When he keeps {ひき} animals in that he gets a count of the small animals by counting the and dividing by four. Once it hits you {ヒツ} that that's all you had to do, you'll wonder why you never thought of it before.

Origin uncertain. One story is that 兩（両）represents a pair of equal horses in a team and that 匹 is a half of the pair. Thus you can count the number of horses in a team by doubling the number of pairs, or by counting each head individually.

匹 may also be a depiction of the end of a roll of cloth, with the outer surrounding the loosely hanging inner /ハチ→ヒツ. It is conflated with 疋 as a counter for animals and for rolls of cloth; however, do not use 疋‘s readings with 匹.

I thought the number of small animals counted was but it *wasn't all the way right*—I had to subtract .

in a This equals an investigation!

In the , I had *many small {stuffed} animals* on the bottom of my bed, by my legs 儿 . But then it "hits you"「HITSU ヒツ」, that feeling that you should "share the wealth", so to speak. So I gave half to my friend. Now we are *equal*, and "he keeps"「HIKI ひき」them on the *head* of his bed instead of that old *roll of cloth* he used as a pillow.

In the there are some . They are the legs attached to a small animal.

I opened the right side of the to count how many small animals were inside. There was supposed to be - an equal number of 4 male and 4 female puppies. But one little guy had almost wriggled out of the top of the box. He keeps ひき trying to escape. He got his head through, but his were still dangling down.

When you put your in a your steps become equal

The artisan has a with an in it that he takes out to SHOU/show people.

The carpenter was a true craftsman. He showed{ショウ} me how he carved a using only an .

The carpenter used an to cut a shape out of what he was making

The workman carries a /ホウ→ショウ with his . He’s very proud of it—he made it himself—and will SHOW it to you if you ask nicely.

An in the You're either a carpenter or a murderer. Now if you'll excuse me... What do you mean I can't leave?!

the carpenter keeps his safe in a nice

Inside a , a person TOKU/took shelter.

Animals hide and their

Are those kids inside that cardboard At least they have shelter from the rain. I should probably call the police.

What are you , /ジャク→トク man?

They I look too to play on the DAKU/dock, so they need my parent's consent.

It’s all too easy to consent to the of an agreement when you are /ジャク→ダク and be bound by them long afterwards.

i tried to come to an agreement, but you kept being on about it, no matter what I . DAre KUm 'round again and I hook you with my fist.

They that when they were they had to consent to an agreement with da cool{ダク} kids, in order to use the playground.

Young people were agreed to watch DUCKtales remake with Donald DUCK

He begged them for the with the

Hobos indicate an ←/キ receptive to begging with marks scratched on the ground. They can say whether a house will invite a hobo inside for dinner, or ask him to do some work in exchange for a meal. Reading: キツコツ sounds like scratching.

In the you're ging that your throat won't be too dry.

He the Khan {カン} for a ride in his so that he could dry off

At you see the /カン streaming in the sun and know it’s going to be an good laundry day. You dry your clothes on the laundry pole 干, and while you’re at it, you also desiccate some fruit. You worry about drought as you drink up and drain your cup dry.

The meanings of heaven and emperor come from the I Ching, or Book of Changes, where 乾, or qián, is the name of the trigram ☰, the metal sky in the northwest.

During a DRAUGHT farmers even for a in the morning.

A planet with of is certainly for drought.

When I for a to pick me up, I feel like an emperor.

After of drought and drop of water to drink up, the dessicated and went to snake heaven. 🐍☀️

A chariot 龺←車 on its way up 𠆢 ←🔝 the main part of a tree trunk, carrying MICKY→みき and Goofy, I mean talent and capability. Reading: 干/カン.

Derives from /カン

The of the Khan's {カン} kept the main part of the tree trunk .

I'm building a log cabin. I get up and chop down tree trunks every day. Once the logs have I add them to the structure. The main part is done. I can {カン} finish it up tomorrow by adding the and a Mickey {みき} Mouse door decoration.

Only one has the talent to create from a tree trunk for my house. The main part is not to waste any wood though.

A tree trunk is a piece of wood under the tree , and can also be made into a 車

asked Micky みき how they can カン travel the way to landmarks across Japan. He told them that the Shinkansen 新幹線 is the and reaches all of the main parts of Japan.

I think we are capable of building the main part of a on a very … It should only take days

I hoped the main part of the tree trunk would be by .

He went from building on tree trunks to becoming the main engineer of that manufacturer. To be that capable requires talent.

they carefully manipulate the fragile en by

a /ソウ operation, which could be birds calling 品 in a tree 木, or goods on a wooden pallet, or even the care of innocent children, calls for deft maneuvering, firm manipulation, and steadfast fidelity.

So {ソウ}... I asked you {あやつ}, are you going to give me a in maneuvering these onto that ? You will miss out {みさお} on an opportunity to show fidelity, if you don't.

Etymology: Maybe not really helping, but kind of cute: The left carries the meaning of controlling; but the right phonetic component 喿 means noisy, represented by 3 loudly chirping in the .

If you are pro GYMNAST then you can MANEUVER Ikea with your .

Soo.. {ソウ} you're gonna maneuver that while I put the on top of that ?

In a sliding tile puzzle there is a three by three {サン} matrix of with one empty slot. Originally the tiles are jumbled, SO {ソウ} the objective is to maneuver the tiles with your , by sliding one tile at a time into the empty slot until the puzzle is solved. When this one is solved it shows an image of A YACHT'S {あやつ} silhouette. And this other one shows a picture of ME SOW. {みさお}.

You need to use to get out of the without damage, a delicate MANEUVER.

The was SOU/so hot it caused the made of to dry up.

Parched, dried up wood burning in a pops and sings like the /ソウ. A bonfire is festive and encourages people to frolic はしゃぐ.

To make PARCHEDーDRIED you need to
put underneath it and set it into a Huge .

After putting under the and lighting it on , they were soo{ソウ} dried up that they were parched. But if you put them in a hash a good {はしゃぐ} while they'll still be edible.

The burns the bark and we pack it up and sell it as dried .

Look up at the top of that . There are of cookies {くkies} up there. It looks like someone used this to reel them up the tree. So {ソウ} what's up with that?

When a winch is winding onto the reel, it squeaks like a /ソウ. Using your hands to spin the wheel is a tedious exercise, requiring many turns of the crank. Also used for other repetitive tasks, such as turning pages or looking up words in a dictionary.

He is winding and needs the we sell - spools made out of .

Seaweed is a in the that we make out of and more{も}. It grows soo{ソウ} tall it is like an underwater .

Most of the stuff that got into the is seaweed and duckweed.

If putting or in your until you erupt and they spout out of you is your idea of fun{フン}, then I swear{ふ} you must be crazy.

Vomit erupts from after .

On the we'll place or to mark the tomb before the FUNeral/funeral.

The around the tomb was with fresh and

The cemetery had marking the tombs of three pet who had been laid to rest in the following the FUNeral {フン}.

In my is too much for a single !
It's so unfair! Arrrgh!

きep ばk! That animal's is dangerous!

When our keybass {きば} player says you can see huge fang sticking up. At first I thought it was a gag eh {ガ+ゲ}.

Like a boars head. The , the , the and the

The bud of looks like a tiny sticking out of the ground

don't look elegant on a

A wicked vampire preyed on the with its jaws {ジャ} and

The /ガ← /ŋa/ ← *ŋraː … *ljaː → /zi̯a/ →じや→ジャ became an eponym for wicked people, injustice, and wrong doing through an event lost to history. But you can guess.

Is an injustice to think that is home for poacher of

A JAR {ジャ} of boar is being worshipped by a wicked { > }

A wicked just ジャ bit me with its . Now I caught its cold 風邪 かぜ. And that’s just wrong.

I heard previously that the KI/key is to be so that you avoid .

Previously the monster have a .

It happened long ago. I had a , and have already moved on.

Previously I crooked my < 牙, but it is already

I already learned, long ago, that the key {キ} to making a was , made of . *chemical symbol for sodium is Na

［previously or long time ago] the time seem says the with the open talking

this was previously a from 食べ物. but the greedy fang "き"ば has already eaten it until it's satisfied, becoming a

I used a leveling-beam to outline the placement of the hanging pictures generally where we had /キ→ガイ decided they should go.
Reading: outline=draw a line around the outside 外/ガイ.

I gave that guy{ガイ} a general outline of where I approximately want the to go.

Generally, before planing the outline of your new house, all should be removed.
Otherwise you will trip during construction, hurt yourself and .

Generally, no should be cut, but they still do it anyway -- as if the world wasn't messed up . And then they dare complain about our environment!

I was making the outline of a plot of land next to the .

there were generally tall s here. But that guyガイ has cut them down.

In , there stands the , offering but not great wisdom. Because this isn't perfect heaven, the knowledge it grants is only general and approximate, never complete. You must fill in the missing details yourself.

The approximation where the of the was planted by the man, the top part is its head

The thing happened in the still made him lament.

The surrounds the and their seedlings.

In my region of the country both in , suburban lawns and in farm , it's common when you inspect a seedling to find that a deer has already gnawed {なえ} on it. This weakens the shoot and it may become sick {びょう•き}.

JIUUsy sapling grow in the . MIUUticulously. BIUUtifully stacked, up to the hills, lustering in green.

If you plant SEEDLINGS in a eventually they will .

What is this on the ? - No those are little seedlings!

Every time I draw a the tail comes out funny and looks like a ladder. *cat 猫 - tail犭 +

sketch a nature scene of /ビョウ.

From my new ideas bEGAn to and i sketched the world in BIEUtifull drawing. Like a musician writes music composed from the notes which carry their feelings, i paint with the colours which reflects mine.

I sketch with my right some bamboo

Using my to plant a , a SKETCH of domestic bliss.

I use my to make pictures {え} by drawing (かく} them. I stand in a and sketch the there.

Phono-semantic: Phonetic and semantic .

You need a and the of creativity to draw and sketch

I tried to draw a -> by . Well, I think it's pretty close for a sketch.

I crushed some red to write by

The cat is but as delicate as a .

Doesn't this look like a cat? The cat's is , the cat's are , and the cat's is

I have a BIYOUtiful cat. He likes to get his dirty in the and he NEver KOmes home befor dinner. ow dare he.

This cat is like a it likes playing in the in the

The cat is a whose meow sounds like /ミョウ→ビョウ.

out, the cat hid in the ready to pounce its prey in the

The cat's is curved, like the shoot of a .

A is chasing a CAT through the .

Cats are better at catching rodents in the of your than , and they have less body odor ビョウ too.

The creature in the of the is a cat.

cats have and a and love to

A on a knocking over a

Cats have and big to watch the mice go by.

Cats are the that are as small as a

The sprouting from the dirt have just met their first streak of .

See also 萠: sprout to seek the /メイ←ミョウ/マウ→モウ/バウ→ボウ/ハウ→ホウ.

The runs long 長/チョウ and straight and true, but is beset with a trillion , ill-omened portents of potential destruction.

In VooDoo & black magic the witches use
to read the future, in particular
things that PORTENT - OMEN upcoming evil things.

I am being forced by criminals to break into financial accounts. However, the password KEYS Are {きざ} complex and a brute force approach would take at least a trillion tries. As a sign that my captors mean business, they've already both my . I just have to CHOke {チョウ} back my tears and soldier on.

If my start that's a bad sign

People used to believe that the constellation which looked like with an going through them was a bad omen that spoke of future injury.

He chose{チョウ} to stare at the of the naga{なが} even though it was a bad .

I was choking {チョウ} because I I had food in my , but instead of doing the Heimlich maneuver, my friend just at me as I tried to pantomime that I needed help.

with my i scrutinize it looking for an .

With my I stare at/look at the . The hair is quite long なが.

His is so long, when I first him I had to stare at him.

Stare with

At the of danger he made a quick escape through a side .

If an suggests that calamity is about to befall your city, I recommend that you flee down the . If you have NO GAs {のが}, then try to escape by sprinting on your TOEs. {トウ}

If you owe someone a yen and have no money, flee down the to evade your creditors.

A even on the isn't fast enough to escape.
*From RTK 6E Frame 301

You can escape or flee down the to evade captivity, but unless you are set free it is a bad

To run away; to set free: a pair of running down the .

To escape the rising from the tsunami I fled down the as fast as my could carry me.

If an oni stubs its big toe {トウ} on a peach it's an they will be visited by Momotaro {もも}...

Peaches grow on the of

Apparently the bark of the Asian PEACH

TREES

木

is rugged and patterned like .

The person at the who has is picking peaches.

The does a /チョウ jerk when you leap up,

If you feel that your are restless, it's a that you should jump around!

When I saw him flex his , I took that as a {チョウ} that he was about to leap upwards.

He chose {チョウ} to ignore the that he would be challenged to fight a match in the E-dome {いどむ}.

That rude portends a challenge.

If a knight removed a gauntlet from his and threw it down at your feet, it was a that you were being challenged to a duel. If you chose {チョウ} to accept his challenge, you would take up his gauntlet.

I challenge you to my . I {い} don't {ど} mind {む}. It's {ちょう}どいい.

throwing down a /チョウ, like it was a gauntlet—a challange!—or a handkerchief—do you want me to make love to you?

Climbing the 桃 with your is a huge challenge

Balling my into fists, I readied to challenge my enemy for the time. He was my arch enemy, who betrayed my trust irreparably, as we used to be lovers.

You're calling me clumsy? Let's see how well you do when you're balancing two in your !

Even though we sent instructions to Joe saying that he was to stage left, he still bungled his exit and waved his about, signaling that he didn't know where to go.

That bungling oaf locked us in. Now we have to use this to . I'm set to sue {セツ} that clumsy fool.

We yield and submit to our opponents by and waving the

Yield or you will as a .

I put on my KUTSU to for the , but as I bend I flinch for I suddenly see a man standing behind me. His face looks like that of a and his hand is resting on my shoulder. My legs yield from underneath me as I am filled with fear. "KAn we play a GAMe? U and i...", he whispers....

Tall people bend their neck forward when from under an .

Originally meaning bend. Picture dogs that bend to chase their ←尾 until they have to /シュツ→クツ. Flinch, submit, and yield follow from bend.

Archeologists excavate carefully with their until a dig /クツ its secrets.

Oh, the HOrror {ほ}! I was digging a hole when I discovered a . There were all sorts of cuts {クツ} on it. I quickly the area.

With your dig under the as something will come

Before they , they needed to dig a hole{ほ.る} with their to hide the , and clean the blood off their shoes{くつ/靴}.

I starting to dig a hole ほる with my after I found a that I ran with my feet クツ

On the moon we using our bare

Where the marks the spot, I HAUL {ほる} earth of the ground with my bare .

Could you クツ me the you’re holding ほ so I can mark the areas where we will excavating on the

While digging a hole ほ in the , we came across a and a shoe クツ, and realized we had found the remains of a .

After they finished digging they used a to get out of the hole{ほる}.*the dirt out of the moat = moat 堀 - dirt 土

To dig a ditch or a moat, you first plant where you want the to of, then you make it holey {ほり}

A HORIffic monster 🐉 lives in the moat 🏰. If it it looks taller than a ⛰️. I run for my life as fast as my KUTSU 👟 will take me, fearing he will me 😵.

I picture a wax seal in the shape of a being imprinted on an envelope after closing it by a signet ring held by the , but apparently, is really /ホウ,フウ, which derives from , a hedge, used to demarcate the holdings of one feudal lord from another.
Readings: HOldings→ホウ; FEUdal→フウ.

I was a fool {フウ} closing that real estate deal. I actually thought that I had bought than was actually the case because I didn't hire a surveyor to the plot. It was a mistake for me to seal the deal.

In the feudal period, the time to seal off an area with was measured with a . Now, anybody who {フウ} uses a back hoe {ホウ} can do it in seconds.

the is sealing the of the church

The feudal lords used a special green SEAL
made of leaves
onto official documents.

I 付 a to the envelope 封筒

You need to make a of an area so you take two clumps of to seal in each side of your measuring tape, so it stays on the ground. This is the way people used to seal things back in the day, back when we didn't have fancy things like tape and glue.

I'll build my {hou}tel「ホウ」on these . After the space, I saw it would be too , and so would be always {fuu}ll.「フウ」. I will end up going bankrupt, and I'll have to seal and close the place.

In order for Kenjaku to seal Gojo and close the Prison Realm gate, he had to have him stand on the within a four-meter radius from the cube for over a minute.

To prevent the vampires from escaping two 6 ft deep were dug on holy ホウ ground. After the coffins were closed, the lids were sealed shut with fused フウ metal reinforcement.

These pipes are the size as my big toe {トウ}. If they break I'll sue the plumber twice {つ x 2=つつ}.

A cylinder piece of is almost the shape as a pipe.

A stalk looks the as a big ol' cylinder.

Your とう {toe} is kind of like a cylinder, just look at it!!

Looks like the .

This is the of a made out of cylinder.

Cut into parts to make a tube

tubes were used by the to build this wall.

The ordered the use of pipes for all newly installed plumbings.

The pipe played by the /カン is a wind instrument he struggles to control. Despite a lot of overblown drunken talk, he’s never been much of a musician, which is really out of his jurisdiction, so the tube tends to squeak and squawk at the most inopportune times.

Prime Ministers Kan {カン} and Suga 菅 have a fun side: they like to play in a pipe band! Just replace the grass in their names with grass' fun side: !

Two

pipes

run the roof. When the wind blows across the tubes it can/could カン/くだ sound like a wind instrument.