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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: トウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: ひとあし,にんにょう
Radical
party, faction, clique
Mnemonics
My
esteemed
brother
decided to make his own political party.
Written by:
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In order to be an
esteemed
member of this political faction, it's not enough to just give your faction a
leg
up. You have to TOE {トゥ} the party line.
My
older brother
tried
crowning
himself the head of the big toe{トウ,} party.
Written by: Anonymous123
my
big brother
put on his
party
hat
Written by: liltofu
This modelling POLITICAL PARTY has high
ESTEEM
for members with
LONG skinny LEGS
.
Written by: Abnormalise
My
big brother
is the leader of that highly
esteemed
faction, so you better watch your tone
トウ
when you speak to him.
Written by: Cayuga
My
older brother
started a FACTION political PARTY to rebel against the
crown
.
Written by: Jules.33
With
esteemed
legs
we carry our faction
Written by: ロニー88
Suddenly like a shocking
decision/esteem
brother
said he wants a party
Written by: Baharley
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/ よとう - (noun) ruling party, government party, party in power, government
/ とう - (noun) party (political); {n-suf} person who is fond of, fan of
/ せいとう - (noun) political party
/ やとう - (noun) opposition party, the opposition
/ よやとう - (noun) ruling and opposition parties, parties in and out of power
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: キョウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: じゅう
Radical
co-, cooperation
Mnemonics
if there is
ten
people, the
strength
of the team will
triple
but you still need to cooperate
Written by:
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If
Ten
people cooperate, they triple their
power
Written by: Hexador
KIYOU, Co, Cooperation, The KIYOUoperation consisted of
ten
strong
people.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Link 10 Zelda players in cooperative play to obtain both the
Master Sword
and the
Triforce of Power
.
Written by: lightmotif
When
enough
people
are prepared
/キョウ to work together, cooperation becomes not only possible, but the norm.(Ten is a big number, and is used to mean many.)
う/かなう suit, meet—implies competition, perhaps co-opetition?
Ten
people can cooperate to use three
powers
.
Written by: yarnandmk
TEN
men are at least
x3 as POWERFUL
when they
きょう
りょく co-operate.
Written by: Abnormalise
10
to the
power of 3
. Can 1000 people cooperate?
Written by: BaldingEagle
A heavy pole
is being lifted by
powers
of 3 people, such cooperation !!
Written by: Arvendra
10
x
triple power
= cooperation
Written by: kavehtlog
Clearly, there is a lot of cooperation going on to create this pyramid. They must have the
strength
of
ten
men.
Written by: Jules.33
Look at those 3, they believe that just with
strength
and some good coordination, they'll be able to pull out
Excalibur
, that's so cute キョウ
Written by: ケンパチ
Cooperation is the
unification
of the
strength
of
multiple
individuals, allowing them to
reach
for
greater heights
Written by:
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/ きょうりょく - (noun/する verb) cooperation, collaboration, help, support
/ きょうかい - (noun) association, society, organization, organisation
/ きょうてい - (noun/する verb) arrangement, pact, agreement
調 / きょうちょう - (noun/する verb) cooperation, conciliation, harmony, coordination
/ きょうぎ - (noun/する verb) conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
general, whole, all, full, total
Mnemonics
One feels complete when the inner
heart
and
public appearance
are
connected by a thread
.
Written by: Litchii
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Generally, if you are going to sew {ソウ} some
thread
that will be shown in
public
, you should put your whole
heart
into it.
Written by: Anonymous123
General Tso {ソウ} wore
threads
in
public
with little chicken designs to convey that he was whole
heartedly
dedicated to chicken dishes.
This
thread
needs to be
rushed
. Let's put all our attention into it.
Written by: nexx
General TSO→ソウ ate himself full of so much fried chicken that we had to collect all available
thread
in a
rush
/ソウ to make him a new vest accommodating the whole vastness of his total bulk.
is the original form. Right side is
which originally seemed to indicate an obstruction in the heart moving out through an artery above the heart. Indicating moving through a tight space. When applied to
thread
it’s about drawing thread together tightly in order to create a full and total spool of yarn. I think!
Written by: スィッチ
Pull out
thread
, to sew together the
public
's
hearts
to make them whole again, along with their SOUls
Written by: Seraseth
I used
thread
to sow
ソウ
up the whole thing. it was a bit
rushed
though.
Written by: Cayuga
To become whole is in general aligning your
heart
and soul ソウ with your outer
public
persona. A
thread
should run through all you do
Written by: Kabocha7
The
heart
was injured, so ソウ
I
fused ふさ it with a TOTAL of
8
sutures using surgical
thread
in order to make it WHOLE again. Hopefully I did a good enough job as a GENERAL surgeon that nobody will sue す.
Written by: Jules.33
I
love
when the WHOLE
Christmas tree
is ALL covered in
ribbon
.
.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ そうりだいじん - (noun) prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government), premier
/ そうかい - (noun) general meeting
/ そうごう - (noun/する verb) synthesis, combination, integration, putting together; {adj-f} general, combined, composite, mixed, integrated, comprehensive; {phil} synthesis, colligation
/ こくみんそうせいさん - (noun) gross national product, GNP
/ そうかいや - (noun) extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings, sokaiya
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: かくしがまえ
Radical
ward, district
Mnemonics
In this ward of the city, after you
cut the grass
please sweep the cuttings into this
box
.
Written by:
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The full form of the character would be
. Imagine a
map
of a city with many separate districts
. It was later simplified, using an X to mean
districts
instead.
Written by: non0230
It would be cool {ク} if somebody in this ward would
tip over a box
full of
treasure
so I could grab some.
Written by: Anonymous123
Via : The ward is a closed-off district that
hides
/ケイ→ク
residents
behind a wall of bureaucracy.
On this
map
, I have marked the ward you will be living in with an
X
!
Written by: gurabu
If you head toward the
X
on the
map
you’ll find the cool ク district.
Written by: Jules.33
The city is ashamed of the red-light-district where you can buy
X
XX. So they built a
wall
around it to ward off the entrance from anywhere other than the still open east-side.
Also: You may know the movie "District 9". Well, this is the successor: Distric 10
X
.
Written by: Xilmi
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/ くべつ - (noun/する verb) distinction, differentiation, discrimination, difference
/ ちく - (noun) district, section, sector
/ くぶん - (noun/する verb) division, section, demarcation, partition, segmentation, compartment, (traffic) lane; classification, sorting, grouping, segmentation; {logic} division
る / くぎる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/transitive) to divide, to separate, to partition, to demarcate, to delimit, to mark off; to punctuate, to mark off (with a comma), to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud), to space one's words
/ くいき - (noun) area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: リョウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: おおがい
Radical
jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
Mnemonics
Each territory has it’s
rules
written on a
page
Written by: Baharley
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By order of the presidential
decree
on this
page
I claim this territory to be under the jurisdiction of the Dominion of Rio{リョウ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
It is an
order
in this jurisdiction to record every action on this
page
.
Written by:
The
president
is the
head
of the country and has the power and jurisdiction to give out
orders
within his territory
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The mayor of Rio {リョウ} sees to it that the
laws
governing his jurisdiction are enforced. His staff studies every
page
of the municipal laws to advise him.
The ruler has the
legal authority
/レイ→リョウ to lead the jurisdiction by the
neck
. 【 and were originally the same pictographic character with the same meaning of “head”, and the graphical difference was that also included the body in addition to the head of the person.】
By
Formal
Decree
this
page
bearing the
Presidential
seal
grants DOMINION over the TERRITORY.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ だいとうりょう - (noun) president (of a nation); {fam} big man, boss, buddy, mate (used vocatively; esp. of an actor)
/ ようりょう - (noun) point, gist, essentials, tenets, outline; knack, trick, the ropes
/ りょうじ - (noun) consul
/ りょうしゅう - (noun/する verb) receipt (of money), receiving
/ せんりょう - (noun/する verb) occupying, having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation, possession, capture, seizure
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ケン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: め
Radical
prefecture
Mnemonics
In this prefecture Ken {ケン} keeps an
eye
on all of the
small
letter Ls
.
Written by: Anonymous123
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Via : Traditionally viewed as a head inverted, possibly hanging upside down at the border as a warning to brigands. Another interpretation is an
eye
with a
beard
, meaning the prefecture is ruled by a graybeard.
Visualize a map of Japan, with a a huge
eye
sitting in a
chair
on top of a
mountain
, in each prefecture, watching over it.
Written by: ウルケ
KEN you
see
all the
small
prefectures on the
map
?
Written by: レイん|レナ
The
eye
of a
small
lion
L
gazes upon the prefecture that will one day become his. He’s a small lion prince, but once he grows up, everything reflected in his eye will be his prefecture to rule over.
Written by: Darkchan
The Ken PREFECTURE has many
EYE-catching
places, delicious food that gets you
HOOKED
on, and
LITTLE
romantic coffee shops down the river.
Written by: Abnormalise
This is a weird prefecture. Here they put
small
eyes
on their
shelves
𠃊
.
Written by: nexx
Look
Ken ケン is sitting on his
chair
in his office administering to his prefecture.
Written by: Jules.33
In this prefecture, all the people have
small
eyes
. They
look
L okay I guess.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
eye
of a
small
lion
gazes upon the prefecture that will one day become his.
Written by: Kayteeflick
The
small
eyes
of the guardian kept in watch over his prefecture.
Written by:
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/ とどうふけん - (noun) prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
/ けん - (noun) prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
/ けんちょう - (noun) prefectural office
/ どうけん - (noun) the same prefecture; the said prefecture
/ ふけん - (noun) prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
Kunyomi: もう.ける
Onyomi: セツ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: ごんべん
Radical
establishment, provision, prepare
Mnemonics
Teacher
says
to get *under* the
table
again
to prepare for the earthquake.
Written by: lightmotif
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When you attack the ESTABLISHMENT with
WORDS
, it fights back with
MISSILES
.
Written by: Abnormalise
The establishment
says
we have to provision
pikes
to prepare for war.
Written by: nexx
It takes both
words
and
action
/セイ← /ŋi̯ɛiᴴ/ ← *ŋeds … *hljed → /ɕi̯ɛt̚/ →セツ to prepare the SETS.

(*hljed)
セツ← /ɕi̯ɛt̚/ ← *hljed
As the proprietor of this establishment, I get to
say
whether I'll open my
tables
to diners
again
following lockdown. I'm low on provisions and there's a lot I would have to do to prepare for reopening. I need new sets {セツ} of placemats, and I'd have to hire MOre {もう} people.
If the establishment
says
they aren't prepared to go back to the negotiating
table
again
, you must make provisions to be set to sue{セツ} for more{もう}.
Written by: Anonymous123
They
say
all new
weapon
idea's have to be established in SETSU
Written by: Seraseth
Word
of emperor is to ESTABLISH a
Rocket
establisment.
Written by: ハンゾウ
You're
telling
me that the establishment was prepared using a provision of
pike
sets セツ?
Written by: Cayuga
After a long
talk
, they established a system for monitoring the transport of
weapons
.
Written by: そら♡
I have one thing to
say
. The establishment of a restaurant need a
table
to prepare
again and again
the provision.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
The restaurant review
says
that the establishment is usually very crowded, so be prepared to sit on
barstools
, because you might not get a
table
.
Written by: Jules.33
The weatherman
says
it’s going to be very
windy again
, so PREPARE accordingly.
Written by: Jules.33
A
missile
full of
words
is what is needed to establish the colony
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
We're
sitting again
at the
table
and
discussing
our provisions and preparations.
Written by: GD_V
While at the dinner
table
, his
words
once
again
started a fight about preparing for winter.
Written by:
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/ けんせつ - (noun/する verb) construction, establishment
/ せつび - (noun/する verb) equipment, facilities, installation, accommodations, conveniences, arrangements
/ せつりつ - (noun/する verb) establishment, founding; incorporation (of a business)
/ しせつ - (noun/する verb) institution, establishment, facility; {abbr} home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
/ かせつ - (noun/transitive) temporary construction, temporary establishment, provisional construction; {logic} {math} assumption, supposition
Kunyomi: あらた.まる, あらた.める
Onyomi: カイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: のぶん,ぼくづくり
Radical
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
Mnemonics
Sometimes one
self
needs to
hit
rock bottom before you can reform yourself.
Written by:
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Some people believe that reformation requires
self
flagellation
.
Written by: gillianfaith
My
skiing
went through a reformation after I went through a period of
self
examination while living with a shellfish {カイ} and a rat {あらた}.
Written by: Anonymous123
After sitting in my
folding chair
for
2
weeks, doing nothing but flying my kite カイ, I realized I had to change.
Written by: Kiraraxa
To change
yourself
you need to be
hit
by countless problems.
Written by: Xerosse
I was having a kite {カイt} battle with a friend. My kite had a picture of a
snake
on it. His had a picture of A RAT {あらた}. His kite
struck
mine. When I examined it afterwards, the paper was torn, so I had to mend it.
Oneself
needs to renew, change and reform some policies during
winter
Written by: SiLeVoL
The あらた
TASKMASTER
is trying to REFORM and IMPROVE かいぜんsan'
SELF-esteem
, by convincing him to get a big
SNAKE
tattoo.

*Primitives from RTK
Written by: Abnormalise
Reformation is a
self
/キ← /kiᵡ/ ← *kɯʔ … *klɯːʔ → /kɑ̆iᵡ/ →カイ corrective
action
to effect change.
As a herpetologist I SEARCH for all カイ kinds of
snakes
, and then I sit on my
folding chair
and EXAMINE them. I occasionally feed the snakes あらた a rat.
Written by: Jules.33
To REFORM is to remove
Snakes
on government
Chairs
Written by: ハンゾウ
you can keep
beating
your
self
up over it, or you can inspect what went wrong, think of what you can change, and try again from the beginning
Written by: コノエ・エル
To get rid of Ireland's
snakes
, the
taskmaster
St Patrick. drove them away, to make way for the reformation.
Written by: elbit
In order to reform and change your ways, the
self
needs a
taskmaster
to
hit
them and motivate them to greatness
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
While I was
mowing
the lawn, I came across a
snake
in the grass, so I threw a
hammer
at it. I know it wasn’t kind カイ, but like a lot of あらた people I hate snakes and you’re not going to change my mind.
Written by: Jules.33
Why don't you
hit
yourself
for a change!
Written by: タンゴ
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/ かいぜん - (noun/する verb) betterment, improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
/ かいさつ - (noun/する verb) examination of tickets; {abbr} ticket gate, ticket barrier
/ かいせい - (noun/する verb) revision, amendment, alteration
/ かいぞう - (noun/する verb) remodeling, remodelling, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, renovation, modification, reshuffling (e.g. a cabinet), reorganization, restructuring; {comp} modding
めて / あらためて - (adverb) another time, again, over again, once again, anew; formally, especially, intentionally, deliberately
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: まだれ
Radical
广
borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
Mnemonics
The governmental office is
attached
to the side of that
cliff
广
! Only climbers can reach it. Weird.
Written by:
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They
attach
ed
a
canopy
广
to the building to have enough room for the entire government, what FUol came up with that idea
Written by: Seraseth
Everything under the
cliff
广
is
attached
to this borough.
Written by: nexx
The
buildings
广
are
united
under a representative body
Written by: Hexador
This
canopy
广
marks the entrance to the meeting hall of the representative body for this borough—an urban prefecture
attached
/フ to the rest of the city—in an old government office that used to be a storehouse.
/くら warehouse
/みやこ location of imperial palace
Someone in our borough
attached
a
canopy
广
with a swear {フ} on it, to the government office .
Written by: Anonymous123
The GOVERNMENT OFFICE takes
measure
of
all
广
of the
people
in the BOROUGH and then the REPRESENTATIVE BODY adheres
to the wishes of the PREFECTURE as a whole.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ せいふ - (noun) government, administration, ministry
/ とどうふけん - (noun) prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
/ しゅうせいふ - (noun) state government
/ ばくふ - (noun) {hist} shogunate, bakufu; {hist} shogun's headquarters; {hist} Imperial Guards office, residence of the Imperial Guards commander
/ ふちょう - (noun) prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: き
Radical
investigate
Mnemonics
Let's investigate what's
piled up
under the
tree
.
Written by: Karlla
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They
also
saw {サ} something underneath that
tree
. We should investigate.
Written by: Anonymous123
Let's
also
investigate this
tree
.
Written by: Pinchedperson
If a
tree
is growing out of a
top hat
you need to SAw it off to inspect it and investigate why
Written by: Seraseth
The detective "saw"「SA サ」a
grave
under a
tree
and decided to *investigate*.
A whole team of cops are sent to investigate how a
tree
could grow on top of a
shelf
with no soil or water. The chief thinks サ sardines did it.
Written by: Samurai_Ash
There's an
eye
on the
ground
underneath that
tree
. It' SAvage サ, the police have started the investigation.
Written by: Kiraraxa
Someone サ needs to investigate why there is an
eye on the ground
under that
tree
.
Written by: Jules.33
Moreover
, I will investigate a
tree
.
Written by: ハデクヨン
We need to investigate
furthermore
than this
tree
Written by: danialx
Make sure you investigate that
tree
also
that tree.
Written by: チェイスです
The
tree
also
wants to investigate <
Sardines>.
Written by: alex2069
See : Huckleberry Finn used a
wooden
raft
/シャ, ショ← /t͡sʰi̯aᵡ/, /t͡si̯wo/ ← *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa … *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː → zhā, /ɖ͡ʐʱa/, /ɖ͡ʐʱai/ →サ,シャ,ジャ to investigate the river. Today we hope to investigate the medicinal properties of hawberries from the Chinese hawthorn.
Moreover
, *under* that
tree
is a good place to investigate.
Written by: lightmotif
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/ けんさ - (noun/する verb) inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, test, check, scan (e.g. MRI, PET), audit
調 / ちょうさ - (noun/する verb) investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey
/ じゅんさ - (noun) police officer, policeman, constable
/ しんさ - (noun/する verb) judging, inspection, examination, investigation, review
/ そうさ - (noun/する verb) search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry
Kunyomi: ゆだ.ねる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: おんな
Radical
committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
Mnemonics
The committee entrusted the
women
to take care of the
trees
Written by: Xerosse
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I {イ} entrusted the
grain
to a committee of
women
, and they said "You da {ゆだ} man".
Written by: Anonymous123
The
tree
over the
women
held a committee of <
eagles>.
Written by: alex2069
That
woman
couldn't discard the
tree
.
Written by: P1ng23n4
The
Women's
grain
committee gather together to talk about the 'I'gle problem
Written by: Seraseth
Female WHEAT farmers decide to create a COMMITTEE, which they fittingly name “The
WHEAT
WOMEN
COMMITTEE.”.
いん
Written by: Abnormalise
The
woman
was entrusted with the task of placing
a branch
-- on top of the
tree
Written by:
The committee asked that the
the two-branched tree
is taken care of by the youngest
female
in the village.
Written by:
In Amstelveen, the Netherlands, a committee of Japanese
woman
donated 400 cherry blossom
trees
to the local park.
Written by: MuMe
A
two-branch tree
was made by a
woman
and she is a committe’s member.
Written by: チェンヤン
Women
are welcome to the Itty bitty
tree
commitee
Written by: Menhit
A committee of
women
decide how to split the
wheat
amongst the townspeople
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The committee of
women
said, "YOU DA {ゆだ} boss. We entrust this EAgle {イ} emblem to you, that was carved out of the
two-branched tree
. It will symbolize your authority.
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/ いいん - (noun) committee member
/ いいんかい - (noun) committee, commission, board, panel, committee meeting
/ いいんちょう - (noun) chairperson (of a committee), chair, chairman, chairwoman, president
/ いたく - (noun/する verb) entrusting (something to a person), consignment (of goods), putting in someone's charge, trust, commission
/ こうあんいいんかい - (noun) public safety commission
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: グン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: くるま
Radical
army, force, troops, war, battle
Mnemonics
If you smack their leader's
forehead
with your
car
you'll have the entire army chasing you with their GUNs
Written by: Seraseth
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That so called army is just a bunch of guys with guns {グン} ,driving around in
cars
, with
wa shaped crowns
on their heads.
Written by: Anonymous123
Etymology:
Lower part is a
vehicle
. As for
upper part
, there are two explanations:
1.
is a flag, as it’s shape in some of bronze inscription characters is similar to that used for a flag in characters like
and
. Thus a vehicle with a flag is a military vehicle.
2.
used to wrap around the
in some of bronze inscription characters and in ten style, so it’s a mutated wrap enclosure
. Thus
denotes either a military vehicle encircled by soldiers or a circular formation of such vehicles. Consecutively, Howell&Morimoto suggest
was used in
to designate circular motion.
The army goes to war in their
armored
cars
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
CROWNED
VEHICLE
depicted here is a chariot - the symbol of an ARMY.

*Primitive - CHARIOT.*
Written by: Abnormalise
The army has requisitioned the
car
, because the troops will need it in the coming war. They reinforced it with a metal
crown
, so it's more fit for battle.
Written by: こガエル
The army keeps
cars
inside a
cover
when they are not at war.
Written by: non0230
An army has
armored
vehicles
and GUNS {グン}.
Written by: catzi
Imagine a military camp with vehicles
enclosed under protective covers
,
Written by: バラ9677
A
Car
with a
Wa-shaped crown radical
on top is for the Army. Oh! it's for Troops.
Written by: Pride
The army sent a force to
surround
←ワ← the
carts
supporting the enemy troops, winning the war without a battle.
Sears calls a man in a chariot, but others argue that it is a phonetic component derived from /イン← *lin … *kun →グン. If is the phonetic component, the semantic radical must be .
/いくさ battle, forces
/つわもの soldier

(*kun)
グン←クン← /ki̯uən/ ← *kun
The
car
with the
crown
on it is Property of the army.
Written by: ロニー88
In the army, tank are very common. These are litterally very sturdy
car
with hatch for access shaped like a
crown
Written by: Sadaharu_3
The army always uses a GUN-グン proof
windshield
in their
car
.
Written by: ケンパチ
Oh no! The rumored
covered
car
is being used by the opposing force! We're doomed!
Written by:
Related vocabulary
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/ ぐんたい - (noun) armed forces, military, troops
/ ぐんじ - (noun) military affairs
/ ぐんび - (noun) armaments, military preparations
/ ぐんぷく - (noun) military uniform
/ ぐんかん - (noun) warship, battleship
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ダン, トン
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: くにがまえ
Radical
group, association
Mnemonics
We are an exciting group of people dedicated to the
measurement
of
boxes
. Want to join?
Written by:
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They
measure
your
mouth
before they let you join the group, it's DAN's rules, and they've measured a TON of people
Written by: Seraseth
There's a group of
sundials
in that
box
. Dan {ダン} says they weigh a ton {トン}.
Written by: Anonymous123
Via : People with a common interest sometimes form a
“circle”
or a
special
/セン← *tjon … *doːn →ダン,トン interest group(SIG).
The secret FUTON organisation is a
ENCLOSED
GROUP of members, with very tight bond, one might say that their ties and operations are
GLUED
together.
Written by: Abnormalise
Use your
mouth
to take a
measurement
of this group. Just stretch your mouth out and around every single person. Get 'em all in there.
Written by: しまうま
The group of
little
things in the
box
Written by: Hexador
The Free Masons association uses the symbols of the
square
and
compass
to represent their group.
Written by: Jules.33
The SI {Système international d'unités} is regulated and continually developed by a association of three international groups: the General Conference on Weights and
Measures
{CGPM}, the International Committee for Weights and
Measures
{CIPM}, and the International Bureau of Weights and
Measures
{BIPM}.

Two very well known SI units are the metre and the kg.
The kg was originally defined as the weight of 1dm³ {a
box
with side length 0.1m} of pure water.
The
pole vaulting
association has trouble finding
boxes
long enough to fit the tons トン of poles!

pole vaulting = guy | holding a pole while sweating `
Written by: ケンパチ
The Japanese-Freemason-group's symbol isn't an Eye from the front in a Triangle, it's an
Anime-Eye from the side looking down in a 45° angle
in a
square
.
Written by: Xilmi
Related vocabulary
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/ がっしょうだん - (noun) chorus group, choir
/ だんたい - (noun) group, party, team; organization, organisation, association, group, body, society
/ ふとん - (noun) quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
/ ざぶとん - (noun) zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
/ ざぶとん - (noun) zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
Kunyomi: おのおの
Onyomi: カク
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: くち
Radical
each, every, either
Mnemonics
With each
delay
, the boss opened his bit
mouth
to shout and complain.
Written by:
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This character is a pictogram from the
legs
stepping over
the step of the door
. It means each and every guest entering the house would have to step over the doorstep. Later, the meaning for guest is made more clear by this new character
adding home on top. The original character
retains its original meaning each.
Written by: non0230
Before
winter
comes, bears stuff everything they can find into their
mouths
Written by: Hexador
EACH and every one of us
Walks
and
Talks
differently.
Written by: Abnormalise
Oh no! Oh no! {おのおの} Each and every
ski
entrance
there has a corner {カク}, but they're supposed to be rounded.
Written by: Anonymous123
Each and everyone has their own
name
.
Written by: MuMe
Every
mouth
must be fed during
winter
Written by: ジェム_11
My every statement is
delayed
since I think before I put a word into my
mouth
.
Written by: エモ Kamyk
Out of his
mouth
comes a
no
again
, each and every time I ask.
Written by: lightmotif
Having to feed each little
mouth
makes the parent's own meal
delayed
.
Written by: こガエル
Oh
no
! Oh no! おのおの Each and every
box
needs to have a
ribbon
placed on top before it’s delivered.
Written by: Jules.33
EACH and EVERY
winter
, I eat too much food with my
mouth
Written by: Ginnythesquid
Each time I open my
mouth
, I become
late
for work
Written by: ケンパチ
Depicts a guest arriving,
late
as usual, at the door
mouth
of an inn . Each guest needs a place to sleep, and every one of them, even late night arrivals, must be accommodated. Either that or someone is going to be spending the night outdoors in the cold.

Old Chinese *klaːɡ manifests in various ways depending on which consonant in the initial consonant cluster is retained and whether the coda is truncated: かく、きゃく、りゃく、らく、らう、ろう、ろ.

(*klaːɡ) 笿 +
カク← /kɑk̚/ ← *klaːɡ
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/ おのおの - (noun) each; {pn} {arch} you (plural)
/ おのおのがた - (noun) {arch} all of you (oft. used by samurai)
/ かくじ - (noun/adverb) each (person), everyone, individual, respective
/ かくえき - (noun) every station; {col} {abbr} local train, train that stops at every station
/ かくち - (noun) each place, every place, various places, all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
Kunyomi: しま
Onyomi: トウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: やま
Radical
island
Mnemonics
An island is a small
mountain
amidst the sea where
birds
come to rest.
Written by: Karlla
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I was drifting on the ocean with my feet hanging over the boat when all of a sudden, my toe {トウ} shmacked {しま} a rock on a shore. I looked up and saw
birds
flying around a
mountain
. I landed on Bird Mountain Island!
Written by: quickMaffs44
An island is a refuge for a
bird
/チョウ← /tieuᵡ/ ← *tɯːwʔ … *tuːwʔ → /tɑuᵡ/ →トウ at sea. The radical is
mountain
because an island is a geographic feature.

It’s probably just a coincidence, but the resemblance of to “pottery” /トウ is striking.
A piece of
mountainous
terrain, surrounded by the ocean. Only
those who bear wings
could access this land.

Some older variants:
,
Written by: non0230
The
bird
fly on TOp {トウ} of the
mountain
of the island.
Written by: バリエル
Migratory
birds
flock to the island to build their nests on top of the
mountain
This one bird, she made しま her nest facing towards トウ the sea.
Written by: Jules.33
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“トウ” Semantic
.

Islands are little
mountains
peek above the water, where
birds
nest.
Written by: フバフバ
An island is a
mountain
only accesible for
birds
.
Written by: コエル
The
birds
on the island can happily live their lifes on the
mountain
and don't have to fear being killed and thrown into fire like the birds in the animal-exploitation-industry.
Written by: Xilmi
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/ しま - (noun) island; {vulg} one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
/ ひろしま - (noun) Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
/ れっとう - (noun) archipelago, chain of islands
/ はんとう - (noun) peninsula; {sens} {col} Korea
/ とうない - (noun) on an island, on-island
Kunyomi: かわ
Onyomi: カク
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: かくのかわ,つくりがわ
Radical
leather, skin, reform, become serious
Mnemonics
There are
twenty
廿
pocky sticks
inside
my leather bag.
Written by: Mystery4869
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Depicts a tanned animal hide, including the
head
廿
,
shoulders
,
back
, and
haunches
. The tanning process reforms raw skin into leather, so that it “becomes serious”. Tanned leather looks sort of like KHAKI→カク.

(*krɯːɡ)
カク← /kæk̚/ ← *krɯːɡ
I had
twenty
廿
coins in my leather pouch, but
ten
of them fell through a
hole
in the corner {カク} of it when I crossed a river{かわ} to escape the reform school.
Written by: Anonymous123
This is an
animal hide being stretched
and transformed or reformed from soft skin to durable and purposeful leather. When a person becomes serious in life they have transformed themselves from being soft and useless into someone who is tough, resilient and has purpose like leather.
Written by: Jules.33
My leather coin purse containing
twenty
廿
10
yen coins had a
hole
in it.
Written by: ドみにく
A
sharp tool
is punching a
hole
inti the sheet of
leather
.
Written by: Gjfj
If you remove the
cow's head
廿
and also what's
inside
of her and then let place the skin on the
floor
it'll turn into leather.
Written by: Xilmi
head with hat
廿
of the person
body
with a
bundle
tied up with leather
Written by: Rdelav
Twenty
廿
eyes and
ten
mouths
in the room with only enough food for one person. This is serious.
Written by:
Related vocabulary
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/ かわ - (noun) leather
/ つりかわ - (noun) strap (to hang onto), hanging strap
/ へんかく - (noun/する verb) change, transformation, reform, revolution, revolutionizing, innovation, upheaval
/ かいかく - (noun/する verb) reform, reformation, reorganization
/ かくめい - (noun) revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
Kunyomi: むら
Onyomi: ソン
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: きへん
Radical
village, town
Mnemonics
The village in the
woods
is
small
Written by: Hexador
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I sent my SON/son to the village
tree
to take a
measurement
.
Written by: chancetenacity
You need to
measure
a lot of
wood
to build a village.
Written by: gillianfaith
My son {ソン} and I are ecologists in a small village. We make "moolah"/money {むら} by investigating
trees
and taking
small measurements
of them.
Written by: quickMaffs44
When my SON revealed his MURAl he made on the town wall, the villagers started throwing
wooden
sticks
at him.
Written by: ジェン~1984
The village was hacked out from the
trees
, inch by
inch
/スン→ソン.
That village is famous for
measuring
wood
.
Written by:
The size of a VILLAGE is
MEASURED
by its
TREES
.
Written by: Abnormalise
Among the trees
there is a small
village.
Written by: Vazev
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ソン” Semantic
“wood”.

Villages are usually
wooden
and
measured
crudely.
Written by: フバフバ
Someone’s taking
measurements
of the
trees
… Why, though? These people are planning to take the trees and cut them down to make their village.
Written by: しまうま
Villages are very close,
shaku/10
, to the
woods
.
Written by: コエル
The village is surrounded by
trees
glued
together.
Written by: ひでのり
People in the village need to work together to plant
trees
in the village. Use
for
the action of the hand planting the tree
.
Written by: non0230
Related vocabulary
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/ むら - (noun) village
/ むらびと - (noun) villager
/ のうそん - (noun) agricultural community, farm village; {adj-no} rural
/ ぎょそん - (noun) fishing village
/ さんそん - (noun) mountain village
Kunyomi: いきお.い
Onyomi: セイ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: ちから
Radical
forces, energy, military strength
Mnemonics
After WWII, Japan turned from military strength to projecting, using the forces of
art
and cultural energy, a kind of soft
power
.

Etymology /ゲイ← /ŋi̯ɛiᴴ/ ← *ŋeds … *hŋjeds → /ɕi̯ɛiᴴ/ →セイ. See also .
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This
soil
gives
eight
times the
energy
to plants than the next leading brand, and it even comes in a cool,
round
package!
Written by:
They say{セイ} that the combined forces of our troops has enough
strength
and energy to
*knock the fire out of even the most feverish enemy
. *knock the fire out of even the most feverish enemy = fever - fire
Written by: Anonymous123
Your
ground
troops
are well
rounded
and
powerful!
What tremendous military strength!
Written by: BaldingEagle
Our vigor and might come from the
strength
in the
round
right part of the land
Written by: Nicolas2
The
womb
is a
circle
of
power
where a force of nature is formed.
Written by: Seraseth
You need/HAZU the
power
/forces of the MI/military for your
sword
to split/go/IKI through as many/oOI as
nine
men/danSEI with from
top
to bottom/
ground
.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Phono-semantic: Phonetic “セイ” Semantic
“Power”. originally meant plant and used to be an ideogram/pictogram of a person holding a sapling. Often is used to represent this kanji when used as a radical.

The numbers an army has is dictated by how much effort the generals
planted
; it represents raw
power
.
Written by: フバフバ
The number of your
land
troops and
ships
determine the
strength
of your military forces.
He was stuck *in* the
soil
with his
legs
kicking out after being
round
ly
*over*
power
ed
by the military strength of the enemy forces.
Written by: lightmotif
Our
land
is protected by military
forces
around
our border.
Written by: MuMe
The "
art
of war" requires military
strength
, energy and forces.
Written by: コエル
The
womb
is a
circle
of
power
where a force of nature is formed. The womb has the power to create life. Life is a force of nature, and the circle of life starts in the womb.
Written by: しまうま
Carrying
round
shields, the
ground
shook underneath the
legs
, showing the
power
of their forces
Written by: ロニー88
Eyeryone
is
working together
to form a
circle
of
force
for the military putch.
Written by: Gjfj
He used up all his
energy
running in
circles
around the
dirt
with his
powerful
legs
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
When the forces unleash their full
strength
, they cover their
legs
with
soil
and fight in
circles
.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
We will show our military
strength
and the
full
force of our army by putting
boots
on the
ground
.
Written by: Jules.33
The forces walked with
soil
over them and under their
feet
, walking the
round
world and showing their
power
off.
Written by: 【サラ☆】
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姿 / しせい - (noun) posture, pose, position, stance, carriage (of the body); attitude, approach, stance
/ ゆうせい - (Adjective/-な) superiority, superior power, predominance, preponderance
/ せいりょく - (noun) influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
/ けいせい - (noun) condition, situation, prospects
/ じょうせい - (noun) state of things, state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
Kunyomi: へ.らす, へ.る
Onyomi: ゲン
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Mnemonics
The
water
has
all
decreased - taken by <
ゲン
Genji into
へる
hell>.
Written by: alex2069
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It's the
same
everywhere: the amount of clean
water
is declining.
Written by:
He he he {へ}, if I get that
same
halberd
wet
again {ゲン}, it will decrease its power.
Written by: Anonymous123
Every container of
water
is the
same
/カン← /ɣăm/ ← *ɡrɯːm … *ɡrɯːmʔ → /ɣămᵡ/ →ゲン: once you start pouring it out, the amount left decreases.
All
of our
water
containers are leaking!
Our water supply is rapidly dwindling!
Written by: こガエル
Whenever you consume
water
and food, such as a
goose
, you eventually get hungry aGAIN {aゲン}. Your supply of food will dwindle unless you take up
arms
and get more food for the hungry
mouths
in your home.
We need to
protect
the food and
water
, because supplies are dwindling. If rations aren’t reduced
mouths
will go hungry.
Written by: Jules.33
She
will, though
“no
,
“no!”
comes out of her
mouth
, decrease the number of people at the
ceremony
by
one
.
Written by:
All
the stored water was
vaporized
so the amount of water we have now is decreased
Written by: Baharley
Help {へ} reduce
water
usage by
protecting
one's
mouth
with a
halberd
again {ゲン}.
Written by: quickMaffs44
The
halberd warrior
used his
one
mouth
to drink the
water
, causing his water supply to decrease
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
HEy {へる}, commander! Can we decrease our elevation. Being on a
cliff side
while it's
raining
is a bad idea. I know we got
mouths
to feed but
one
wrong move, we will slip, and our
halberds
will crush our skulls
Written by: Quixotic
Man, each time I put mouthguard
into
water
to wash it, its size is dwindling a little. I need to GEt a New ゲン one all
the time!

Mouthguard =
protection
+
mouth
Written by: ケンパチ
Before the
water
level DECREASES
protect
your
mouth
so you don't drown.
Written by: ディショア
as HERA AND ZEUS へらす their love decreases and Zeus CAN げん get any woman he wants, for
all
do as he
says
he found dione, with whom he fathered Aphrodite who is the goddes of the
sea
and love. Those who get hungry for more love will call on her, hoping their physical apetite won't dwindle as the years progress.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Related vocabulary
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/ かげん - (noun/transitive) degree, extent, amount, balance, state, condition; (health) condition, state of health; adjustment, moderation, regulation; addition and subtraction; {n-suf} slight sign of ..., slight state of ...; {n-suf} just right for ...
/ ぞうげん - (noun/する verb) increase and decrease, fluctuation
/ さくげん - (noun/する verb) cut, reduction, curtailment
/ げんしょう - (noun/する verb) decrease, reduction, decline
/ げんてん - (noun/する verb) subtracting points; points deducted
Kunyomi: ふたた.び
Onyomi: , サイ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: どうがまえ,けいがまえ,まきがまえ
Radical
again, twice, second time
Mnemonics
As the
KING
gets fatter, his
BELT
needs to be adjusted AGAIN and again
Written by: Abnormalise
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Sigh {サイ}, I just saw {サ} that teacher who taught a bee {ふたたび} again, for the second time. You know, the
one
with the
tan
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Depicts
two fish
on a
line
: the fisher catches fish again and again. The radical is the upside-down box from because it would be weird for the radical to be one . Cognate with /シ→サイ.

(*ʔsɯːs)
サイ← /t͡sɑ̆iᴴ/ ← *ʔsɯːs
Remember that
one
time I got
tan
from the sun? I'd like to look that way again.
Written by:
utilize
once
more
Written by: ドみにく
If I am to be buried in a
box
in the
ground
I will
rise
again as an undead.
Written by: ムアッディブ
Looks like a
wine bottle opener
removing the cork from the tip of a
bottle
. The bottle has a great wine so you'll be coming back for another glass again and again
Written by: rnavega
One doesn't get darker after
one
tanning
session. One must go again
Written by: BaldingEagle
Once more =
one
+
a basket in the process of being woven
, representing a slow, repetitive process.
Written by: Biev
Under the
ground
, a
head
covered in
dirt
emerges... again! It's not the first time you've seen this buried head, nor is it the last. This dirt-covered head hides beneath the ground wherever you go, and keeps popping up to scare you again and again. So you’ll use a 「さ」to take care of it once and for all…
Written by: しまうま
Every
month
I change my
job
again.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
The
weak/tender
one
always needs another attempt to succeed -this is an obsolete / archaic meaning of -
Written by: Ciboxd
I
went to the dark side サイof the
moon
{} TWICE.
Written by: Jules.33
The
king
dropped his
royal mantle
AGAIN and I have to help him put it back a second time... sigh....サイ
Can't かま.う help but to thinking he does that on purpose...
Written by: ケンパチ
After your failed
tanning
attempt, you have to spend a bit of time indoors under a
ceiling
so your sunburnt skin can Re- generate again.
Written by: Xilmi
The
first
life was a life of farming and tending the
soil
my next life was just me turning into a
upsidedown
red
head
crashing down onto the
ground
from higher than the clouds!!
once again, here comes
red
,
one
more time!
Written by: Afrina0987
Turn the box
upside-down
to check
one
more time, if there is really nothing falling on the
ground
.
Written by: Gjfj
Related vocabulary
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/ さらいねん - (noun/adverb) year after next
/ さらいげつ - (noun/adverb) month after next
/ さいかい - (noun/する verb) meeting again, reunion
/ さいげん - (noun/する verb) reappearance, reemergence, return, revival; reproduction, reenactment, recreation
/ さらいしゅう - (noun/adverb) week after next
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ゼイ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
tax, duty
Mnemonics
My
older brother
lives in Germany and he says "Zay {ゼイ} tax everything including zee
grain
and zee
bunny ears
"
Written by: Anonymous123
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A
guard
is at your door and wants some of your
grains
as tax
Written by: Seraseth
The government monopolized the rice trade. All
grain
went to the
exchange
/ダ← /dʱuɑiᴴ/ ← *l'oːds … *hljods → /ɕi̯wɛiᴴ/ →ゼイ, where distribution was coordinated and tax was collected
みつぎ tribute, via ぐ(つぐ)
My
older brother
says they ゼイtax everything when you're older, even the
trees
on your land.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The amount you have to
take off
your harvest of
grains
and pay as tax.
Written by: Karlla
A
guard
is here to collect some
grain
as tax
Written by: Seraseth
My
older brother
the mayor is so evil, notice he has devil horns, that he taxes even the
wheat
, causing the whole town to starve
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Taxes will chase you down a
slide
and up a
tree
like a
horned
monster with a
mouth
and
legs
.
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
The grown
tradition
of taxes is
the honor
of the
eldest son
.
Written by: Gjfj
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/ しょうひぜい - (noun) consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
/ ぜいきん - (noun) tax, duty
/ だつぜい - (noun/する verb) tax evasion
/ めんぜい - (noun/する verb) tax exemption, duty exemption
/ ぜいかん - (noun) customs, customs house
Kunyomi: いとな.む
Onyomi: エイ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: つかんむり,つ
Radical
occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
Mnemonics
The
Viking
who knows how to use a
bathtub
will have to manage bath time for everyone.
Written by: Seraseth
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Vikings, with their
horned
helmets
conduct business in a brutal way. Only those with
backbone
can prevent the Vikings' setting up camp in their land.
Show some
spine
, you are just supposed to occupy a
classroom
.
Written by: nexx
Via : the
fires
/ケイ→エイ at the
palace
are kept burning all night for the hard-working managers there who conduct いとなむ the palace’s business. There’s a camp within the palace that disapproves of this practice and advocates outsourcing the work いとなみ to private businesses, but those who perform the work say it’s their occupation and it can’t be done by anyone else.
You need a
backbone
to defend against vikings with their
horned
helmets
. If not, they will build camps and conduct business on your territory.
Written by: Nickname128
A
smile
like his is the
backbone
of this occupation in the service industry.
Written by:
If you want to
try
management as an occupation, you'll need to devolop a
spine
, before putting on the
wa shaped crown
. Otherwise, those guys in that work camp won't perform for you, eh?! {エイ}
Written by: Anonymous123
Grassy
crown
is the {e{i}ght ton}ne camp building's
backbone
.
Written by: Haribunner
The business world is like a battlefield, in order to successfully conduct business you need to have a strong
spine/backbone
and put on a
spiked
helmet
to protect yourself.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
If you want your OCCUPATION to be in chiropractics, you need to
learn
about the
spine
.
Written by: Jules.33
A queen needs a strong
backbone
and a
crown
to perform her occupation, eh {エイ} ? And she conducts her business with a
smile
!
Written by: Ginnythesquid
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/ えいぎょう - (noun/する verb) business, trade, operations; sales
/ けいえい - (noun/する verb) management, administration, operation, running (a business), conducting
/ うんえい - (noun/する verb) management, administration, operation
/ こうえい - (noun) public management
/ えいり - (noun) money-making, commercialized, commercialised
Kunyomi: くら.べる
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 4
Radical name: ならびひ,くらべる
Radical
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Mnemonics
HE's comparing one
spoon
to another
spoon
.
Written by: Karlla
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Compare these
two
characters
. The onyomi is also ヒ.
Written by: Hexador
While visiting the Phillippines HI brought his own
spoons
and a KARAf for his BEeRU. Since the
spoons
in the hotel where to small compared to home.
Written by: ジェン~1984
HI’s comparing the two
heels
Compare the pairless shoes until you have a HIT ヒ. Then use the
small
or
big shoe spoon
to put them on.
he
compared
the two
spoons
to decide which he would use to eat his くら.べる
cranberry
pie
Written by: りたさん
Via : two big men compare their height. Each
is inverted to look like a
spoon
. Source of katakana ヒ.

(*piʔ) = = =
ヒ← /piᵡ/ ← *piʔ
Let's compare our
two
spoons
and see which is bigger!
Written by:
Two
kids sitting the same way
to compare their body shapes- HI has a bigger leg to body ratio
on the right
. They're having a KU RAce to see who grows fastest.
Hmm... Clearly くら, It's hard to compare the 2 laughing sitting babies, you hear them laugh: "hihihi" ヒヒヒ
Written by: ケンパチ
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/ ひかく - (noun/する verb) comparison
/ ひかくてき - (Adjective/-な) comparatively, relatively
/ たいひ - (noun/する verb) contrast, comparison
/ ひれい - (noun/する verb) proportion; {abbr} proportional representation section (of an election)
べる / くらべる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to compare, to make a comparison; to compete, to vie
Kunyomi: ふせ.ぐ
Onyomi: ボウ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: こざとへん
Radical
ward off, defend, protect, resist
Mnemonics
This
walled village
is protected against attacks from any
direction
/ホウ→ボウ.
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Who says {ふせ} we can't defend this
village
? We have long bows {ボウ} to resist attacks from every
direction
.
Written by: Anonymous123
They ward off the fire by
fanning
the flames in the other
direction
.
Written by:
I'm heading out in the
direction
of the BOmb {ボウ} in order to remove its fuse {ふせ}. Doing so will protect the
village
from blowing up.
This
place
is PROTECTED in all
directions
The people
will DEFEND it.
Written by: Jules.33
Any
Person
would Protect their country
Flag
proudly.
Written by: アニケシュ
We must ward off the enemy in every
direction
and defend our
village
from harm.
Written by: Seanyくんです
A
building
in the
direction
you want to go will prevent you from going to the BOUling alley.
Written by: Seraseth
We ward off/defend/protect/resist anything in a
direction
outside
the BOUrders of our village
. We're so homogenous in here it's like we have all FUSE'd into one person.
These
people
protect our
village
Written by: Afrina0987
Let's defend the
pinnacle village
against invaders by pointing the cannon in their
direction
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ ひふせ - (noun) fire prevention
/ よぼう - (noun/する verb) prevention, protection (against), precaution
/ しょうぼう - (noun) fire fighting; {abbr} fire department, fire brigade, firefighter
/ しょうぼうしょ - (noun) fire station
/ ぼうし - (noun/する verb) prevention, check
Kunyomi: おぎな.う
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: ころもへん
Radical
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Mnemonics
To close the deal on the supplements, he wore good
clothes
for the first time
.
Written by:
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ORIGINALLY U おぎなう you had to wear a
necktie
when doing
business
, but I just bought a supply of ties with clips on them. Now the assistent will hand
ten
of them out. I HOpe ほ you like them.
Written by: ジェン~1984
I wore
clothes
for the first time
to go get supplements
Written by: ロニー88
To compensate for years of wear and tear, he had his
clothes
patched, and
not until
/ホ he made good, got tenure, and was no longer an assistant professor, would he replace them.
When you wear the
uniform
for the
first time
it means you have entered the business or you are a learner
Written by: Baharley
The Obi-Wan impersonator was called Ogi-Nan {おぎな}, and his
clothes
didn't even look like a jedi's. Still, it was only his
first time
. I hope {ホ} he can supplement his income to compensate for poor performance.
Written by: Kembriel
The
church
provides a
service
for the community in which they SUPPLY
clothing
to the poor. They don’t take even a
penny
for COMPENSATION.
Written by: Jules.33
Not until
they
use
their best
clothes
during
service
can learner compensate for their inexperience
Written by: sand_eto
Duck
learns
Unicycle
to SUPPLEMENT its lack of skill.
Written by: ハンゾウ
To supplement his wardrobe, he carried
ten useful
neckties
in his walk in closet
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The boss MADE GOOD on his promise, and
for the first time
the
garment
industry workers were well COMPENSATED, and didn’t need to SUPPLEMENT their income with other work.
Written by: Jules.33
When I saw
this
for the
first time
, I thought it was the ネkatakana. But this one has a little supplement that look like a
tick
.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
Any*
body that learns a language
for the first time
knows they have to compensate for their
accent
with supplemental training. *sounds like n e
Written by: Anonymous123
Related vocabulary
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/ こうほ - (noun) candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list; candidacy, candidature, nomination
/ ほそく - (noun/する verb) supplement, complement
/ ほしょう - (noun/する verb) compensation, reparation
/ ほじゅう - (noun/する verb) replenishment, supplementation, supplement, replacement, refilling
/ ほじょ - (noun/する verb) assistance, support, help, aid; subsidy, supplement, subvention, grant-in-aid; spotting (in weight training)
Kunyomi: さかい
Onyomi: キョウ, ケイ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
boundary, border, region
Mnemonics
The boundary is where the
land
ends
Written by: Hexador
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I put a fence on the border of my
land
to prevent people from
walking
in and making
noise
Written by: MuMe
The
soil
that the city of Sakai {さかい} is found on, is well past where the border of Kyoto {キョウ} prefecture
ends
.
Written by: Anonymous123
The boundary line is marked on the
ground
, and I often
stand
there and dream of the
day
my
legs
will finally be able to step across.
Written by: そら♡
Sound
the alarm! In 1453 the soldiers of
Turkey
came {ケイm}
marching
across the border of the Byzantine Empire to sack {さか} Constantinople.
There where the
LAND
ENDS
that's where is the BORDER of this STATE.

= つい - final, end;
Written by: Abnormalise
Walk around the perimeter boundary of the
land
while stomping loudly with your feet and
legs
, making alot of
noise
. This is a sacred ritual to let everyone know the extent of your land ownership.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Place
where
Sound
walks
the BOUNDARY.
Written by: ハンゾウ
From far, you hear the sound
of migrants running
and
finally
crossing the border to leave their native country
soil
.
キョウ Today will be a better day for them.
Written by: ケンパチ
When I approached the
land
at the border, I heard a loud
noise
come from the sky さかい, so I ran across as quickly as my
legs
could carry me.
Written by: Jules.33
when the
soil
end
, it's where the boundary end too.
Written by:
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/ さかい - (noun) border, boundary; turning point, watershed; area, region, spot, space, environment; psychological state, mental state
/ かんきょう - (noun) environment, surroundings, circumstances
/ けいだい - (noun) grounds (esp. of shrines and temples), compound, churchyard, precincts
/ きょうかい - (noun) boundary, border, limit, bounds, frontier
/ きょうぐう - (noun) one's circumstances, environment, situation (in life)
Kunyomi: みちび.く
Onyomi: ドウ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: すん
Radical
guidance, leading, conduct, usher
Mnemonics
Measurements
on the
road
give you guidance
Written by: LilLeo
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GPS is a GUIDANCE system that helps you on the
ROAD-WAY
by
MEASURING
your position.
Written by: Abnormalise
Leading someone down the
road
/ドウ with your
thumb and forefinger
pulling their sleeve.
みちびく=
Mitch be cool {みちびく}. He gave us the guidance that the
road
leading to the
sundial
goes past the donut {ドウ} shop.
Written by: Anonymous123
Google maps is constantly
measuring
your position via GPS, to give you the most accurate
guidance
possible.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Don't {ドウn't} think you can offer guidance and lead people around just by knowing
roads
. You also need a strong life force/chi {みちびく "me chi big!"} and to
measure
distances.
Written by: Kembriel
Careful guidance is required to
advance
down the
road
as it is
measured
as 5cm wide and is surrounded by lava.
Written by:
Google maps is constantly
measuring
your position on the
road
via GPS, to give you the most accurate GUIDANCE possible.
Written by: Jules.33
You provide GUIDANCE through
small
teachings
.
.
Written by: Jules.33
Pointing the
way
and a
measured
approach are two hallmarks of good leadership
Written by: Spirit_kokoro
The person with the longest
neck
will LEAD the
way
どう and provide GUIDANCE to the shorter people. We
measured
and Mitch B みちび was the tallest.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ しどう - (noun/する verb) guidance, leadership, instruction, direction, coaching; {MA} shido (minor penalty in judo)
/ しゅどう - (noun/する verb) leadership, initiative, spearhead
/ どうにゅう - (noun/する verb) introduction, bringing in, installation, setting up, importation; introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.), introductory part
/ ゆうどう - (noun/する verb) guidance, leading, induction, introduction, incitement, inducement
/ しゅどうけん - (noun) hegemony, leadership, initiative
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: フク
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: りっとう
Radical
vice-, assistant, aide, duplicate, copy
Mnemonics
A wealthy merchant weighed down with a valuable
roll of cloth
/フク might want an aide to carry a
knife
by his side.
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The first
one
in the
field
who could {フク}
mouth
the syllable
ri
became my assistant and vice president.
Written by: Anonymous123
The assistant is the one who opened an
alcohol jar
with a
knife
for their master.
came from the picture of an alcohol jar.
Written by: non0230
The assistant of the
wealthy
king will take over the
sword
if the king would lose his
head
.
Written by: MuMe
The
one
in the
field
with a
blade
in his
mouth
is the vice- assistant
Written by: ロニー88
The VICE of the
WEALTHY

Daimyo's Right Hand is the man
that holds the
SABER
in Right Hand.
Written by: Abnormalise
The
vice president
was a
wealthy
man who carried his favorite
sword
with him at all times
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
If you
cut
out the President, then the VICE- president and his ASSISTANTS/AIDES
fill
in.
Written by: Jules.33
Between the ages of
10
and
88
you may wield a
sword
to assist you.
Written by: Xilmi
One
mouth
, a person, is enough to help defend the
rice field
when they have a
sword
to assist them.
Written by:
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/ ふくし - (noun) {gramm} adverb
/ ふくさよう - (noun) {med} side effect, adverse reaction
/ ふくちじ - (noun) vice-governor, deputy governor, lieutenant governor
/ ふくしゃちょう - (noun) {abbr} executive vice-president
/ ふくしょう - (noun) extra prize
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: サン
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: たけかんむり
Radical
calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
Mnemonics
Bamboo
was being
eyed
by
twenty
panda, calculating who can get there first
Written by:
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By
eye
I can calculate there is
twenty
or twenty three {サン}
bamboo
shoots over there.
Written by: Anonymous123
Via : An abacus 🧮 is a series of
bamboo
rods with
eye
ringlets that are manipulated by the
hands
to calculate.

(*sloːnʔ)
サン← /suɑnᵡ/ ← *sloːnʔ
I sit by the
torii
and use a
bamboo
*abacus*
to *calculate* the *probability* of shrine visitors coming to either relieve some kind of "sorrow"「SORO そろ」, or just to collect the "Sanrio"「SAN サン」themed charms.
Calculating from my
eyes
I can use
20
bamboo
to create an abacus
Written by: ネコダ
After some forensic calculations, I concluded that the assailant used a
bamboo
stick to stab the victim in the
eye
twenty
times.
Written by: そら♡
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/ よさん - (noun/する verb) estimate (of costs), budget
/ さんすう - (noun) arithmetic; calculation
/ けいさん - (noun/する verb) calculation, reckoning, count; forecast
/ さいさん - (noun) profit
/ けっさん - (noun/intransitive) settlement of accounts, closing accounts, financial results, reporting (of accounts)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: くるまへん
Radical
transport, send, be inferior
Mnemonics
The
car
agreed
to transport the goods safely.
Written by:
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You{ユ} sent me a
car
roof
, and it was stuck in tranport for
one
month
. I finally got it, but it turned out to be inferior. I just want to slash it with a
blade
or throw a small shoe{シュ} at it.
Written by: Anonymous123
Both a
car
and a barge gently
drifting
/ユ down the river are modes of transport used to send goods to market, but the barge is inferior with respect to speed or time-to-market. Conversely, the car is inferior with respect to capacity or bandwidth. Compare “be superior.”

In a few Chinese loan words, reading is シュ due to a pronunciation shift in Middle Chinese. Mandarin reading is shū or shù.

る/おくる  send
す/いたす  do
す/うつす  transfer
ける/まける lose, be inferior to
before
we transfer the goods by
car
we need to put a
cover
over them to keep the rain and sun out
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
One
person
decided to
enter
and
cut
the
moon
and transport it to us using his
car
Written by: Afrina0987
To transport our product by
car
may be inferior to an airplane, but the company still gave an
affirmative response
to send it.
Written by: Seanyくんです
The
car
that transported
before
the goods
Written by: Rdelav
I told the
car
rental company that I needed a car that was big enough to TRANSPORT goods, and I wanted
one
with a
moon
roof
. No INFERIOR models and they needed to
slash
the price.
Written by: Jules.33
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する / ゆにゅうする - (する verb) to import
する / ゆしゅつする - (する verb) to export
/ ゆけつ - (noun/する verb) blood transfusion
/ ゆそう - (noun/する verb) transport, transportation, transit, conveyance
/ うんゆ - (noun) transportation
Kunyomi: の.べる
Onyomi: ジュツ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
mention, state, speak, relate
Mnemonics
I had a hard time to get here. You forgot to mention the
dotted
tree
that blocked the
road
...
Written by: espiacent
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I mentioned that I saw a
ho
on the
road
with a
drop
of something on it, when I was receiving the noble{のべる} prize for my speaking skills{ジュツ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
The
millet
/ジュツ was out in the
road
, speaking to anyone who would listen, relating its sob story about how it had been displaced by upstart rice.
To win the のべる prize you must state your thesis about
dotted
trees
moving down the
road
Written by: Bison115
While I'm on the
road
doing my speaking tour on the subject of
millet
, please stop ringing that bell. NO BELL {の.べる}!JUST YOU {ジュツ} be quiet!
MENTIONED by farmer,
Milet
are dried on the
Road
Written by: ハンゾウ
It’s probably best if you don’t SPEAK to
ho’s
ホ you meet on the
road
. Not even
a little bit.
.
Written by: Jules.33
There's a
talking tree
on the
road
, you can see spittle come out of its mouth as it speaks
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
On the
way
here I saw something
holy
, I hope you can
relate
a bit.
Written by: Gjfj
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/ じゅつご - (noun) {gramm} predicate; {logic} predicate
/ きじゅつ - (noun/する verb) description, account
/ こうじゅつ - (noun/する verb) dictation, verbal statement
/ きょうじゅつ - (noun/する verb) {law} affidavit, deposition, testimony
べる / のべる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to state, to express, to say, to tell, to mention
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
line, track
Mnemonics
A thousand {セン} lines of
thread
guide me across the
white
water
Written by: Anonymous123
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I
thread
ed
my way along the narrow track to the
spring
.
Written by: lightmotif
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“セン” Semantic
“thread”.

A
thread
makes a straight line that can be used to track where you've been even when you are in a
spring
someone can easily find you or pull you out.
Written by: フバフバ
the track of a boat is a
white
thread/line
in the
water
Written by: マリナ95
A spider spins her
thread
all the way to avoid the
white
water
Written by: Gustaph
The hound dog was provided with Sue's jeans {すじ} so he could get her scent {セン}. Afterwards this scent was like a
thread
connecting her to the dog which tracked her movements. At least that was the case until she crossed the
spring
.
A "
thread
fountain
"
is an indoor fountain made of a line of tiny fountains
Written by: Nicolas2
In the ocean, you can see countless
lines
of
white
water
. Those are waves
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The Shinkansen is a new
white
train that is capable of running over tracks as smoothly as
water
and has many lines that
thread
through Japan.
Written by: Jules.33
The teddy bear broke! I used line
threads
to cross the teddy bear across the
fountain.
Written by: Chris551
Take "Sue's Jeep"「SUJI すじ」to get to the freshwater
springs
. I'll "send"「SEN セン」a map with the *route* that wraps around the mountain like a
thread
. It goes in a twisty *line* from the
water
of the lake, almost to the
white
, snowcapped peaks. The map will keep you on *track*.
There are lines of
threads
around the
fountain
to keep people from getting too close with their dirty shoes and tainting the water.
Written by: こガエル
Trying to keep track of the
story line
, is really hard for me so it feels like a
heavy weight
is on my head, I press my
eyes
together and try to concentrate.
Written by: Gjfj
Unlike a naturally occurring
spring
, a man-made
fountain
produces water in line-like,
thread-thin
streams.
Written by: ブダ
Train tracks span like
threads
of glistening
white
water
. Allowing for easy freight like boats on a thin ocean.
Written by: SaltyCogs
The
sun
threads
through the convoluted line drawn by the
white
foam in the
water
of the
fountain
Written by: sand_eto
Related vocabulary
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/ しんかんせん - (noun) Shinkansen, bullet train
/ せん - (noun) line, stripe, stria; line (e.g. telephone line), wire; ray (e.g. X-ray), beam; line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane; outline, contours, form; level; division; line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle; impression one leaves, air one gives off
/ ちへいせん - (noun) horizon (related to land)
/ こうせん - (noun) beam, light ray
/ ないせん - (noun) phone extension, indoor wiring, inner line
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ノウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: しんのたつ
Radical
agriculture, farmers
Mnemonics
Before planting, the farmers would look around the
bend
to make sure no {ノウ}
dragons
would destroy their agriculture
Written by: Anonymous123
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The
top half
is originally a pair of hands
merged with the field
character, meaning doing the field work. The bottom half is a pictogram derived from an ancient
plow
used to cut grass.
Written by: non0230
Bending
Dragons
are AGRICULTURE Farmers, they bend to plant seeds.
Written by: ハンゾウ
In the night, there was a strange
music
playing. And in the morning, the farmers found crop formations in their fields. One looked like the
sign of the dragon
.
Written by: espiacent
A farmer shown as
two hands
𦥑 and a
head
behind a plow that tears up the earth like a
dragon
.
す/たがやす plow, cultivate
The local farmers worship a fertility
dragon
that lives under their
paddies
.
Written by: Karlla
FARMERS pick the
dragon
fruit from the
bending
leaves of the pitaya cactus.
Written by: Jules.33
In feng shui the farmers
rice fields
are part of the scales of a
dragons
back
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Farmers: "NOOO ノウ, the
dragon
is here! Quick, get the
guitar
!"
Then the farmers started playing a soothing
melody
to the dragon to make it sleep.
Written by: ケンパチ
Farmers used to play
Music
in hope the
Dragons
would leave their Agriculture alone.
Written by: Nickname128
Related vocabulary
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/ のうか - (noun) farmer, farming family; farmhouse; {hist} School of Agrarianism (China), School of Agronomists
/ のうぎょう - (noun) agriculture
/ のうみん - (noun) farmer, peasant
/ のうそん - (noun) agricultural community, farm village; {adj-no} rural
/ のうさんぶつ - (noun) agricultural produce
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: シュウ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: かわ
Radical
state, province
Mnemonics
Think about Japan. Japan is a country made up of islands. They're basically three
drop
drop
drop
s in the large
river
that is the Pacific Ocean. These are Japan's states or provinces.
Written by: Darkchan
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If you've studied history for an extensive amount of time, you'd know that early civilizations tend to form their settlements near rivers {for crop irrigation as well as drinking water}. This kanji seems to look like it has three
dots
of houses placed near
rivers
, which may indicate a common settlement or a province.
Written by: アイセ
The
locations
of different states/provinces/counties are often separated by
rivers
and other natural landmarks.
Written by: MuMe
When visiting the St. Lawrence
river
, "Sue"「SU す」tried to "shoo"「SHŪ シュウ」
three ducks
across the border from New York *state* into the *province* of Quebec.
Pay attention to
every
detail
,
if you really want to know the state of things.
Written by: Gjfj
Japan states or provinces look like 3
dots
in a huge
river
.
Written by: NakBaca
I lost 3
shoes
シュウ while going through the
river
to reach the state. S{h}ue す me!
Written by: ケンパチ
You should {シュウ} cross the
bridge
over the
river
to reach the next state.
Written by: ギョルギ
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/ なかす - (noun) sandbank (in a river), sandbar
/ すさき - (noun) sandspit
/ きゅうしゅう - (noun) Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
/ しゅう - (noun) state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast; continent; {n-suf} {hist} province (of Japan); {hist} province (of ancient China), prefecture, department; {suf} {arch} dear (after a person's name)
/ しゅうせいふ - (noun) state government
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ,
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: とめる,とめへん
Radical
warrior, military, chivalry, arms
Mnemonics
A
ceremony
where they
stop
and stand on the
ground
repeatedly is a military one. Hear the stomp of their BUoots
Written by: Seraseth
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Ideogram:
blade
foot; walk; stop
: military on expedition. Folk etymology “to stop violence”: chivalry. Brave たけし warrior.
is the radical because the infantry moves on foot.

Pronunciation: The modern reading in Mandarin is wǔ, as in Wǔdāng quán , the martial arts school that inspired the name of Wu Tang Clan, the hip-hop band. Wǔ comes from Middle Chinese /mɨoᵡ/, which was twice borrowed into Japanese, first()as ム and later()as ブ.

(*maʔ)
ム← /mi̯uᵡ/ ← *maʔ
ブ← possibly via Wu /vu²³/, /ɦu²³/
The military
stopped
a
ceremony
once
due to war.
Written by: P1ng23n4
ONE
-
ARROW
can
STOP
a WARRIOR.
Written by: Abnormalise
Ideogram from
blade
>
and
footprint
, two important components of a warrior.
Written by: non0230
In the Bushido{ブ} code, when
one
of the blades falls off a warrior's
halberd*
he has to
stop
fighting and move{ム} aside.
*halberd - the missing bladeノ
Written by: Anonymous123
The military have marching
ceremonies
where they go
one by one
stopping
when commanded. They like to fire cannons that go BU-MU and TA-KE command!
one
ceremony
was
stopped
by a warrior from the military
Written by: ロニー88
When the CHIVALROUS WARRIOR
stopped
a fight with his
halberd
,
one
small piece of it was damaged.
Written by: Jules.33
When
one
warrior wants to have a
ceremony
you better
stop
and listen. If they are two, don't mind them.
Written by: espiacent
With a
quiver
+
on ones back, the goal of the warrior is not to attack, but merely to
stop
the attack of others, the oldest excuse in history.
Written by: elbit
The warriors have
stopped
for
one
last dinner
ceremony
before the final march to BUDAPEST ブ.
TAKESHI's castle was
one
weird show:
piles
of wannabe warriors MU/moving through MUd BUt getting
stopped
/their BUtts kicked by the military obstacle course.
Written by: レイん|レナ
Every
one
should
stop
and pay their respects at the MILITARY Memorial Day
ceremony
to honor the CHIVALROUS acts of our fallen WARRIORS.
Written by: Jules.33
The warrior
stopped
the
ceremony
with
one single
arrow
.
It went BOOM! ブ + ム

in RTK = arrow
Written by: ケンパチ
In MMOs a
warrior
has
armored shoulder-pads
on both sides and will
stop
enemies from attacking their party-members.
Written by: Xilmi
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/ ぶき - (noun) weapon, arms, ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage), asset
/ ぶし - (noun) samurai, warrior
/ むしゃ - (noun) warrior
/ おんなむしゃ - (noun) female warrior, amazon
/ ぶりょく - (noun) armed might, military power, the sword, force
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ショウ, ゾウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: ぶた,いのこ
Radical
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Mnemonics
The elephant is stout like a
pig
with a long
trunk
𠂊
and big
ears
.
Written by: Karlla
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If I were to describe the appearance of an elephant, I would say it's a
pig
with a
trunk
. I'll show {チョウ} you this amazing phenomenon when we go to the zoo {ゾウ} .
Written by: Frisensa
The character is a pictogram of an elephant. Here’s the
trunk
, the
ear
, the
legs
, and the
tail
.
Written by: non0230
You claim you got fooled by a
pig
imitating an elephant, but that
*excuse lacks legs
. excuse lacks legs = excuse - legs
Written by: Anonymous123
The
pig
wearing
glasses
was
bound up
and dragged by an elephant to the zoo ゾウ
Written by: ケンパチ
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/ いんしょう - (noun/する verb) impression
/ たいしょう - (noun) target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.), coverage
/ ぞう - (noun) elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
/ ぞうげ - (noun) ivory
/ げんしょう - (noun) phenomenon
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: イキ
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
range, region, limits, stage, level
Mnemonics
There is
one
thing to know about this region. The people use a
halberd
to shovel
soil
into their
mouth
. Reading: Personally, I find this very icky / イキ!
Written by: vvv
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The
dirt
in
a certain
/イキ place has a terroir that defines a region.
You see a
drunkard
on the
ground
with his
mouth
in the
dirt
, sadly it's a common sight in this region as IKI as that is.
Written by: Seraseth
Some
soil
and a fence mark the range of this region.
Written by: Seanyくんです
I saw
some
limits in
Turkey
.
Written by: P1ng23n4
This region belongs to our enemy, and the
ground
is off limits. No
丿
one
open your
mouth
They are
armed
and we are in range.
Written by: Jules.33
This is the region where the nomadic mongols live off the
land
, they have very few possessions, including
one
halberd
and one
box
full of trinkets.
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ ちいき - (noun) area, region, district, locality
/ くいき - (noun) area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
/ りゅういき - (noun) drainage basin, catchment basin, river basin, watershed, valley
/ いきがい - (noun) outside the area
/ りょういき - (noun) area, domain, territory, field, range, region, regime
Kunyomi: ひたい
Onyomi: ガク
Stroke count: 18
Radical name: おおがい
Radical
forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
Mnemonics
If a
customer
doesn't pay on time, he ties {ひたい} a
page
, with the amount they owe, around their forehead. He also puts a framed picture of it on the wall for others to gawk {ガク} at.
Written by: Anonymous123
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The forehead is the part of your
head
that you show
guests
first thing when greeting them.
Written by: Karlla
He put a
leaf
on the
guest's
forehead.
Written by: peanutpeepz
The
client
/カク→ガク is presented with a clean
page
showing the total amount due in one sum. It’s so nice you could frame it. Or put it on your forehead, if that’s how you roll.
(This is all one character, without any alternate forms for the different meanings, which all seem to arise from various ways can be interpreted: kneeling head → forehead; page → plaque or sum; leaf or large shell → volume.)
All our
GUESTS
are asked to sign this
PAGE
with their FOREHEADS, and take a picture. It will be FRAMMED and put on display.
Written by: Abnormalise
Counting the total number of
guests
by their
faces
. It also means forehead.
Written by: non0230
The
guest
needs a framed picture
page
of his forehead for the plaque
Written by: Seanyくんです
The
guest
at the hotel slapped his FOREHEAD when he saw the 1st
page
of the magazine.
Written by: gamb
The winner of the
winter
games was awarded a
crown
of olive
leaves
on his FOREHEAD, a PLAQUE, and a large SUM of money while he stood on the
podium
. He keeps a FRAMED PICTURE of the moment on display and a copy of it on his TABLET.
Written by: Jules.33
The
leaf or sheet
that
customers
bring is a kind of amount of money.
Written by: ブダ
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/ ひたい - (noun) forehead, brow
て / ひたいあて - (noun) {arch} (military) headband with reinforced metal plate; {arch} red headband
/ きんがく - (noun) amount of money, sum of money
/ がく - (noun) (picture) frame, framed picture; amount (esp. of money), sum
/ さがく - (noun) balance, difference (in price, cost), margin
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: オウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: あくび,かける
Radical
Europe
Mnemonics
So many
districts
and a
lack
of order: Europe.
Written by: espiacent
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There's a
lack
of defined
districts
in Europe. The OU ~~ doesnt like order
Written by: Seraseth
Phonetic
district
/オウ from /eu̯.rɔ̌ː.pɛː/ for Europe, but the rest of the character means
vomiting
blood—see —which says a lot about how the Chinese viewed the west.
I said, "In Europe they can't play tic-tac-toe, because even though they can put
X's in boxes
, they
lack
O's {オウ}." He replied, "HA!!! {は} Of course they have O's in Europe."
Europe is the
next
< continent over from Asia on the
map
< .
Written by: Jules.33
In Europe the number of
wards
is
lacking
.
Written by: Karlla
The
guy with a mullet
that hangs out in the European
district
is a member of the royal {オウ} family.
Written by: Anonymous123
I
lack
detailed knowledge of all the
districts
in EUROPE
Written by: Ginnythesquid
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/ おうべい - (noun) Europe and America, the West
/ ちゅうおう - (noun) Central Europe
/ ほくおう - (noun) Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
/ とうおう - (noun) Eastern Europe
/ おうしゅう - (noun) Europe
Kunyomi: かつ.ぐ, にな.う
Onyomi: タン
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: てへん
Radical
shouldering, carry, raise, bear
Mnemonics
Daybreak
occurs when Apollo takes the reigns of his steeds in
hand
and carries the sun across the sky in his chariot. While doing so, he CAUGHT Some {かつ} rays from the sun and got a TAN {タン}
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Lifting the
palanquin
with one's
hands
and carrying it around.
Written by: Karlla
At
dawn
people were carrying the harvest with their
hands
.
Written by: エミネ
Via :
Lift
verbosely
/タン, using verbal cues to coordinate the raise, shoulder, and carry of a palanquin or similar. See also , .
Since
day
one
, I've been shouldering the burden of carrying that
ladder
, while Nina {にな} Katz {かつ} just worked on her tan {タン} .
Written by: Anonymous123
I'm the God Ra. I raise the
sun
every
morning
with my
hand
.
Written by: nexx
From the
DAWN
until dusk people IN CHARGE of SHOULDERING the 輿 みこし during まつり, CARRY it on their shoulders and support themselves with
HANDS
.
Written by: Abnormalise
The blue collar workers were up at
dawn
carrying heavy things their
bare hands
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Apollo can CARRY the
sun
in
one
hand
, even though it weighs a ton タン.
Written by: Jules.33
One
day
when I thought I couldn’t bear it any longer, Nina にな reached a
hand
out and it felt like a ton タン of weight that I had been carrying was lifted off my shoulders. She said, I will always catch you かつ and raise you up.
Written by: Jules.33
It's かんタン {easy} for a god to carry around
one
sun
with bare
hands
.
Written by: つの
Can you shoulder the weight and carry the
dawn
in your
hand
s
? It makes a tan tan sound
Written by: ちゃん
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/ たんにん - (noun/する verb) being in charge of (esp. a class or subject), taking charge of; class teacher, homeroom teacher, form teacher
/ たんとう - (noun/する verb) being in charge (of an area of responsibility), being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
/ ふたん - (noun/する verb) burden, load, responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.), shouldering
/ ぶんたん - (noun/する verb) taking on one's share (e.g. of work), dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between, apportionment, allotment, allocation, assignment
/ たんか - (noun) stretcher, litter (medical), gurney
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ジュン
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
Mnemonics
The amount of water
splashed
around here corresponds to what I'd expect from
ten
old birds
in June {ジュン}
Written by: Anonymous123
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Falconry
water
management みずもり is needed ひとしい proportionate to the
falcon
/ジュン population, のぞらえる patterned to correspond to their training requirements.
10
birds
are to prepare for the
rain
Written by: afrinarafat
Ten
water
birds
correspond with each other. They use semi- croaks to do that.
Written by: espiacent
A
falcon
and an eagle both conform to the hunting behavior of a bird of prey, but an eagle can hunt larger prey proportionate to its size, and it's more likely to get
wet
because it likes to seize fish right out of the water.
To PREPARE the
TURKEYS
to a CORRESPONDING STANDARD in じゅん, they have to be washed in
WATER
, and prick
TEN
times with a
NEEDLE
. That's the NORM in our factory.

*Primitive: Turkey from RTK*
Written by: Abnormalise
The wheather in JUNE did not correspond to the normal wheather. The
rain
was absend for so long that many
birds
died
Written by: ジェン~1984
Semi-
water
type and flying type
falcon
pokemon!
Written by: ハンゾウ
A
bird
is proportionate to
ten
drops of rain
Written by: Vazev
It took a semi-automatic
water gun
to make the junior ジュン
falcon
conform to my directives.
Written by: ケンパチ
This gameshow event involves swimming through
WATER
, collecting
TURKEYS
before feeding them through the eye of a
NEEDLE
. And it's only the SEMI-final!
Written by: elbit
All
turkeys
in this factory need to be
washed
thorougly and groomed until they look like a
10 out of 10
. That's the standard that we need to conform じる to around here
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
The
bird
flew into the semi-truck,
splattered
, and now is in
ten
pieces on the highway.
Written by: Jules.33
When swimming, the JUN-iors keep splashing
water
like little
birds
— they’re only
ten
years old, which corresponds to their behavior.
Written by: mumei_
The
wet
bird
, aka penguin, is already semi-
dead
. Has maybe 10 more days to live. So he conforms to the cliché and prepares for his march to the distant mountains.
Written by: Xilmi
The
birds
start to
sweat
when they conform its a scarecrow
with
sticky arms
Written by: Gjfj
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/ じゅんび - (noun/する verb) preparation, arrangements, getting ready, provision, setup, reserving
/ きじゅん - (noun) standard, criterion, norm, benchmark, measure, gauge, basis
/ すいじゅん - (noun) level, standard; water level
/ ひょうじゅん - (noun) standard, level, norm
/ じゅんきゅう - (noun) {abbr} semi-express train, local express train, sub-express train
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: かい,こがい
Radical
prize, reward, praise
Mnemonics
My boss praised my work. He said I was his best
employee
. To show {ショウ} his appreciation, he wanted to reward me with a prize: an elaborate
crown
.
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Your prize is this
esteemed
shellfish
. Congratulations!
Written by: espiacent
The Nobel Prize is not about the
money
so much as the
esteem
/ショウ of international recognition.
The
Esteemed
PRIZE is the golden
Shellfish
.
Written by: ハンゾウ
The
employee
that
tried
the most was rewarded with the prize of a
wa shaped crown
at the end of the show {ショウ}.
Written by: Anonymous123
The so called prize that was
esteemed
by everyone was just a
shellfish
, what a bummer. It's really just for show ショウ
Written by: ケンパチ
This prized
clam
was awarded a
large crown
.
Written by:
You won first PRIZE in a
SHELL-FISH
eating contest.
really boosted your self
ESTEEM
.
Written by: Abnormalise
I was rewarded with the grand prize; a
shellfish
of high
esteem. Furthermore
, I got praise!
Written by: ゼンレル
Related vocabulary
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/ しょう - (noun) prize, award
/ にゅうしょう - (noun/する verb) winning a prize, placing (high; in a contest)
/ じゅしょう - (noun/する verb) winning (a prize), receiving (an award), being awarded
/ しょうひん - (noun) prize, trophy
/ しょうきん - (noun) prize money, monetary award, reward
Kunyomi: あた.り,
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 5
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
environs, boundary, border, vicinity
Mnemonics
I patrol the
roads
that border this area with my
sword
, to make sure the hens {ヘン} don't peck my Atari {あたり} console.
Written by: Anonymous123
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The boundary is where the
road
is
cut off
Written by: Hexador
The
roads
in this area are booby-trapped with
knifes
.
Written by: Karlla
To protect the ENVIRONS around their village, samurai would travel the
ROADS
with their
SWORDS
.
Written by: Abnormalise
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
simplified from “ヘン” Semantic
“movement”.

Soldiers with
swords
will
move
around the area’s vicinity making sure the border isn’t crossed.
Written by: フバフバ
why did the HEN ヘン cross the
ROAD
? to avoid the VICINITY of a man with a
KNIFE
.
Written by: Hank Chinaski
I bring a
sword
on the
roads
within the area of my borders.
Written by: ロニー88
You’ll see men with
swords
guarding the
road
when you get in the vicinity of the border.
Written by: Jules.33
While on my
scooter
, I dragged
my sword
in the environs to show my boundaries
Written by: ケンパチ
Why did the へん cross the
road
?
Because it had a
sword
and wanted to use it to conquer the environment on the other side of the boundary!
Written by: Xilmi
To keep the environs clean and safe, you could cement
daggers
in the
road
, blades pointed upwards so that no polluting traffic could pass by. You could, if you were an ecologically minded terrorist.
Written by: elbit
See :
Walking
the boundry /へん with a
sword
. is the last two strokes of , so is a simple clerical simplification, but retains the meaning vicinity from and even extends it to environs.
See also .
Related vocabulary
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/ はまべ - (noun) beach, foreshore
/ きしべ - (noun) shore, bank (of a body of water)
/ へん - (noun) area, vicinity, region; {math} side, edge; circumstances
/ しゅうへん - (noun) circumference, outskirts, environs, around, in the area of, in the vicinity of; {comp} (computer) peripheral
/ たいへん - (noun) {math} opposite side
Kunyomi: つく.る
Onyomi: ゾウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
create, make, structure, physique
Mnemonics
They
announced
that they would make a new
road
, to transport the structure of the elephant statue{ゾウ}, that they were creating.
Written by: Anonymous123
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I had a
revelation
! We need to create a
road
for all to use freely!
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
A
COW
CREATES a
ROAD
by stuffing her
MOUTH
with all the grass on her PATH.
Written by: Abnormalise
Beware! Homophones:
る to make as an object that requires time and skill, manifacture, build
る to make out of materials, form, prepare
Written by: 3Neko
my
revelation
on the
road
makes me create structures
Written by: ちゃん
While on his
way
back from the mountain top where he had received the ten commandments, Moses'
mouth
opened in shock to see that his brother, Aaron, had made {る = つくる } a golden
cow
in his absence, and that the people were worshipping it.
There are
no
good
roads
here. We need to CREATE better infraSTRUCTURE. We can start by filling the
potholes
in the
ground
and then MAKING designated zones ゾウ for electric scooters つく.
Written by: Jules.33
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/ せいぞう - (noun/する verb) manufacture, production
/ じんぞう - (noun) artificial, man-made, imitation, synthetic
/ かいぞう - (noun/する verb) remodeling, remodelling, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, renovation, modification, reshuffling (e.g. a cabinet), reorganization, restructuring; {comp} modding
/ こうぞう - (noun) structure, construction, makeup, framework, organization, pattern
/ ぞうせん - (noun/する verb) shipbuilding
Kunyomi: こうむ.る
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: ころもへん
Radical
incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving
Mnemonics
The
clothes
cover the
skin
.
Written by: peanutpeepz
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I wear る/かぶる a
cloth
on my head to cover せる/かぶせる my bald
skin
/ヒ lest it incur る/こうむる damage from being exposed to the sun.
was wearing a
leather
hat
Written by: Nicolas2
*Any
time the cab you {かぶ} commute {こうむ} to work in has a driver with an
accent
, he {ヒ} is probably wearing something to cover the
skin
on his head. *any sounds like n e
Written by: Anonymous123
A
spirit
touching your
skin
will cause it to incur HEEt damage
Written by: Seraseth
Men *wore* special
clothing
in Japan's imperial court. Imagine this kanji as a
noble
. "He"「HI ヒ」is *covered* by an
outer robe
and *wears* a
kanmuri hat
on his head. Trivia: Toyota named the Camry after the kanmuri, which sounds similar to "komuru"「KOMURU こむ.る」!
I've got stuck on a desert, so not to SUFFER any INJURY I've wrapped my
LEATHER
CLOAK
around my Head.
Written by: Abnormalise
You have to put on something to cover your face or else the
spirit
will
skin
you alive!
Written by: 【サラ☆】
Hipotermia incurs if the
clothes
don’t cover the
skin
Written by: カリオラ
We humans put on
clothes
and wear
pelts
because these things shelter us from being too exposed to the elements.
Matrix'
Ne
o used a
pelt
-mantle to cover his veiled pistolds under.
Written by: Xilmi
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/ ひがい - (noun) (suffering) damage, injury, harm
/ ひほけんしゃ - (noun) insured person
/ ひこく - (noun) {law} defendant, the accused
/ ひこくにん - (noun) accused, defendant, prisoner at the bar
/ ひがいしゃ - (noun) victim, injured party, sufferer
Kunyomi: わざ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: てへん
Radical
skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts
Mnemonics
His main skill is crafting wooden
hands
out of
branches
.
Written by: espiacent
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Your
hands
support
your art
Written by: ちゃん
He was a {わざ} guitar {ギ} player until he
branched
out and used his skills to make
ladders
Written by: Anonymous123
A
hand
, i.e., a person, sometimes needs to specialize in a
branch
/シ→ジ→ギ to develop enough skill to do the craft.
Handling a
branch
with your
hand
is a skill.
Written by: こガエル
We made
ten
stools
by
hand
during arts and crafts.
Written by: Jules.33
He crafted a
sword
to
kill
the
woman
, because she GIggled to loud. Just as in Scary Movie when they where screaming WAZAaaaap....I don't think there was much art to that movie, and the performence was iffie too.
Written by: ジェン~1984
He leveled up his characters
hand to hand
combat skill by choosing this
branch
of the skill tree
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
He was a わざ skilled artisan who learned the ability to craft beautiful
stools
by
hand
after studying the vocation for
10
years in Ginza ギ.
Written by: Jules.33
Art requires patrons to give a
hand
by
supporting
it.
Written by: VGA_Strafe
I make art using waza.bi わざ + ギ {gi not bi!}, but I don't touch the wazabi directly with my
fingers
, I use a
branch
to do it.
Written by: ケンパチ
My cousin used her
hands
to skillfully craft a wreath out of
branches
for grandma's burial. It was truly a piece of art.
Written by: Xilmi
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/ わざ - (noun) technique, art, skill, move
/ にんげんわざ - (noun) the work of man, human feat, something humanly possible (usu. with neg. verb)
/ ぎじゅつ - (noun) technology, engineering; technique, skill; art, craft
/ ぎし - (noun) engineer, technician
/ えんぎ - (noun/する verb) acting, performance
Kunyomi: ひく.い, ひく.まる, ひく.める
Onyomi: テイ
Stroke count: 7
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
lower, short, humble
Mnemonics
The
man
was so short that his
clan
accidentally stepped on him and squished him
flat
under their feet.
Written by: gillianfaith
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"If you call a
person
by their
last name
after you've met them more than
once
, they may take {テイ} it the wrong way" he quickly {ひくい} stated.
Written by: SerialExperimentsDave
At the low-point in his life that
man
joined
one
evil
clan
.
Written by: espiacent
A humble
person
will become short by lowering themselves
to the ground
/テイ.
I
don't mind having a short
family name
, even if it's lower class, cuz I can fit it on
one
piece of tape {テイ}
Written by: Anonymous123
Low: the
person
at the
bottom
of the
family
- the lowest ranking family member.
Written by: Biev
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“テイ” Semantic
“person”

A
person
bowing before
one
of a prestigious
family name
.
Written by: フバフバ
He
could've ひく joined any
clan
but he aimed low and chose that
one
Written by: Shankusu
When before
one
person
with a higher
family name
lower yourself into a bow to be humble.
Written by: Seanyくんです
Looks like a
ladder
leading up to the top of a
slide
used to
move down
to a lower
area
Written by:
He could ひく have shortened his
last name
or taken テイ his wife’s last name, but then he would have felt like a
person
of lower rank, and he couldn’t humble himself to do that
one
thing.
Written by: Jules.33
All the
people
in that
clan
where very short. They were only
one
feet tall
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
People
will ask your
last name
to see at what
level
to treat you, whether humble or lower.
Written by: げつ
If a
person
wants to look humble, she should write her
family name
under
the others, it would at least look like the person is trying to lower herself.
Written by: ケンパチ
One
time when
I
was with my
clan
a group of short man walked up towards us. I said 'HI' KUs I didn't want any trouble and thought to be humble would make them nice, but TEI picked on us anyway.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Related vocabulary
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/ たかひく - (noun/する verb) high and low, rise and fall
/ ひくめ - (noun) lowish, somewhat low, on the low side, low (ball)
/ げきひく - (Adjective/-な) {col} extremely low
/ さいてい - (Noun/な-adjective) least, lowest, minimum; worst; awful, horrible, nasty, disgusting; {adv} at the very least
い / ひくい - (Adjective/-い) low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position), close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: フク
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: ぎょうにんべん
Radical
restore, return to, revert, resume
Mnemonics
Day
or
night
, if you have time to
loiter
then you have time to review Japanese
Written by: ねこぼうし
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Go
and
return
/フク to resume or revert.
I
go
and then I
return
, restoring my original location
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
During the
winter
I swear {フク} that the
sun
spends so much time
lingering
below the
horizon
it seems like it's
not
going to return to the sky AGAIN {また}.
In an effort to recover, a man
stops
and
reclines
from
day
to
night
.
Written by: えいえん
These
days
, in
winter
,
no one
likes to
step
outside. Those who do, return real quick.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
I
revert to speaking with an
accent
when I
return
home.
Written by: Anonymous123
The lion king
person
returned
to restore peace
Written by: Baharley
I
repeat
my
steps
and return to where I started
Written by: ロニー88
I
stopped to linger
on my
return
journey, before resuming my trip.
Written by: 🦡
Stop
negative thoughts to restore your mental health and
return
to your spiritual self.
Written by: Seanyくんです
You should constantly review and restore your
gun
and
yourself
day and night
.
Written by: ブダ
The ex-millionaire tries to restore his wealth by
loitering
with a
pistol
in the
sun
set when it's getting
late
.
He hopes to meet and rob some of his former peers.
This will be needed to fill his stomach once again.
Written by: Xilmi
Related vocabulary
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/ ふくしゅう - (noun/する verb) review (of learned material), revision
/ かいふく - (noun/する verb) restoration, recovery, rehabilitation, return, improvement; recovery (from an illness), recuperation, convalescence
/ おうふく - (noun/する verb) making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going; {abbr} round-trip ticket, return ticket; correspondence, exchanging (of letters); keeping company (with), socializing, visiting each other
/ ほうふく - (noun/する verb) retaliation, revenge, reprisal, retribution; {law} retorsion, retortion
/ ふくげん - (noun/する verb) restoration (to the original state or location), reconstruction, restitution
Kunyomi: うつ.す, うつ.る
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: のぎへん
Radical
shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
Mnemonics
I can't move with this
many
trees
in my way!
Written by: タンゴ
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In autumn
many
plants
change colour.
Written by: Karlla
If you sue {うつ} the
grain
producers , just because you caught a cold, I {イ} know that
many
of them will move out of state. Then you'll change your tune.
Written by: Anonymous123
Grain
led to
many
/タ← /tɑ/ ← *ʔl'aːl … *lal → /*laj/ →イ changes in society, as populations shifted from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled farming communities.
Many
trees
shift and move in the wind. There used to うつ not be as many, now you just hear them all cr-ee-k イ in the wind all the time.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Without machinery it would take
many
people to move a
big tree
.
Written by: MuMe
If you stack too
many
grains
the pile will shift and move and attract 'I'gles
Written by: Seraseth
In the old times, people moved to a place with a
lot
of
grain
Written by:
Many
trees
fell during the quake when the plates SHIFTed and 2 branches CAUGHT fire.
Written by: Jules.33
{I} shoot/{うつ} fire-catching
wheat
at the
many
moving drifters changed by cold sickness.
Written by: Haribunner
With
many
trees
in the way, you must shift and move around them.
Written by: ロニー88
Many
two-branch tree
is moving.After that, I just realise it just a dream.
Written by: チェンヤン
When you move
many
trees
pass quickly by.
Written by: Day_dreamer
Many
trees
MOVE in the breeze
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
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/ いどう - (noun/する verb) movement, transfer, migration, removal, travel; {adj-f} mobile, moving, traveling, travelling, roving
/ いてん - (noun/する verb) moving, relocation, change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.), demise
/ いじゅう - (noun/する verb) migration, immigration
/ いみん - (noun/する verb) immigration, emigration; immigrant, emigrant
る / うつる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)/intransitive) to move (house), to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
individual, counter for articles
Mnemonics
I
, as an individual, like to keep a number of small articles in an
old
box
Written by: Anonymous123
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Individuals are
people
who are
hardy
enough to make it on their own.
Written by: gillianfaith
She kept an
old
painting
on her living room wall. The painter was an interesting *individual*; a
person
who kept *many small articles* of "Coca-cola"「KO コ、KA カ」memorabilia all around his house.
The
leader
may be
old
but he has the
mouth
of a KO ~kid~. He's quite the individual
Written by: Seraseth
Phonosemantic : Shows a
bamboo
simplified which is the individual item . The
harden
is phonetic.

Counting each
individual
is easy, but the
is there to make the process hard.
Written by: フバフバ
Be careful when going downtown today, I heard there's an
individual
who's throwing
hard
small objects at people
Written by: フロラ
The
old
trinkets that I keep in this
box
that I've accumulated throughout my life represent
my

individuality
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Every
person
has their own individual
box
where they keep
old
コ-sas.

esp. cosas = things.
Written by: moolsu
There are very few
individuals
in the world who make extremely
hard
decisions.
Written by: ブダ
Person
is an individual in favor of keeping
old
things in a
box
Written by: ベトナムテスラ
While counting my pokéballs, which are things, I remembered that inside of each of them there's an individual. Like this
metapod
who looks like a little person and is known for it's ability to use
harden
to solidify it's outer layer.
Written by: Xilmi
An individual
man
with a
box
of
ten
articles counted by
mouth
Written by: アンドくん
The
leader
with the
old
mouth
is the one who has said many things. That makes them different from everyone, an individual.
Written by: しまうま
In the article said that the
man
broke
ten
metal
boxes
! His
mouth
has an explanation to say!
Written by: ルイス
Related vocabulary
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/ こじん - (noun) individual, private person, personal, private; natural person
/ こたい - (noun) individual, specimen
/ ここ - (noun) individual, one by one, separate, each
/ こべつ - (noun) individual, separate, personal, case-by-case
/ こせい - (noun) individuality, personality, quirk, idiosyncrasy, character, individual characteristic
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