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Minna no Nihongo II (Later Chapters) > Lesson 43-44 Kanji (reading)

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Kunyomi: さいわ.い, しあわ.せ, さち
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: ほす,かん,いちじゅう
Radical
happiness, blessing, fortune
Mnemonics
It makes me happy that the
top
and
bottom
of this kanji are mirror images of each other, and so are the
dots
in the middle.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Happiness is finding some free
yen
¥ buried under
ground
Plus some KOUcaine
Written by: Samurai_Ash
The
soil
is
dry
and feels happiness getting some
drops
Written by: mangiakanji
"She was a"「SHIAWASE しあわ.せ」*happy* girl when she had the good *fortune* of getting a free
cup
of "Coke"「KŌ コウ」when her throat was
dry
as
dirt
. It really was a *blessing*!
Only the good
die young
, the
opposite
of being blessed with good fortune for a long happy life. Although it resembles south , current scholarship says comes from big sheep /ヨウ→ジョウ→ゴウ→コウ—the original meaning is unclear.
It follows that should also be the radical; however, is used instead as a visually similar substitution. Remember with the phrase “dry people are happy people.”
I'd be happy to find a cola {コウ}, or even some
dry
bunny ears
underneath the
earth
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Sometimes you need
pain or bitterness to spice
up your life to truly appreciate moments of happiness.
Written by: MuMe
Originally carried the meaning “luck” and the origin is split although only one remains at top and at bottom rather than upside-down at left + at right. Shouwen interprets it as a compound of “opposite” + “death” ie lucky to be alive.

Ideogram:
dog
+
sheep
both are lucky/happy/blessed animals.

Alt. Ideogram:
opposite
+
death
ie lucky/happy/blessed to be alive “not dead”.
Written by: フバフバ
This kanji is a zoom-in on the head of the
accomplished sheep
)from (たち), wearing his
earthen
crown, being his happy self. Blessed he be.
Written by: こガエル
I was
bitter
, but I became happy again after
10
minutes.
Written by: Anjolie
Standing
between two
10’s
, most men feel incredible HAPPINESS.. although it might require the BLESSING of having a FORTUNE to attract them. *to me, I see the soil radical as one of the
10’s
I am happy for many things. The
dry
groung
that I walk on everyday and the beautiful sky I see every night. The flowers growing in the spring and the summer heat. The
two little dots
on my sister's ears, true happiness is when you know that Jesus Christ died on the cross for us so that we don't have to. And the
grounds
he died on was called Golgotha hill.
Under the
cross
standing on the
ground
, The
river
showing the reflection of the
cross
on the
ground
which made me happy.
Written by: Aroshima
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/ やまさち - (noun) food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.), fruits of the land
ある / さちある - (adjective) fortunate, happy, lucky
/ ふこう - (Noun/な-adjective) unhappiness, sorrow, misfortune, disaster, accident; death (usu. of a relative), bereavement
/ こうふく - (Noun/な-adjective) happiness, well-being, joy, welfare, blessedness
/ こううん - (Noun/な-adjective) good luck, fortune
Kunyomi: わら.う, え.む
Onyomi: ショウ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: たけかんむり
Radical
laugh
Mnemonics
He laughed to see Kaguya-hime in the
bamboo
,
no
bigger
than his thumb.
Written by: lightmotif
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Finding an
early death
being slammed by two
bamboo
trees is nothing to laugh about.
Written by: espiacent
Originally depicted a dog playing in the grass /ソウ→ショウ, a happy scene that would make anyone laugh, but later evolved to make
bamboo
the radical and
early death
/ショウ the phonetic component. A laugh can be sinister too.
He laughed when the show {ショウ} about Australia's war against {わら} emus {えむ} said
no
丿
large
bamboo
trees were hurt.
Written by: Anonymous123
You’re laughing. A
bamboo
fell on me, causing my
early death
and you’re laughing!
Written by: sollunaaron
Wow {わら.う}
KK
, the
big one
with the
hat
, makes me laugh!!
Written by: ジャガいも
He laughed at the puppy trying to scare him. It was
no
丿
bigger
than two
bamboo shoots
Written by: Quixotic
What are わら you laughing at? An
early death
is no laughing matter, eh え. Show ショウ some respect for the
2 kids
that were killed.
Written by: Jules.33
Originally ideogrammic: + Later, Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ショウ” Semantic
“bamboo”. Originally
was a pictogram of a young person dancing meaning young eventually became “to die young”, the top is bamboo but was grass but it doesn’t matter because they are both pliable.

laugh and sway like
bamboo
, but exercise caution too much laughter can cause an
early death
Written by: フバフバ
SHOUld you cut
large
bamboo
with a
sword
丿
like a WARIAR U'll hear the sound of laughter as you are chearfull that you carry such a good sword that benefits your skills.
Written by: ジェン~1984
Pictograph: opposite of – weep {Chinese},
wrinkles
form around the
eyes
when laughing, along with a
smiling mouth
and a nice relaxed
body
.
Written by: ロゴセィタ
A
big
guy with a big
smile
丿
and kind
eyes
.
Written by: catzi
A
bamboo
stalk fell right beside him. He had narrowly escaped a
premature death
.
He pointed at it and laughed.
"Mwahaha! You failed!"
*Crk... crk... CRACK!*
Another bamboo stalk started falling.
"...Oh."
He stopped laughing.
Written by: ケンパチ
Be sure びしょう to watch the
big
man balance
bamboo K’s
on his
head
丿
. Wow わらう, what a show ショウ! It’ll make you laugh!
Written by: Jules.33
A
person
trying to balance/carry
bamboos
on his head is something to LAUGH about.
Written by: ishnini
Everyone laughs when they hear the story about climbing a
bamboo ladder
to
heaven
.
Written by: ブダ
bamboo
gently bends and laughs as
calamity
passes.
Written by: コエル
Bamboo
heaven
is a place to laugh in. That’s because bamboo is a very jolly plant, even in heaven. They’re laughing about an inside joke .. wara wara wara 🤣
Written by: GwynneBleidd
U let out a
big
laugh in the arashiyama
bamboo
forest, u are in heaven now there's is
no
丿
thing to worry about
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ わら - (noun) {net-sl} LOL, haha
/ えがお - (noun/する verb) smiling face, smile
/ びしょう - (noun/する verb) smile
う / わらう - (Godan verb - う/intransitive) to laugh; to smile; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
い / わらい - (noun) laugh, laughter; smile; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
Kunyomi: な.く
Onyomi: キュウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
cry, weep, moan
Mnemonics
Water
dripping from a
standing
person who is crying.
Written by: Karlla
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It's not cool {なく} if you just
stand
there and cry
tears
on queue {キュウ} when you get in trouble.
Written by: Anonymous123
Cry me a
river
,
big guy
/リュウ←りふ← /li̯əp̚/ ← *rɯb … *kʰrɯb → /kʰi̯əp̚/ →きふ→キュウ. Isn’t he CUTE→キュウ?
He was just
standing
there... Crying...
Tears
and snot running down his face
Written by: Quixotic
I cried, and my
pot
with the
lid
open was filled with
tears
.
Written by: Aroshima
A guy
standing
, shedding his
tears
all alone. How miserable of him to stand here and weep like this.
Written by: non0230
She
stood up
and cried
tears
for no reason.
Written by: ルイス
The
tears
you cry from chopping onion don't belong in the
pot
, so you better put the
lid
on it.
Written by: トアフコップ
Water
began to
rise
out of his eyes as he started to cry
Written by: Cyborg Muffin
Water
rises
in a bucket and overflows is a metaphor to crying.
Written by: moolsu
I shot him with my
water gun
while he was
standing up
. But for some reason, he started to cry.
Written by: ケンパチ
The
water
"knocks" you over as you are trying to
stand up
. You start to cry from the pain. For imagery, this happens often at beaches.
Written by: MiT_Epona
I CRIED so much that my tears filled a
pot
with
water
.
Written by: Jules.33
The
STAND UP
comedian started to CRY when the crowd began to throw
WATER
at him.
Written by: Abnormalise
I was curious キュウ to see what was inside the
pot
, but I accidentally knocked なく it over, spilling hot
water
on myself, and ended up crying in pain.
Written by: Jules.33
He tried to hide he'd been crying, but the
water
stood
out on his face
Written by: lightmotif
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“キュウ” Semantic
“water”. Originally meant tears but became cry.

When people cry
water
streams from their face and they collapse if they are
standing
Written by: フバフバ
I cried 9 ・KYUU
tears
when I
stood
up for the NAKUd truth.
Written by: ジェン~1984
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/ ごうきゅう - (noun/する verb) crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation; {col} crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping (non-standard usage)
/ あいきゅう - (noun) crying with sadness
/ ていきゅう - (noun/intransitive) crying aloud, wailing, bawling
/ だいごうきゅう - (noun/intransitive) bawling one's eyes out, crying loudly
く / なく - (Godan verb - く/intransitive) to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl
Kunyomi: しず, しず.か, しず.まる, しず.める
Onyomi: セイ, ジョウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: あお
Radical
quiet
Mnemonics
Quiet! You're
blue
in the face from
arguing
!
Written by: lightmotif
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Stop
arguing
whether it's
blue or green
and be quiet.
Written by: nexx
Be quiet! Say {セイ} no more! She's {しず}
blue
in the face from
arguing
!
Written by: quickMaffs44
Via : The
green
plant stayed very quiet so as not to be uprooted in a dispute by the
two hands
/ショウ←しおう← /ʈ͡ʂæŋ/ ← *ʔsreːŋ … *zleŋʔ → /d͡zʱi̯ɛŋᵡ/ →ジョウ→セイ—under the influence of /セイ,ショウ. is the radical because the ability to be quiet is an attribute of living things.
Let's all calm down and
settle
this
dispute
once and for all.
Written by: Karlla
Keep quiet, don't
argue
it's a
blue
moon
day.
Written by: rafs14
The
child
is quiet because he is
painting
with
blue
paint
Written by: Kylanoカイラーノ
Let's stay calm and quiet rather than
argue
or feel
blue
.
Written by:
Two satellites
1
over the moon
2
are bound to be quiet places
Written by: Sesamesoup
When children lose an
argument
, they often threaten to hold their breath until they turn
blue
. Well, at least they're quiet then.
Shh! Shizuka's
blue
,
icy demeanor leaves no room for
arguments
Written by: Shiro[
He's a quiet person. Only once in a
blue
moon, does he
argue
with someone
Written by: Mystery4869
You will have to
struggle
with yourself before acquiring a
blue
silent, quiet and peaceful state of mind.
Written by: コエル
It's quiet now as I paint the walls
blue and green
. But later my wife will
argue
over which colour to pick.
Written by: Genius1985
You are your spouse are in the middle of a
cold
war
. SHE'S {しず} quiet. You're quiet. Neither of you will SAY {せい} anything.
Written by: ロールズ
When couples in the
blues
are in
dispute
, they are quiet.
Written by: アフマヂ
Quiet!
Blue
will not
Contend, Argue or Dispute
.
Written by: Pride
Blue
argument
is quiet , but red argument is lively
Written by: Baharley
She 'し' tells the animals at the zoo 'ず' to quiet down, but the crow still went Kaaa 'か'.
Written by: morgenman
Look at the
librarian
by the
bookshelf
! She's {しず} say- {セイ} -ing shhhhh! Be quiet!!
Written by: [ない?]
I'm finally enjoying peace and quiet and
blue
sky now that I have a
fly swatter
in my hands.
Written by: Azuraphel
A
blue
argument
is quiet
Written by: Xirion11
Blue
Dispute
is QUITE like Cold war
Written by: ハンゾウ
Life
was quiet under the
moon
light. An
emo kid
wore a
scarf
and admired the sight.
Written by: Quixotic
Shizuka, dressed in a calm
blue
kimono, stayed quiet during the
quarrel
that broke out at her side.
Written by: アルゼン
A
blue
argument
is a quiet one.
Written by: ロニー88
Barb
ara
when you give
birth
in a
month
,
yo
house will never be
ku-iet
𠂊
quiet again. Geez, Sue じず don’t セイ that!
Written by: Jules.33
A librarian
in front of a bookshelf
telling You to be quiet
Written by: Catogato
stop
arguing
whether
blue or green
is the better color and be quiet
Written by: weirdkeichan
He was
arguing
with me so I beat him black and
blue
, now he is quiet
Written by: Veerdb
If you find yourself
arguing
until you're
blue
in the face, it might be better to just stay quiet.
Written by: gillianfaith
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か / しずか - (Adjective/-な) quiet, silent; slow, unhurried; calm, peaceful
か / こころしずか - (Adjective/-な) calm, serene, tranquil, peaceful
か / ものしずか - (Adjective/-な) quiet, still, calm
かに / しずかに - (expression) calmly, quietly, gently, peacefully; {exp} be quiet!
ものか / ものしずか - (Adjective/-な) quiet, still, calm
Kunyomi: か.える, か.わる
Onyomi: ヘン
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ふゆがしら
Radical
unusual, change, strange
Mnemonics
When someone is
late
again and again
, you know something is weird about them.
Written by: melocule
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Weird like an
almost red
long night
Written by: Nicolas2
These days it is strange to see
winter
changing to be
almost red
hot.
Written by: Klobster
This kanji is a little strange because the top part is
almost red
and the bottom is
almost winter
, but the change isn't quite complete.
Written by: あいりー
The season has once
again
changed to
winter
.
Written by: カタワヤ
The HEN {ヘン} is laying eggs unusually
late
again
.
Written by:
She
crossed her legs
then turned
red
. That's weird.
Written by: kaname19
Via /ヘン:
Bigfoot
slowly walking
is very strange. Usually he moves so fast you can hardly catch a glimpse. Something must have changed.
Again
it’s
winter
, why won’t it change, that’s strange
Written by: Uggyboots
After a
long night
, I saw a
lid
grow
legs
and
arms
. I thought that was unusual, but then the lid entered a nearby {hen}house.「ヘン」Could there be more stranger things than that?
Written by: Vitor Conte
Strange! The season changed back
again
to
winter
. {As in it happened this summer as well as the one before.}
Written by: nexx
it's not unusual that they're
late
again
Written by: weirdkeichan
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“ヘン” Semantic
“hand”; the simplification uses a variant that changes the bottom bushu slightly.

He waved his
hand
again
despite the awkwardness; it was unusual and strange it didn’t change anything.
Written by: フバフバ
My delivery has once
again
been
delayed
. This is not unusual or strange, but they really should change that.
We’re having an UNUSUALLY warm
winter
again
. The CHANGE in seasons is
delayed
. What STRANGE weather we’ve been having of
late
.
Written by: Jules.33
The hen ヘン that sat on a
chair
turned
red
... Weird!
Written by: Azuraphel
She is really weird: She tried to change her skin-tone to red by getting sunburn
again
. In
winter
! It actually became almost red.
Written by: Xilmi
It's unusual and strange to change a fixed schedule and arrive
late
again and again
in Japan.
Written by: げつ
Here we go
again
, always
late
. So strange...
Written by: q.Lime.q
It's strange that she's
also
delaying
him.
Written by: P1ng23n4
the
guy
looks like he's sweating on a
woman
so that's strange
Written by: ashaapple
When it gets
late
in the day, it's not unusual for the sky to change to
red
. {
as simplified
.}
Written by: musiceater
The
taskmasters
face changed into
red
and he started acting weird
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
It's strange, isn't it? It's been
winter
again and again
!
Written by: PandaGemoy
the
red
night
is strange
Written by: bozoduty
It felt strange when the officer
delayed
to come
again
in the tea party with
kettles and their LIDS
Written by: Yayo123
Winter blues, feeling blue. But we have a
red
winter
this year. A red winter is a very strange phenomenon へん ~in~ that it changes you from the
ground up
. « is a variant of »
Written by: ロゴセィタ
Change fast or be
late
again
.
Written by: Pharmacia
It's strange that he came home
late
and covered in
red
. There was a distinct change in his personality and he was acting unusual.
Written by: Quixotic
If one is
late
again
, strictly tell them to stop being late. They will change.
Written by: ルイス
- {Red} {hearts} mean Romance.
- Love includes a {heart} {again}, but also a protecting {roof}.
- If you have
red
again
without hearts, it's weird.

*I modified some radicals
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
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/ たいへん - (Adjective/-な) very, greatly, terribly, awfully; {adj-na} {n} immense, enormous, great; {adj-na} {n} serious, grave, dreadful, terrible; {adj-na} {n} difficult, hard, challenging; {n} {arch} major incident, disaster
/ へん - (Adjective/-な) strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy; unexpected; {n} change; {n} incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency; {n-pref} {music} flat
/ へんこう - (noun/する verb) change, modification, alteration, revision, amendment
/ へんどう - (noun/する verb) change, fluctuation
/ へんせん - (noun/する verb) change, transition, vicissitudes
Kunyomi: ふ.える, ふ.やす, ま.す
Onyomi: ゾウ
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
increase, add, augment, gain, promote
Mnemonics
Prolific
soil
and
sun
help to increase crop from
rice fields
Written by: vandebilt
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There was zo {ゾウ} few {ふ} crops we added
soil
sun
and even
bunny ears
to the
fields
to increase the yield, and promote growth.
Written by: Anonymous123
The value of the
LAND
that was
FORMERLY
cheaper, will drastically ICREASE if the RICE FIELD crops are abundant.
Written by: Abnormalise
Our
land
has increased since the
former
times
Written by: あいり~
Good
sun
, and
soil
promote a healthy
rice paddy
, which increases
rice
production.
Written by: Jules.33
This
soil
was augmented
once
to increase its yield.
Written by: nexx
Etymology: depicts stories of buildings
stacked on top of eachother
atop the
ground
to show addittion.
Written by:
Former
Land
have INCREASED value today
Written by: ハンゾウ
you can increase your income by turning
former
farm
land
into a pasture for ELEPHANTS {ぞう}. It's a FULL {ふえる} proof plan.
Written by: ロールズ
This
dirt
mask
allows you to increase/augment your ZOUmbie army
Written by: Seraseth
Our
land
has increased in value ゾウ much since the
former
times
Hat-tip: あいり~
Written by: Spirit_kokoro
Fertile
dirt
increases food for the
cooker
/ゾウ, a “basket” over a heat source .
The communities in the ZOne {ぞう} around Area 51 have been able to increase their revenue by promoting tourism related to the belief that this is where an
alien
crash landed on
earth
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/ ちゅうどしま - (noun) woman approaching middle age
/ おおどしま - (noun) woman well past her prime, matron well-advanced in age
/ ぞうか - (noun/する verb) increase, rise, growth, addition, increment
/ ぞうだい - (noun/する verb) enlargement, increase
える / ふえる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/intransitive) to increase, to multiply
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.
All
the stored water was
vaporized
so the amount of water we have now is decreased
Written by: Baharley
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:
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
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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: (none)
Onyomi: バイ
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
double, twice, times, fold
Mnemonics
This
person
is twice as tall as the guy
standing
on the
box
.
Written by: Karlla
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The
guy
standing BY {バイ} the
box
is twice as tall as the guy
standing
on the box. {hat tip to Karlla}
“Boosted”
person
picking a fight will
spit out
/トウ← /tʰəuᴴ/← *pʰɯʔ…*bɯːʔ →/bʌiᵡ/ →バイ onto someone twice their size.
く/そむく run counter, infringe
す/ます  increase, grow
If
I
can't
stand
your
mouth
I'll double the price of everything you buy {バイ }.
Written by: Anonymous123
One
person
angrily
stood up
with their
mouth
opened, arguing. The other did the same. The argument was intensified by multiple folds.
Written by: non0230
Your
ranking
will double,if you add your
mouth
to praise your boss
Written by: Afrina0987
The
man
would be twice as tall, double size, if he
stands
on the
box
.
Written by: コエル
The
leader
of the
clown
s is going to be double the entertainment, maybe even 3 times
Written by: Seraseth
BAI bye poor me,
i
gonna run my
mouth
,
stand-up
for myself and not leave the boss office untill he doubled my salary.
Written by: ジェン~1984
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/ ばい - (noun/transitive,intransitive) double, twice (as much); {ctr} times (as much), -fold; {ctr} 1-nth, 1 to n, 1 in n
/ ばいりつ - (noun) magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance), applicant-to-acceptance ratio
/ ばいぞう - (noun/する verb) doubling, double
/ ひといちばい - (adverb) (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
け / ばいづけ - (noun, suffix) paying (or paying out) double, (after number N) paying N times as much
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: しめすへん
Radical
ancestor, pioneer, founder
Mnemonics
In ancient times
many
ancestors were buried in the
shrines
Written by: Baharley
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A
ladder
next to a
shrine
. If you climb to the top of the ladder, you'll meet your ancestors.
Written by: Plum Blossom
So {ソ}, were
any*
of your ancestors
also
the founders ? *any sounds like n e
Written by: Anonymous123
So ソ many of my ancestors are
also
buried at that
shrine
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
Depicts an
altar
and
pylon
/ソ used for ancestor worship .
Phono-semantic: Phonetic
“そ” Semantic
“altar”. This is a specialized case of
where it’s indicative of an altar and possibly other “stuff”.

In Asian cultures ancestors are respected sometimes in
shrines
too
.
Written by: フバフバ
My family was of modest means, so {ソ} we tried to be frugal.
Moreover
I had to wear hand-me-down
clothes
from my ancestors.
looks like a
stone tablet
for recording ancestors names, which would usually be at a
shrine
Written by: Cyborg Muffin
Our ancestors built
many
shrines
Written by: Acu77
I honor my ANCESTORS by visiting the
tombstones
of my grandmother {そぼ} and grandfather {そふ} and by offering prayers at the family
altar
.

*
Resembles both a Japanese tombstone and a Japanese altar called a ぶつだん.
always looks to me like a female wearing a skirt, so here it looks like she’s visiting a tombstone or praying at the altar.
Written by: Jules.33
The
Ne
gaverse attacked serena's ancestors on the
moon
's
surface
Written by: Xilmi
You can still
see
1
Ancestor and founder そcrates words on a
shrine
Written by: クリス
Your ancestors have their
neck
in the
grave
Written by: Mulligan
You come across a
spirit
wearing a
top hat
and it claims to be your ancestor. Well of course, if you remember correctly, all of your ancestors wore top hats when they were alive. This spirit must be your long lost, great great... uh... somebody.
Written by: しまうま
In my backyard I keep the
shrine
of my ancestors; all their ashes are kept on that
shelf
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
A
shrine
that
also
houses my ancestors.
Written by: ソーサーペン
Think your ancestors were so great? I'll
show
you! The founder of my tribe descended from the
moon
to
earth
.
Written by: lightmotif
I never k
w
I
also
had an ancestor fight in WW2.
Written by: チェイスです
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/ そぼ - (noun) grandmother
/ そふ - (noun) (one's own) grandfather
/ そせん - (noun) ancestor
/ がんそ - (noun) originator, pioneer, inventor, founder; progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
/ せんぞ - (noun) ancestor, forefather, foremother
Kunyomi: うす.い, うす.まる, うす.める, うす.らぐ, うす.れる
Onyomi: ハク
Stroke count: 16
Radical name: くさかんむり
Radical
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Mnemonics
The
SPECIALITY
of ladies that make TEA is to mix
the TEA LEAVES or
FLOWERs
with the correct
amount of
WATER
to DILUTE the brew to the perfection,
while adding an extra
DROP
of water for good omen.
Written by: Abnormalise
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Pampas grass, or ススキ, is a tall, thin
grass
that is famous for sending its seeds
far and wide
/ハク on the wind. It makes for very weak tea.
My
specialty
is pampas
grass
tea. I usually {うす} hack up {ハク} the right amount to give it it's signature
accent
, but this batch tastes
watered
down and diluted.
Written by: Anonymous123
They give the
grass
seeds

A
measured
amount of
water
every
ten
days
to make sure it grows thin.
Written by: ロニー88
In rural lands
far far away
, there grows
pampas grass
- still long and thin - unlike what you see in today's neighborhoods.
Written by: タンゴ
If you don’t want to make weak tea make sure to
measure
the correct amount of
herbs
to put in the
brewer
and don’t dilute the tea with too much
water
Add a
drop of honey
for added sweetness.
Written by: Jules.33
My
speciality
is to dilute these
tea leaves
with the perfect amount of
water
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
Pampa grass is harvested in
far and wide
locations. When diluted to obtain a weak tea, this
grass
helps staying thin.
Written by: Sadaharu_3
Far
away in time, two knights were fighting against each other when one of them caused a thin
scar
on the other's face with his sword.
Written by: イマンちゃん。
We can imagine our
acupuncturist
performing his task with
flowers
instead of needles, and using their hollow stems to pipe
water
into the body of the patient, to dilute the vital humours of the body.
Written by: elbit
Every
specialty
on this
ground
should be diluted with a
drop
of
water
if necessary
Written by: Pita_Sama
When the
DOCTOR
is making a
HERBAL
medicine,
he swaps his needle for
WATER
and DILUTES it with
the HERBAL essence in to healing brew.
Written by: Abnormalise
Grass
is a family of plants found
far and wide
which are often thin and invasive, that spread and dilute the local ecology.
Written by:
The
flowers
are being worked upon by a
tsunami
with a
drop
specialty:
this tsunami can dilute flowers with just one tsunami-powered drop of itself. That’s its specialty.
Written by: しまうま
Phono-semantic: phonetic
“ハク” semantic
“grass”.

Grass
is thin and can spread
far and wide
. Think of a paper spread on the earth.
Written by: フバフバ
When you
use
only a small
bit
of the
leaves
in that much
water
, of course the tea will be weak. You need to
measure
it properly or you'll dilute it far too much.
On the
day
of planting
pampas grass
,
measure
10 times
and apply
water
thinly and lightly.
Written by: ブダ
When I extracted the
liquid
from these
plants
and
measured
their concentration
for the first time
, I realized I had to dilute it to make the taste bearable. Now it is an excellent greek うす.
Written by: Xilmi
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い / うすい - (Adjective/-い) thin (of an object); pale, light, faint; watery, thin, diluted; weak (taste, etc.), little (affection, etc.), not much (of a presence); slim (probability, etc.), small; sparse, patchy, scattered
い / さちうすい - (Adjective/-い) unfortunate, unhappy, ill-fated, hapless
い / かげうすい - (expression) in the background, not standing out
っぺら / うすっぺら - (Adjective/-な) very thin, flimsy, cheap, shallow
く / うすく - (adverb) thin
Kunyomi: あつ.い
Onyomi: コウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: がんだれ
Radical
thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless
Mnemonics
The THICK
CLIFF
walls protected
the
CHILDREN
from the
SUN
.
Written by: Abnormalise
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A kind
child
enjoys to watch the
sun
under a thick
cliff
.
Written by: krazator10
Because the
sun
goddess couldn't COpe {コウ} with her brother's brazen and shameless behavior, as a
child
she hid in a cave within a
cliff's
thick, heavy walls, depriving the world of her light and heat {あつ.い}. Later Japan would depict her heavenly body as a red {あか} disk.
Via /コウ: Hanging like a heavy overripe fruit from the heavenly
vault
, the kind
sun
CORDIALLY→コウ offers her thick, rich milk to the brazen
child
below, who drinks shamelessly.
My co-workers {コウ}
child
spends all
day
shamelessly throwing thick, heavy things off the
cliff
. He wants to see what a tsunami {あつ} looks like.
Written by: Anonymous123
Looks like a thick
blanket
pressing down a heavy
thing
on a
child
Written by:
The
child
hides from the hot/ATSUI
sun
under the
cliff
where the shade is thick
Written by: Seraseth
Below the
cliff
a cordial but brazen
child
was playing under the heavy
sun
shine
Written by: sand_eto
That
child
あつい ate a thick drumstick. He caught it to
day
by jumping off a
cliff
.
Written by: チェイスです
There, under the
cliff
, looking at the setting
sun
seats a
child
deep in heavy though. He's usually a kind and cordial child, but today he shamelessly called a rich king thick which gave him a name of a brazen child.
Written by: Ringotoki
a
child
abandoned out on the
cliffs
, exposed to the
sun
, is thus doomed to develop thick skin
Written by: シヴィ・エンビ
The
child
goes to the
cliff
during the
day
to find thick, heavy and mineral rich rocks to collect.
Written by: ロニー88
Hanging off the edge of a
cliff
is a
sun
worshipping
child
with thick arms and a thick unibrow. Hanging off the cliff, the child cries at the sun for cursing him to this cruel fate. The thickness of his body is not enough to give the child the strength to pull himself back up.
Written by: しまうま
You have to develop a thick skin when you spend the
day
in a
room
with
children
. You never know what they’re going to say. They could be warm and kind, but also shameless and brazen.
Written by: Jules.33
Instead of carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, this
child
is carrying the heavy weight of the
sun
on his head. It’s pressing down on him like a
vice
, but he has developed a thick skull as a result.
Written by: Jules.33
Ideogram:
“cliff” +
“sun” +
“child”.

The thickness is represented by a
cliff
or the distance between a
child
and the
sun
Written by: フバフバ
Protected by the
cliff
and with ample exposure to the
sun
the
fruits
grow thick, heavy, and rich in vitamins. The kind of treats you gift to kind and cordial friends. That is, unless some shameless, brazen
child
steals them!
A thick
protective layer
protects the
sun
children
from the heat.
Written by: Xilmi
Related vocabulary
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/ あつみ - (noun) thickness; profundity, depth
/ あつぎ - (noun/する verb) wearing thick clothes, dressing warmly
/ こうい - (noun) kindness, favor, favour
/ こうせい - (noun) welfare, public welfare, social welfare; {abbr} (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
い / あつい - (Adjective/-い) thick, deep, heavy; kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful; abundant
Kunyomi: まつりごと
Onyomi: セイ, ショウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: のぶん,ぼくづくり
Radical
politics, government
Mnemonics
If you try to
correct
the government, they will
strike
you down!
Written by: gillianfaith
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This government tries to say {セイ} what the
correct
skis
to use are, and even what festivals {まつり} you should go to {ごと}. {まつり + ごと=まつりごと }
Written by: Anonymous123
Only if you're in government you can
righteously
hit
people and SAY セイanything to cover it.
Written by: サイノ
In politics if you don't say the
right
thing, you can be
struck
down.
Written by: カナダオタク
The role of government is to
take action
to ensure
justice
. Taking action is represented by a hand holding a stick.
Written by: ききな
There used to be a time where the only people allowed in political administration were
taskmasters
who upheld
correctness and justice
Written by: Kuromi
It's the government's job to
strike
a blow for
justice
but many people say {せい} that political considerations caused the government to persecute the man {まん} who was protesting a much beloved festival {まつり}. He was condemned after a brief show {しょう} trial.
One
man まん yelled, “We don’t care what they say セイ. Let’s show ショウ the GOVERNMENT they can’t
stop
our
strike
POLITICS be damned!”
Written by: Jules.33
Only government can
strike
someone
righteously
Written by: Veerdb
They say セイ that the ability to
strike
people the
right way
is what defines a good governement. Everything else is just politics
Written by: ケンパチ
If you try to
correct
the "government", government will
strike
you.
Written by: Kritika9
"...If you
struck out
the
righteousness
part, all you will have is the US government..."
Written by: rsvd5555
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/ まつりごと - (noun) rule, government
/ せいじ - (noun) politics, government
/ せっしょう - (noun) regency, regent
/ せいふ - (noun) government, administration, ministry
/ しんせい - (noun) new government, new administration
Kunyomi: うつく.しい
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: ひつじ,ひつじへん
Radical
beauty, beautiful
Mnemonics
Beautiful
big
sheep
Written by: kaname19
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The
sheep
says "
Big
is beautiful".
Written by: gillianfaith
A beast
king
with
big
horns
marries a beauty.
Written by: Darkchan
Ooh, Sue coul-dn't うつくcompare to my be-autiful
big
sheep
.
Written by: Wolfenspace
The radical would make you think this is a sheep 𦍌 in a big wool coat, but the stroke order looks more like a
split
jade
headdress worn by a beautiful
large man
. BEAUTY→ビ, ミ.

(*mriʔ)
ビ←ミ← /miᵡ/ ← *mriʔ
Originally a pictogram of a
person
wearing a
headdress of feathers or horns
. A beautifully adorned and decorated person.
Written by: NickKnackSnack
The
large
sheep
is beautiful
.
Written by: くん
Sheep
that are
g
are beautiful.
Written by: チェイスです
"It's so cushy"「UTSUKUSHĪ うつく.しい」and full of *beauty* in the realm of the living! It would "be"「BI ビ」much more harsh in the
huge
underworld, where the
horned
king
of death rules with his *beautiful* bride.
A
person
is wearing a
headdress
to accentuate their beauty.
Written by: ききな
Pictogram: A
person
with a
headdress
made of feather or ram horns. Because of the confident stretched arms it exudes the idea of beauty.
Written by: フバフバ
Trump's
big
beautiful
sheep
Written by: Veerdb
How beautiful
alien
great
king
is.
Written by: Pharmacia
A
big
and beautiful
sheep
grazes the pasture yonder.
Written by: ウインク
The
king
of
sheep
is
great
and beautiful.
Written by: RemiJP
A
sheep
that's
big
is a true beauty. Big is beautiful, and that's all the more true for sheep.
Written by: しまうま
While stuttering: blehhhhhheheheheheutiiiifuuuuul , a
biiiiiiig
utsuku.
sheeeeeep
Written by: ケンパチ
In Wales, a young
SHEEP
with
BIG
booty is the symbol of BEAUTY.
Written by: Abnormalise
The
alien
is in the
spaceship.
Written by:
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/ びよういん - (noun) beauty parlour, beauty parlor, beauty salon, hairdressing salon
/ びじゅつかん - (noun) art museum, art gallery
/ びじん - (noun) beautiful woman, (a) beauty
/ びよう - (noun) beauty, good figure, (beautiful) appearance, (beautiful) features; beautification, beauty treatment, beauty culture, cosmetics
しい / うつくしい - (Adjective/-い) beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
Kunyomi: つら.なる, つら.ねる, つ.れる
Onyomi: レン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: しんにょう,しんにゅう
Radical
take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Mnemonics
Please take me along in your
car
next time you hit the
road
.
Written by: Karlla
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I'm going on the
road
with the gang in a rental {レン}
car
. I'll take you along if you promise not to sue {つ} me.
Written by: Anonymous123
Cars
are on the
road
. One car is on the front, leading. The next cars are following. They are connected like a very long line.
Written by: non0230
I decided not to take along both my
scooter
and
car
on vacation with me, and instead will just get a RENtal
Written by: Seraseth
We
moved
towards the
car
when mom said "take レン with you".
Written by: チェイスです
If you help me connect the
car
and the
scooter
I'll take you along
Written by: PandoraVakarian
My friend agreed to me to be her plus one at the party for gang leader Sue つ . I could not take along my
scooter
, so have rented レン a
car
for the occasion. It is the hardest clique to join.
Written by: Kabocha7
Ideogram: When you lead or take along a party or clique it’s like they join your band-
wagon
and
move
connected to you.

As a phonetic component in: レン.

However all in the phonetic series are not Jōyō.
Written by: フバフバ
I put a side-
car
on my
scooter
, now I can take along a passenger.
But yeah, it's a ren.tal レン
Written by: ケンパチ
Take me along in your
car
when you hit the
road
so that we can connect.
Written by: クリス
Imagine
cars
lined up on a
flatbed
, connected in a line being taken along to the plant.
Written by: Emmyちゅ
Please take me along and let me join the gang next time you hit the
road
in your
car
. I want to go too つ!
Written by: Jules.33
When you travel the
road
by
car
, it will take/lead you far. You took a car so that your clothes won't be rent (レン) from travelling.
Written by: かわうそ
The
car
is parked on the
street
Written by: Govind
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/ むつらぼし - (noun) {astron} The Pleiades
/ れんらく - (noun/する verb) contacting, (making) contact, getting in touch, communication, correspondence, call, message; connection (with a train, bus, etc.), joining (a railway line, etc.), meeting; {form} connection (between matters, incidents, etc.), relation, link
れる / つれる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to take (someone) with one, to bring along, to go with, to be accompanied by
れ / つれ - (noun/する verb) companion, company; {noh} tritagonist, second supporting character
れてく / つれていく - (Godan verb - く/transitive) to take (someone to a place), to take (someone) with one, to take along, to lead away
Kunyomi: から.まる, から.む, から.める
Onyomi: ラク
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
entwine, coil around, get caught in
Mnemonics
A
thread
with which
everyone
is entangled
Written by: vandebilt
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A caramel {から} colored racoon {ラク} got caught in some
thread
that was coiled around the
ski
entrance
.
Written by: Anonymous123
Think of a spider web. It's
thread
that
each
insect gets caught in. It
delays
their escape so the spider can put them in its
mouth
.
I ran out of LUCK {ラク} when my CAR {から} ran over some
wire
on the road, and
every
bit of it coiled around the axle.
Every
single string of
thread
coils around one another.
Written by: non0230
When two life
threads
entwine around
each
other, a family is formed.
The Keeper of the Grove uses
thread
to entangle every unit so it's escape is
delayed
and they can perform a
box
-surround.
Written by: Xilmi
If you put a
thread
in the middle of a
kiss
, you’re going to entangle it.
Written by: Seraseth
A
thread
that is
everywhere
is easy{らく/} to get caught in.
Written by:
Becoming entwined or entangled with the wrong person or get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time can から wreck ラク your life. Before you know your fate is
thread
ed
with theirs.
Written by: Kabocha7
A raccoon らく got into a
box
in the attic trying to escape from から the
winter
cold. And now he is CAUGHT IN a pile of
thread
and it’s COILED AROUND him. What to do!? 🦝
Written by: Jules.33
Related vocabulary
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り / みずからくり - (noun) puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
/ からくりにんぎょう - (noun) mechanical doll, automaton, string puppet, marionette, person who follows orders blindly
り / のぞきからくり - (noun) peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
/ れんらく - (noun/する verb) contacting, (making) contact, getting in touch, communication, correspondence, call, message; connection (with a train, bus, etc.), joining (a railway line, etc.), meeting; {form} connection (between matters, incidents, etc.), relation, link
/ たんらく - (noun/する verb) {elec} short circuit, short; illogical jump, drawing a hasty inference (between two events), jumping to conclusions, acting rashly
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