Can also be used as 'together' in the context of specifically two people doing something or going or being somewhere.

There’s too much food in this pantry for one person to take inventory - I need TWO PEOPLE to do a FOOD TALLY!

Who's tardy? the couple, of course

Futari wa Pretty Cure features two Pretty Cure as the main characters.

See those two stripes? Those are two ふた-ons, and there are two people 二人 in them. They're not very り-ch, so they live in a tent.

Pitch: しゅ /うじん
Long vowel —> you’ll be here for a long time!

vs husband しゅ \ じん (主人)

My husband (ご主人) keeps me as a prisoner (囚人).

A bunch of prisoners (囚人) brewing shoe gin because they're tired of toilet wine. shoe gin → しゅうじん
Also, 囚 itself already kind of looks like a person 人 trapped inside a box :)

て↑つこ↓うし

Madonna is at your window.

well actually it's not MY door (まど), but.. for me it's my window xD

I'm so mad (まど), I could break a window!

My key broke, so I have do use my side window as my door (ma door)

Occasionally (まま) you have to use a window (まど) as a door (ドア).

Look out the WINDOW and see a meadow (mado)

My window is next to ma door

A "mad window"; whatever that might be, it helps me thinking of "mado"=window in Japanese.

Most shops usually have some sort of sticker with a "motto" on their window; "since 1952!" Etc.

Madonna まど said, “I love the smell of fresh baked pie cooling on the window sill.”
窓—>I heart pie

Cleaning the window is something my まどes. I guess that's why the Kanji for mother looks like a window.

Also written as: 円; 圓; 囱; 廔; 枼; 牎; 牕; 窻

SO, TOday I'll go outside.

I have a SOTO (sore toe) from walking outside without shoes

I practice Soto Zen by meditating outside.

I went outside to put salt (so-to) on the driveway because of the snow.

If by chance there are any French speakers here:« Va SAUTer dehors »

No you can’t take your vintage de Soto vehicle outside, it will rust!

So, today I took a photo of the soto (outside).

I am SORT OF outside when I sit on my balcony

SOTO (そと) = Space Outside, The Open (air)

"So tough outside"
Picture someone stepping outside into the blazing sun or freezing cold and saying, “It’s so tough out here!”

Gaze (e.g. from afar) at e.g. view, scenery (眺め), related to 長い.

[en.wiktionary.org]

長/なが　long　
見る　　 watch

I LOOKED at how LONG (なが) the letter that arrived in the MAIL (める) was

I had NO (na) GAMES (game) to play, so decided to simply LOOK OUT (nagameru) the window and GAZE at people passing by.

ながめる　sounds like Nakameguro (中目黒/なかめぐろ) 　 which is a famously good place in Tokyo to GAZE AT cherry blossoms in the spring. 🌸

The Naga (なが) is *watching* me (め), so I'd better be careful.

a NaGa has been watching Me with those scaly eyes.... mhh- how uncomfortable

Combine 一人 + にする grammar (to make/change something) you get 一人にする, to make someone alone.

Can also mean alone or by oneself in the context of doing something or being or going somewhere.

He totally lonely
(Hitori)

When I'm alone, I say "Hi" to the 鳥 (tori, birds)

Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock! is alone. Which is why her name is Hitori

He Tory (hitori) and hence he's by himself (alone) since nobody likes Tories
(Tory is the conservative party in the UK who dragged the UK out of the EU)

Or ひと (means person) + り (which sounds like read), and a person reads on their own by himself/herself

The theif(dorobou) was covered in DIRT.

Don’t come through the doro (door) when you’re covered in mud!

Mud (どろ) on the road (どろう)

Internet slang for any device running Android OS. From アンドロイド → ドロ → 泥. It's pretty old, but you might still run into it.

目 (め) で 見る (みる、1)
耳 (みみ) で 聞く、聴く (きく、0)
鼻 (はな) で 嗅ぐ (かぐ、0)
口 (くち) で 話す (はなす、2)
手 (て) で 触る (さわる、0)

観る is usually used as "to watch" (i.e: 映画を観る)

見る (見) – "to see / look at / watch"
The neutral, everyday verb. Used in most situations: seeing something, watching TV, checking something, meeting someone, etc.
Note: This is the default way it's written in almost all cases.

観る (観) – "to watch (as an experience)"
Used when watching something you appreciate or take in intentionally, like films, theatre, concerts, or sports.
Note: In everyday writing, people still usually write 見る, unless they want to be precise.

視る (視) – "to observe / examine"
More formal and analytical. Implies carefully examining or viewing something from a technical or objective perspective.
Note: Rare on its own in daily life, but common in compounds like 視点, 視覚, 視野.

見る - to see, to watch, to look at

見える - to be seen - because えveryone can see (見る) you

見せる - to show or display せomething; to make せomeone see (見る) せomething.

The extra letters can help you remember what aspect of "seeing" it means

I can see I can see I can see you in the Miru (mirror)

If you know Spanish:
mirar = to look / watch
みる (miru) - to look / watch / see
Pretty similar.

The doctor has to SEE (見る / みる) you in order to EXAMINE (診る / みる) you.

I think of 'admire'.
See -> Admire -> Ad *mir* e -> Miru

It sounds similar to "mirror" and you "look" (to see) into a mirror

When I wish upon a star, I want (hoshii) something from it

In the movie Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts was a ほし wished upon a STAR for her Prince, Charming, and the universe brought her Richard Gere.

Wow, she's a star! *HO*w did *SHE* (ほし) do that?

Main character of "Oshi no Ko" is Ai Hoshino (アイ・星野). She is always associated with stars in the anime. Also, her name is a game of words between Oshi and Hoshi.

血 (ち) general word for "blood", used in everyday speech, idioms, and casual contexts.

血液 (けつえき) literally "blood liquid", more formal or technical, used in medical, scientific, or official contexts.

I hurt myself while cutting cheese and now BLOOD is flowing.

There is father's (父・ちち) blood in me telling that I just can't leave these dirty plates (皿・さら)

The kanji looks like the bars on a cage or a CELL (bloodcell)

The spiritual energy Chi/Qi flows through the body in the same way blood (ち) does.

You wouldn't want 血 to be on your 皿 (plate)

人生 is the life you lead.
生命 is the life you have (as a living being).

We mammals have the same 生命 and we all breath the same air.

We might have the same age せいめい, the same family name 姓名 , but we most definitely don't live the same life 生命. And I stand by my statement 声明.

There are countless moose/むすう in Canada... like so many...

(kanji) There are 無数 数字 I cannot count them all.
無 = lack of, similar to 'un-' in English
数 = number

Pitch accent: むす\う or flat.

Also has a meaning of "detailed".

細かい is smaller, more detailed, fine in comparison to 小さい

When KAI was in a COMA his family missed all the trivial things about him.

it's a small, trival matter, like the position of a COMMA (こま). ........kai.....

Also written as: 緻かい

Kansai dialect equivalent: 細い/こまい — "small/fine"

Grammar:
Verbstem + 出す
出す functions as a movement into the open, into perception or into appearance.
飛び出す = to jump out
取り出す = to take out
引き出す = to pull out

Verbstem + 込む
込む functions as the opposite, a movement into something, out of perception or out of appearance (disappearance).
飛び込む = to jump in
吸い込む = to breathe in
入れ込む = to put in

すう sounds like an onomatopoeia for sucking your breath in.

If you SUUck on a cigaret you breath in smoke

Tobacco companies have been すうed (sued) because it's been proven that smoking is harmful to your health.

I will sue you if you smoke or even breath!

it kind of sounds like if you blew through one of those pop tube things

When you breath, you're すcking うp the air or smoke.

Maybe a bit out there, but the Migos was a popular rap group and they would say "suuuu" in songs. They smoked a lot.

SUe sure smokes a lot of cigarettes!

実（じつ）truth itself; often abstract or literary, and common as a compound like the below
真実（しんじつ）the real truth as in mysteries, emotional truth
事実（じじつ）fact as in journalism, evidence
現実（げんじつ）reality as in real life vs fantasy
実際（じっさい）actually / in practice when correcting assumptions
本当（ほんとう）true / really used more in everyday speech
真理（しんり）universal truth as in philosophy
誠（まこと）sincerity as in emotional honesty
正しい（ただしい）correct / right when describing logic, morality
真相（しんそう）truth behind something as in investigations

If you can find the 10(じゅう) truths(じつ) of the world, you can find FULFILLMENT.

In REALITY, jiu-JITSU (じつ) is better and that's the TRUTH.

I was asked why my JEANS (じ) were wet, and I didn't want to tell anyone the real TRUTH that it was because of a TSUNAMI (つ).

Since 男 is "man" in the gender noun sense, using it as a label for a specific person sounds quite rough/objectifying. For that you'd normally use 男の人 (neutral) or 男性 (formal).

3. 男がいる is a common way to say "has a man/boyfriend". Pretty casual, can sometimes be a little gossipy.

4. 男だろう！ uses 男 more like an idealised role model. Literally "You're a man right!". Similar to "Be a man!" in English. Can feel a bit dated.

おとうと (younger brother) grew up and now he's an おとこ (man)

OH, the TOp COp in the department sure is a manly guy!

Otto co(lled) that because it's a man's name

Even if your otouto (younger brother) is already a grown up man he will always be a ko (child) for you

Oh, Toko is a man!

Otacon, from metal gear solid 1, is a guy.

Men love a taco (otoko)

(kanji mnemonic) Ah! this MAN 男, his name is カ, has a rice paddy 田 for a head. 田+カ=男