
Chinese
turkey
is more difficult to manage than others, because whenever you ask it for its name in KATAkana {かた}, it just says "NAN'o'ya {なん} business!"
Written by: ロールズ
My
husband
is impossible to deal with, with his big
mouth
. He must be using that thing to smoke
grass
or something! But at least he's not as hard to handle as my pet
bird
.
Written by: トロン
It is IMPOSSIBLE or at least DIFFICULT to fit that
old bird
into your
husband
's
mouth
. But I managed once by ACCIDENT.
Written by: Genius1985
When my
husband
put the
grass
in his
mouth
, I knew the
poultry
must be difficult to eat.
Written by: ロニー88
Trying to fit an entire
grass fed
turkey
in your
husband's
mouth
is very difficult !
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
My
bird
brain
husband
smoked
grass
and got into an accident. He was difficult for the cops with his big
mouth
. Now he’s in a lot of trouble and it will be impossible to get him out of it.
Written by: Jules.33
My
husband
tries to feed
grass
to a
bird
's
mouth
but it was difficult
Written by: PandaGemoy
Man
screaming
and
huffing
trying to assemble IKEA forniture shaped like the cage of a
bird
Written by: Nads-san
Husband
found
bird
with a
mouth
defect in the
grass
, it was very difficult to nurse it back to health, but we did it!
Written by: Azuraphel
Looks like your childish
husband
took on a difficult / impossible challenge again: Putting the
grass
in his
mouth
before the
turkey
can eat it!
Written by: Robdeprop
That
Bird
species is often hunted in
drier area of china ->
, it's so difficult for them to survive there, and they had faced so much troubles everyday, so they defected to other areas
Written by: コノエ・エル
It is difficult to believe that a
man
lying on the
grass
with his
mouth open
swallowed a
little bird
that flew in by accident.
Written by: アルゼン
A
husband
who puts too many
turkeys
in his
mouth
will grow
large
and will become difficult to satisfy with
grass
Written by: Nynja97
My
bird
got tired of eating
grass
and devoured my husband
. I'm having trouble getting him out of its
mouth
.
Written by: ガムシャラ
Trying to catch a
hen
is so difficult that the
man
, had an accident, and ended with his
mouth
on the
grass
.
Written by: コエル
Two
heroes
found it surprisingly difficult – nigh impossible, even! – to defeat a
large old bird.
Written by:
It's IMPOSSIBLE for a
strong man
running on the
grass
, who is yelling with his
mouth
impatiently, to catch the rare and DEFECTED
bird
in the sky.
Doesn't he see that he's causing it a TROUBLE interrupting the silence, which won't lead him to getting that bird? Such reaction also may get him into an ACCIDENT and he'd hurt himself, as he doesn't pay attention where he's going while following that bird.
Written by: 25
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/ こんなん - (Noun/な-adjective) difficulty, hardship, trouble, distress; {euph} infeasibility, inability (to carry out)
/ なんかい - (Adjective/-な) difficult to understand, unintelligible, abstruse
/ さいなん - (noun) calamity, misfortune, disaster
/ とうなん - (noun) theft, robbery
/ ぶなん - (Adjective/-な) safe (e.g. choice), secure, innocuous, inoffensive; acceptable, passable, satisfactory, adequate, faultless, without flaw
Kunyomi: のこ.す, のこ.る
Onyomi: ザン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: かばねへん,いちたへん,がつへん
Radical
remainder, leftover, balance
Mnemonics
Bare bone
was all that remained when the
double edged
halbert
struck.
Written by: Karlla
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In the 14th century, there was NO KOordination {のこ} greater ZAN {ザン} the Swiss Armies in wielding the halberd.
Bare bones
was all that remained when their
double
edged
halberds
struck their foes. /credits to: Karlla
Written by: quickMaffs44
One
evening
I ate at a restaurant but had leftover
shish kebabs
Written by: チェイスです
Via :
bare bones
were the only remainder after the
doubled halberds
/サン finished.
Only dead bodies remaining after the battle is an all
too
true reminder that
death
often rears its ugly head when you're on the wrong end of a
spear
.
Written by: KuruKuru
Yakuza
bars
barely exist. The Remainder of them aren't even in Japan
Written by: Darkchan
Kyūjitai: . Only
death
remains, is leftover, after
two
well balanced
halberds
.
Written by: コエル
The leftover of the soldiers was a
bare bone
, a
halberd
and
two arrows
Written by: Baharley
If you
die
holding a
trident
, ざんねん!then everything you own is just left over.
A trident is a
three
-pronged
spear
.
Written by: カ-ちゃん
One
evening
I went out to eat and only
1 tiny morsel of food
and the
fishbones
were left over.
Written by: Jules.33
Only
bare bones
are left behind once the
halberd-king
is done with you.
Written by: Xilmi
one
evening
i did a bad thing that resulted in my
death
they had a
ceremony
with two more lines leftover
Written by: jsam
Although in popular culture pirates are often portrayed as zany {ざんy} scoundrels, in truth no cove {のこ} was safe when the flag showing the
bare bones
emblem of a skull and crossbones appeared on a ship near shore. Pirates bearing
arms
were famous for doing
two
things: rape & pillage. When they were through, the pirate king got first choice of the loot, while the remainder was distributed to the crew.
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/ ざんねん - (Adjective/-な) regrettable, unfortunate, disappointing, vexing
/ ざんぎょう - (noun/する verb) overtime (work)
/ ざんこく - (Adjective/-な) cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
/ ざんだか - (noun) (bank) balance, remainder
る / のこる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to remain, to be left
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ネン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: こころ
Radical
wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Mnemonics
A wish is what your
heart
wants right
now
.
Written by: gillianfaith
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A feeling is what I have
now
in my
heart
Written by: ShinZ6
I wish I was paying more attention last year {ネン} because I didn't learn that many kanji which was a disappointment { = ざん•ねん}. But
now
I regret { = む•ねん} my laziness, so I have the feeling that my
heart
felt desire { = ねん•がん} to learn kanji will aid me in persisting { = しゅう•ねん}.
You had my senses but
now
you have the attention of my
heart
.
Written by: nexx
now
my
heart
wishes for a ネンtendo
Written by: bozoduty
right now
, all my
heart
one desire is chocolate.🍫🤤
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/ ざんねん - (Adjective/-な) regrettable, unfortunate, disappointing, vexing
/ きねん - (noun/する verb) commemoration, celebration, remembrance, memory, honoring the memory of; memento, souvenir, keepsake
/ かんねん - (noun/する verb) idea, notion, concept, conception; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate), acceptance, preparedness; {Buddh} observation and contemplation, meditation
/ がいねん - (noun) general idea, concept, notion
/ むねん - (Adjective/-な) regret, chagrin, mortification; {Buddh} freedom from obstructive thoughts
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: フク
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ころもへん
Radical
duplicate, double, compound, multiple
Mnemonics
I accidentally bought duplicate
garments
, so I had to
return
one
Written by: Vague
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I
return
the
cloak
but as I don't have the receipt it's getting complicated
Written by: Samurai_Ash
We have these round, double-sided
cloth
placemats for our
table
. On one side is a picture of the
sun
which reminds me of summer, while the other side depicts a snowflake which reminds me of
winter
. The person who bought these placemats is the same person WHO COOks {フク} for our family.
I will
return
the
clothing
{フク} because I accidentally bought a duplicate and don't need multiple pieces.
Written by: Seanyくんです
While buying multiple pieces of
clothing
, I accidentally bought a duplicate. But I noticed
1
day
too
late
to return
it.
Written by: MuMe
Cloth
doubled over so that it
returns
/フク to make a lined garment. Sewing this is a compound process that requires multiple steps.
ねる/かさねる accumulate, repeat
These
days
, in
winter
,
no one
wears short clothes. Everybody doubles the
clothes
they are usually wearing.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
An item of
clothing
on
repeat
== Duplicate
Written by: JulieJulie
*Any
thing you say with an
accent
will have to be
repeated
multiple times. *any sounds like n e
Written by: Anonymous123
The
cult
about
one
staying up
late
always duplicate every
day
.
No
, don't do this.
Written by: ルイス
Semantic: . A lined or doubled
garment.


Phonetic: → ふく. Original version of『』かえる、また、
to return.
Written by: kotatsumuri
I have multiple
neckties
, some of them even double. I
put them onto my wardrobe
, but since there are so many, they often fall down and lie
crumpled on the ground
.
Written by: あたら
When you invest money on this
day
, then
later
it will
return
to you, and you will have DOUBLE, or even MULTIPLES! This is how you COMPOUND your interest.
Written by: Genius1985
your mom {かさ・n} forced you to
return
the
clothes
{ふく} you just bought to the store because "we have clothes at home" - _ - she thinks you're just buying duplicates of what you already have.
Written by: ロールズ
I don't like complex ふくざつ outfits,
so I keep wearing the same
clothes
ふく


and stack them like umbrellas near かさ.ねる each other

And
no one
notices - every
day
, even in
winter


Now I have multiple outfits that look the same, even duplicates
Written by: おおの
Ne
o still needs to duplicate his
pistol
and put on his
sun
glasses. I think we'll be
late
for filming the scene where he kills multiple Smith's with his double-pistol action.
Written by: Xilmi
In the movie Groundhog Day Bill Murray has to live Feb 2,
not
once
, but multiple times. After reliving the same
winter’s
day
repeatedly
, he eventually gets the
girl
.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ ふくざつ - (Adjective/-な) complex, complicated, intricate, mixed (feelings)
/ ふくしゃ - (noun/する verb) copying, duplication, reproduction, copy
/ ふくすう - (noun) plural, multiple; {n} {gramm} plural (number)
/ ふくごう - (noun/する verb) composite, combined, complex
/ じゅうふく - (noun/する verb) duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ザツ, ゾウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: ふるとり
Radical
miscellaneous
Mnemonics
there are
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in the
tree
Written by: ちゃん
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{
Nine
,
tree
,
bird
)} is a miscellaneous list.
Written by: Nicolas2
A mage {まじ} summoned
nine
miscellaneous
birds
onto that
tree
because they saw {ゾウ} them in a nature magazine {ざっ(し)}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
Via : a miscellaneous collection of colored
clothing
/ソツ→ザツ hanging in a
tree
like
birds
/シュウ→ゾウ.
Ma, she まし saw a
strange
man watching
nine
miscellaneous
birds
in a
tree
. That's who ザツ she saw, so ゾウ she says.
Written by: Wolfenspace
This character shows a simplified
robe
and a
bird
in a
tree
. The bird in the tree was its own character and serves as the phonetic component of this kanji, but it also means a "collection", so I like to imagine this character as "the collection of things in my robe", that is, "the miscellaneous things I carry"
Written by: NickKnackSnack
There are ROUGHLY
NINE
MISCELANOUS items hanging on this
TREE
, the biggest one is a huge
TURKEY
, then there is a MAGAZINE, a DUST CLOTH, some WEED), and other, it's a very [CROWDED and MESSY
TREE
.

*Primitive: Turkey from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
Picture a tropical forest with
many
different
birds
and
trees
. This could give you a pretty good idea of how miscellaneous things come together.
Written by: non0230
There are
nine
tree's
in the background of the painting. They are miscellaneous details, same as the
birds
.
Written by: チェイスです
There were
nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
, all singing a very pleasant tune!
Written by: くん
Hermione’s magic bag contained lots of miscellaneous stuff, including
nine
trees
and an
old bird
. THAT’S {ザツ} impressive!
I made the
fence
out of the miscellaneous wood from a variety of
nine
trees
ざつぼく. Is that so? ザツ ゾウ Yes, that’s why it looks so sloppy ざつ.
Written by: Jules.33
nine
birds
in a
tree
is a pretty misc group
Written by: Astarlia
We planted
9
different
tree
s into our
bird-enclosure
so all the miscellaneous birds can have their favorite tree in there.
Written by: Xilmi
Nine
miscellaneous
birds
sitting in a
tree
.
Written by: ルイス
You count
nine
of them in the
tree
, each
turkey
holding something random or miscellaneous. There are nine turkeys in the tree and they’re all holding random, miscellaneous things. How odd.
Written by: しまうま
baseball bats
, and
turkeys
are two of the items in this miscellaneous group
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Who
is to say that those
nine
trees
aren’t of a miscellaneous variety?
Written by:
In my back yard I have a
BASEBALL
field, next to some
TREES
and a
TURKEY
barn. A MISCELLANEOUS set of things.

*Baseball and Turkey Primitives from RTK
Written by: elbit
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/ ふくざつ - (Adjective/-な) complex, complicated, intricate, mixed (feelings)
/ こんざつ - (noun/する verb) congestion, crush, crowding, jam; confusion, disorder
/ ぞうきん - (noun) house-cloth, dust cloth
/ むぞうさ - (Adjective/-な) easy, simple, ready; casual, off-hand, easy-going, careless, artless
/ ざつおん - (noun) noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio), static, noise; gossip, irresponsible criticism
Kunyomi: きたな.い, よご.す, よご.れる, けが.す, けが.らわしい, けが.れる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
Mnemonics
I'm a disgrace to my family. I could only find
two
dirty
fish hooks
in the
water
- pollution.
Written by: タンゴ
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Oh {オ} my! What a disgrace. Not only did you misspell katana {きたな}, but
one
in
five
of them are dirty from sitting in polluted
water
.Yo go {よご} clean them up!
Written by: Anonymous123
A hunter washes the
two
snares
with
water
, because they are dirty
Written by: unfocghost
He
participated
in cleaning the dirty
water
of the sea.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
Looks like a curving
road
with a large
pipe
underground below it, that is pumping out lots of
filth
into nature, to dirty / pollute / defile it.
Written by:
Via : You can try to measure the pollution levels of the
water
with
calipers
/オ, but don’t blame me if you get dirty in the process.
one
in
five
water
s are dirty - not/nai in the north/kita though, they put yoghurt/yogoreru in there
Written by: レイん|レナ
Phono-semantic: Phonetic “オ” Semantic
“Water”.

Water
,even from an
exhaled breath
, can wash away dirty pollution but can’t wash away defilement.
Written by: フバフバ
After measuring the
water
, it looks like it's pollution levels are at
two
five
25%.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Don't put
two
dirty
hooks
in the same
water
.
Written by: Azuraphel
Pollution is the process of making the environment, the
ground
and the
five
oceans
dirty.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
I wash it with
water
twenty
five
times and it's still dirty!
Written by: サイノ
is apparently an older version of
. When
water
is
measured
, you are seeing how dirty it is. Kanji can also be written as
Written by: MiT_Epona
Pollutants defile our
water
and air, and
drip
from
punctured
containers
.
Written by: コエル
When I pulled my
anchor
out of the
water
, there were
two
plastic bottles stuck on the anchor's tines. Imagine how much plastic pollution there must be for this to happen. That's not Okay {オkay}.
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/ おせん - (noun/する verb) pollution, contamination
/ おめい - (noun) bad name, bad reputation, disgrace, dishonour, dishonor, stigma, infamy
/ おすい - (noun) filthy water, sewage
/ おだく - (noun/する verb) pollution, contamination, corruption, graft
い / きたない - (Adjective/-い) dirty, filthy, foul, unclean; disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse; dastardly, mean, base, underhanded; stingy, greedy
Kunyomi: あらわ.す, あらわ.れる, おもて
Onyomi: ヒョウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: ころも
Radical
surface, table, chart, diagram
Mnemonics
The
king's
garments
are laid out on the surface of the table.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Fur
/モウ←ボウ→ヒョウ
garments
. Originally meaning outer garment, now refers to exterior surface. A table, chart, or diagram is written on a surface, usually paper.
is the radical because fur is a kind of garment.

(*prawʔ)
ヒョウ← /pi̯ɛuᵡ/ ← *prawʔ
He observed {ヒョウ} the
plants
on the surface of her
clothes
and made tables and charts about them.
Written by: Anonymous123
あらわ represents ひょうr
king's
garments
laid out on the surface of the table
Written by: クリス
The
king
likes to
dance
on clean surfaces.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
I have
two
badges
pinned
to the surface of my
clothes
.
Written by: lightmotif
The Surface of
master
is
clothes
. . . Well, he is fully dressed.

Note: /ぬし- head of household
Written by: ハンゾウ
A
growing plant
rises out of some folded
clothes
to express itself.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Outer surface,
fur
of a
clothing
.
Written by: コエル
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だって / おもてだって - (expression) publicly, openly, ostensibly, formally
だつ / おもてだつ - (Godan verb - つ/intransitive) to become public, to become known, to come out in the open; to be formal, to be official
/ ひょうじょう - (noun) facial expression, countenance; look, appearance, expression (vocal, etc.)
/ ひょうげん - (noun/する verb) expression, representation, description; {math} representation (of a group)
れ / あらわれ - (noun) embodiment, manifestation, materialization, materialisation, expression, indication
Kunyomi: たお.す, たお.れる
Onyomi: トウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down
Mnemonics
once the
person
arrived
, they collapsed
Written by: ちゃん
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At the
climax
of the scene, Brutus falls on his
sword
. The play was performed in Taos {たおs}, and all the
people
in the play wore togas {トウgas}.
As the demon collapsed, I knew the
people
were safe and left
my
one
sword
in the
dirt
Written by: Kerst
I
cut
myself
with a
knife
and fell to the
ground
Written by: mmmj
I
attained
the collapse of the big toe's {トウ} empire by reading the Tao {たお} of
Ri
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Someone stabbed the
leader
mole
with a
knife
to overthrow it, in TOUkyo.
Written by: Seraseth
The
man
arrives
to overthrow <
トウ
>キョウ
.
Written by: alex2069
A
person
hasn’t really
arrived
/トウ until they’ve overthrown a government or two.
When that
person
arrived
, トウ tripped him. he fell face first into concrete. OUCH!
Written by: チェイスです
I
fall to the
ground
to escape from a
man
who is throwing
knives
at me.
Written by: -kaze-
You're such a くさい めん
どう
! You literally only just
ARRIVED
and you managed to already
たお
KNOCK out that poor
PERSON
.
Written by: Abnormalise
It is tol-d トウ that Talos たお was a
person
who overthrew the king with a
knife
at the
climax
of the war.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Once
I
realized the
person
had a
knife
I droppped/collapsed/fell to the
ground
.
and broke down in tears.
Written by: Jules.33
A person
overthrows the
king
by using a
sword
.
a
person
collapses after
arriving
because of the hard trip
Written by: danialx
When the
leader
of the rebellion
attained
a
knife
, he went TOE to TOE {とう} with the evil king hiding in the TOWER {たお・れる}, eventually TOSSED {たおす} the king off, overthrowing the king and collapsing the tower.
Written by: ロールズ
To overthrow this
man
I
need to go to his
place
with a
sword
.
Written by: GD_V
Shortly after a lot of
person
s had an unexpected
arrival
at the twin-towers, they collapsed.
Written by: Xilmi
A
person
stabbed me with a
knife
and i collapsed and
met
the
ground
Written by: ウグルセブン
The
man
reached
the top of the montain and he fell on the
ground
exhausted
Written by: MarielaM
The
person
collapsed with their
knees
on the
ground
and dropped their
sword
. What a break down!
Written by: うらしい
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/ あっとうてき - (Adjective/-な) overwhelming
/ とうさん - (noun/する verb) (corporate) bankruptcy, insolvency, commercial failure, failed business
/ とうち - (noun/する verb) turning upside down; {gramm} inversion
/ とうかく - (noun/する verb) overthrow of government
れる / たおれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to fall (over, down), to collapse, to take a fall, to topple; to be destroyed (in a collapse), to collapse, to cave in, to crumble, to give away; to be confined to bed (with an illness), to come down with, to break down (e.g. from overwork); to die, to be killed; to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.), to fail, to collapse, to go under; to be defeated (in a game), to lose; to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.), to be overthrown
Kunyomi: ゆえ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: のぶん,ぼくづくり
Radical
happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Mnemonics
the cause of that
folding chair
to fall apart is because it was
old
.
Written by: ドみにく
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There's no reason to
hit
an
old
person
Written by: yuppie
Therefore, if you and {ゆえ} me intentionally sit on an
old
folding chair
for some reason, that would cause {コ} it to break.
Written by: quickMaffs44
If you see an
old
person choking, you should intentionally
strike
them to make them COugh {コ}
Written by: Plum Blossom
The cause of the accident was
old
skis
Written by: Anonymous123
The nature of cause-and-effect means that the reason is already
old
/コ news by the time the
impact
of the action is felt. This is true for all circumstances, regardless of whether the consequences were intentional or happenstance.
there was an incident where an
old man
was
hit
by someone
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
If you ゆえ INTENTIONALLY
strike
an
old
person for any REASON you’ve COmitted コ an ESPECIALLY heinous act, and CONSEQUENTIALLY you’ll be punished.
Written by: Jules.33
The REASON that
folding chair
broke is because it is ESPECIALLY
old
, THEREFORE when you {ゆえ} sat in it it CONSEQUENTLY couldn’t handle the CIRCUMSTANCES.
In the
old
days,
hitting
others was a very common happenstance and the reason for many of the late. Especially when it happened intetnionally. Therefore it was consequentially the main cause of death.
Written by: Xilmi
If by happenstance you see an
old
person choking, YOU AID {ゆえ} them by intentionally
striking
them to make them COugh {コ}
{Hat tip to Plum Blossom}
An
old
strike/hit
was the reason/cause for your KOma.
Written by: レイん|レナ
A HAPPENSTANCE is when the
OLD
TASKMASTER
that tortured you dies by an ACCIDENT.
Written by: Abnormalise
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それ / それゆえ - (expression) therefore, for that reason, so, because of that
/ ことゆえ - (noun) accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons
/ こしょう - (noun/する verb) fault, trouble, breakdown, failure, being out of order; damage (to a part of the body), injury, hurt; problem, hitch, obstacle, hindrance; objection, protest
/ じこ - (noun) accident, incident, trouble; circumstances, reasons
する / こしょうする - (する verb) to break down, to be out of order
Kunyomi: たし.か, たし.かめる
Onyomi: カク
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: いしへん
Radical
assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident
Mnemonics
The
crane
statue was made out of very solid and hard
stone
.
Written by: espiacent
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I was assured that the corner {カク} of the solid
stone
wa shaped crown
was tight on the
old bird
. It was a sight ta see {たし}.
Written by: Anonymous123
For assurance that no foxes will get into the
turkey coop
I put a huge
rock
in front of it's entrance.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
たしかに, the
stone
looks a
bird
wearing a
crown
.
Written by: チェイスです
On the solid
stone on the left
, it's clear ta see {たし} that a
crane
is standing there. You can see evidence of its talons scratching the rock, kaku kaku {カク}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
STONEさん
was ASSURING the
TURKEYちゃん
that she won't be eaten tonight, if she will put on a
CROWN
and pretend to be a CRANE.

*Primitive: Turkey from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
I needed *clear* and *evident* *assurance* that another day would "come"「KŌ コウ」. Then, a
bird
appeared, and
perched
*firmly* on top of a *solid*
stone
. When I heard it call out "Cocka"-doodle-doo「KAKU カク」, that rooster *confirmed* to me that the sun would rise again!
Crane
often helds a stone in its mouth, so that if it fells asleep and the
stone
would fall down, the bird would wake. That way crane has ASSURANCE in its safety and CONFIRMation that there wouldn't be a surprise attack.
Written by: mih9898
If you throw a
stone
at the
forehead
of a
turkey
it's certain that you will hurt it.
Written by: Seraseth
I assure you: with this
stone
you'll certainly hit
birds
in the
head
.
Written by: エドアード
If you wanna catch the
Crowned Bird
with Assurance throw a solid
stone
very hard.
Written by: ハンゾウ
The
crane
holds the
stone
with its claws firmly
Written by: スタチク
The
crowned
bird
lands on a
stone
to deliver a message. Rest Assured.
Written by: Rifqi H
The
crane
statue in the center of the village was built in honor of the
crane
guardian deity. It's made out of solid
stone
, very firmly built. It's clear and evident that the protection of the village is assured. No one dares mess with the great and honorable crane deity.
Written by: こガエル
i can assure you that_she /たし has an
old bird
with a
crown
made of very hard, clear, and solid precious
stone
named kaku/カク.
Written by: サイノ
The
bird
delivers to you a
solid
confirmation. Hogwarts?
Written by: rsvd5555
"It's
rock
solid
baby!" - said
Master Crane
from Kungfu Panda
Written by: ケンパチ
Assurance is a
stone
alongside a
crane
.
Written by: Leonardo88
Just the fact THAT SHE CAn {たし.か} kill two
birds
with one
stone
makes it clear that you shouldn't trust her with your avians
Written by: ジョリク
Making a statue of a
crane
in
stone
is a clear and solid assurance that this majestic bird will never be forgotten.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
Crane
is assured that
stones
are hard to drill
Written by: danialx
Six
stone
cupbourds
became solid under one
roof
Written by: RuaU_U
Confirm if you did
Stone
that
Bird
with a
Crown
.
Written by: Pride
Cactus-san カク, I think you made it entirely clear that you consider this
bird
the king of the village - you put it on a
stone
in the middle of the town square, and put a
crown
on its head. I know you want the villagers to feel assured, but I think it's getting ridiculous. Especially the mustache たし on that bird makes people laugh.
Written by: Kiraraxa
Throw a hard, solid
rock
at the
roof
of that coop to confirm the
turkeys
are in there. They peak their head out and you will get clear and evident assurance they are actually there.
Written by: coin
There was a
rooster
sitting on top of the picket
fence
cock
a
doodle-doo’ing カク, so I picked up a hard
stone
firmly in my hand and aimed for that rooster’s comb コウ. I can assure you that we won’t be hearing that rooster anymore. Just so you know, there is no evidence and I won’t confirm or deny anything under oath.
Written by: Jules.33
The
younger sibling
, its like a small version of the other, seeking assurance from its
older sibling
Written by: Sealingpizza
You just saw a
crane
bow before you and place its forehead on the hard
stone
floor. It is evident from the solid crane forehead print on the floor. You wish someone else was with you to provide assurance that you are not going kaku カク.
Written by: Kabocha7
Related vocabulary
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/ かくにん - (noun/する verb) confirmation, verification, validation, review, check, affirmation, identification
/ めいかく - (Adjective/-な) clear, precise, definite, distinct
/ せいかく - (Adjective/-な) accurate, correct, precise, exact
/ かくじつ - (Adjective/-な) certain, sure, definite, reliable, sound, solid, safe, secure
か / たしか - (Adverb/-な) sure, certain, positive, definite; reliable, trustworthy, safe, sound, firm, accurate, correct, exact; {adv} If I'm not mistaken, If I remember correctly, If I remember rightly
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