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Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: おんなへん
Radical
recreation, pleasure
Mnemonics
The
woman
decided to
give
her workers the day off and told them to GO/go and enjoy some recreation.
Written by: chancetenacity
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Dj
Wu
giving some pleasure to
Ladies
in the club.
Written by: ハンゾウ
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/ ごらく - (noun/する verb) amusement, entertainment, recreation, pleasure, pastime, hobby
/ たいしゅうごらく - (noun) popular entertainment, mass entertainment, public amusement
/ ごらくじょう - (noun) amusement spot
/ ごらくしつ - (noun) recreation room
/ ごらくしせつ - (noun) amusement facilities, recreational facilities
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: コン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
dark blue, navy
Mnemonics
those navy blue
threads
look
sweet
!
Written by: ドみにく
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The
thread
stage of this
sweet, sugary
syrup is perfect for the dark blue syrup for my snow KONe/cone.
Written by: chancetenacity
The
sweetest
thing in life for him was assuming the Conn {コン}, while sailing the deep blue sea, in his navy blue
threads
.
Written by: Anonymous123
I wrapped some
threads
around a
sweet
dark blue navy blueberry
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ こん - (noun) navy blue, deep blue
/ こんや - (noun) dyer
/ のうこん - (noun) dark blue
/ しこん - (noun) dark purple, bluish purple
/ しこんのぼたん - (noun) princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)
Kunyomi: つぼ
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
two-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ft
Mnemonics
Flatten
an area on the
ground
to make a tsubo
Written by: アイセ
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Originally,
ground
that is
level
/ヘイ, such as a plain, flatland, or basin. Now a unit of area. Cognate with
/つぼ “basin”. The current meaning related to area arose from the way a surrounded area with the base or floor lower than the circumference looks like a basin.
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/ つぼ - (noun) tsubo, traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo, traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo, traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters; cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)
/ まえつぼ - (noun) frontal sandal strap (between the toes)
/ じつぼ - (noun) ground area (e.g. of a building's footprint), land area
/ つぼたんか - (noun) price per tsubo (approx. 3.3 square meters)
/ つぼにわ - (noun) inner garden (esp. small, traditional), courtyard
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: フン
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
tomb, mound
Mnemonics
The
grounds
are
decorated
/フン with burial mounds.
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On the
soil
we'll place
ten
or
twenty
shellfish
to mark the tomb before the FUNeral/funeral.
Written by: chancetenacity
The
ground
around the tomb was
decorated
with fresh
grass
and
shelfish
Written by: sand_eto
The cemetery had
three crosses
marking the tombs of three pet
shellfish
who had been laid to rest in the
ground
following the FUNeral {フン}.
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/ こふん - (noun) {hist} ancient burial mound, barrow, tumulus
/ じょうえんかほうふん - (noun) burial mound with square flat base and round top
/ ぜんぽうこうえんふん - (noun) {archeol} keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus
/ こふんじん - (noun) {hist} Kofun people, people of the Kofun period
/ こふんじだい - (noun) {hist} Kofun period (of Japanese history, 250-538 CE), Tumulus period
Kunyomi: あきらか
Onyomi: リョウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: なべぶた,けいさんかんむり
Radical
clear, help
Mnemonics
It's clear that crazy person with a
kettle lid
over their big
mouth
and a
crown
shaped belt above their
legs
needs help.
Written by: こはく
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It's clear to me that if you take the
top
of the EXPENSIVE {} kanji and fuse it onto the
bottom
of the SELLING {} kanji, that any moment now a salesperson is going to come by and say, "Can I help you with that? "
In the past, people usually put the lit candle up
high
on the
table
so that they could see the book clearly.
Written by: non0230
A
tall
/キョウ← *kraŋ … *raŋs →リョウ
person
has a clear あこらか duty to help little people.
The lid
radical is the radical of .
cannot be the radical because it is written
in Mainland China, with the composition ⿳.
It's a Japanese stone lantern. It's light will help by providing a clear view of your surroundings.

/かさ
     The "umbrella" or cover
/ひぶくろ
  The firebox
/ちゅうだい
 The central platform
竿/さお
     The post, or legs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_lantern
Written by: ライアンでいい
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/ めいりょう - (Adjective/-な) clear, plain, distinct, obvious, evident, articulate
/ りょうさつ - (noun/する verb) consideration, taking into account, sympathy with
/ りょうげつ - (noun) bright moonlight
/ りょうぜん - (adjective/-taru adjective) clear, obvious
/ りょうちょく - (noun) rightfulness
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: キュウ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
twist, ask, investigate, verify
Mnemonics
Join
the
threads
by twisting them together.
Written by: Karlla
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When investigating a crime, Detective Q {キュウ} comes up with a theory that
connects
all the different
threads
of evidence.
Written by: こはく
When
threads
are
joined
together to become twisted into a rope or a mess, investigate them with care to tell them apart.
Written by: FoeNyx
Ta-da! { ただ} I just joined these
four
threads
together by twisting them. Queue{キュウ} up if you want to investigate how I did it or ask any questions.
Written by: Anonymous123
Let's twist
four
threads
... Or even nine /キュウ!!
Written by: Perwoll
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/ ふんきゅう - (noun/する verb) complication, confusion, disorder, chaos, dispute, conflict, trouble, quarrel
/ きゅうごう - (noun/する verb) rally, muster
/ きゅうもん - (noun/する verb) inquiry, enquiry
/ きゅうだん - (noun/する verb) censure, denunciation, (verbal) attack, blaming
/ きゅうめい - (noun/する verb) searching examination, establishing the facts through thorough examination
Kunyomi: つ.ける, つ.かる
Onyomi: (none)
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
pickling, soak, moisten, steep
Mnemonics
If you only take plain
water
to pickle the cucumbers, don't
blame
me if they become bad quickly.
Written by: espiacent
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Don't sue {つ} me, because your fruits are pickled.
Blame
the
water
it was soaking in.
Written by: Anonymous123
Depicts the salt-pickling process: add salt /シ-お and just enough
water
to moisten your food items, stack them in
layers
, then pack it all into a
pressurized container
and let it steep in a cool place. Reading from
/セイ→シ.
Pickles are wet.
Water
is to
blame
.
Reading: Hiragana つ looks like an unfinished drawing of a pickle.
Written by: mliekosmedom
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/ つけもの - (noun) tsukemono, Japanese pickled vegetables
けっし / つけっぱなし - (noun) leaving (something) to soak
/ つけだい - (noun) counter in a sushi restaurant
き / つけやき - (noun) {food} dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc., broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc.
ける / つける - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to soak (in), to steep, to dip, to dunk; to pickle, to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
駿
Kunyomi: すぐ.れる
Onyomi: シュン, スン
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: うまへん
Radical
a good horse, speed, a fast person
Mnemonics
My
Horse
is
Licensed
because its a Good Horse, Speed-y, never
Late
, and can deliver messages faster than even a fast person
Written by: Somic
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Even if it starts late
a
good horse
will always surpass me{I}
in
speed
, running on my 2 legs
Written by: sand_eto
A good
horse
maintains a steady
pace
/シュン when moving at すぐれる surpassing speed.
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駿 / しゅんそく - (noun) swiftness of foot, fast runner; swift horse, fleet steed
駿 / ゆうしゅん - (noun) fine racehorse
駿 / すんだいほうりつけいざいせんもんがっこう - (noun) {organization} Sundai Law & Economic College
駿 / すんだいでんしじょうほうせんもんがっこう - (noun) {organization} Sundai Computer College
駿 / ゆうしゅんば - (noun) {rare} fine horse
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: バツ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: にんべん
Radical
fell, strike, attack, punish
Mnemonics
The
man
leaning against his
halbert
will fell the tree soon.
Written by: Karlla
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The
man
with the
halberd
will attack, strike, and punish his enemies.
Written by: こはく
We can try striking the
man
with our bats {バツ}, but he'll just keep {き} coming since he's better armed with a
halberd
. No doubt he's going to punish us.
I was felled by a drunk
person
at the
fiesta
.
Written by: ジューリ
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/ らんばつ - (noun/する verb) reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests
/ らんばつ - (noun/する verb) reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests
/ かんばつ - (noun/する verb) periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
/ しゅばつ - (noun) final cutting (of trees), regeneration cutting
/ ばつぼく - (noun) felling, logging
Kunyomi: かわ, やなぎ
Onyomi: ヨウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: きへん
Radical
willow
Mnemonics
The willow
tree
is good friends with the
sun
.
Written by: Karlla
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If you do
not
want to be out in the
sun
, get under the branches of a willow
tree
.
There's
one
by the river { = かわ}.
The catkins of the かわやなぎ【】 riverside willow, a
shrub
also known as the black pussy willow, are renowned for their jet-black blooms with red-tipped stamen that turn golden yellow like the
sun
/ヨウ as they fill with pollen.
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/ かわやなぎ - (noun) riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
/ やなぎ - (noun) willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
/ つまようじ - (noun) toothpick
/ つまようじ - (noun) toothpick
/ ようりゅう - (noun) willow (any tree of genus Salix)
Kunyomi: いつく.しむ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: こころ
Radical
mercy
Mnemonics
If we were able to JIggle/jiggle open the the
lid
and see the
threads
after
threads
in the human
heart
, we might be more inclined to show others mercy.
Written by: chancetenacity
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This
/ジ
heart
is inclined towards mercy.
Something deep in your
heart
tells you to beg for mercy, as a
mysterious
thread
made of
grass
approaches you.
Written by: Luka_ルカ
God gives mercy in
mysterious
ways. Don't close your
heart
.
Written by: エミネ
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/ じぜん - (noun) charity, benevolence, philanthropy
/ じひ - (noun) mercy, compassion, clemency, pity, charity, benevolence; {abbr} rufous hawk-cuckoo, northern hawk-cuckoo
/ じんじ - (noun) kind-hearted, benevolence
/ だいじだいひ - (noun) {yoji} great compassion and mercy
/ かんてんじう - (noun) {yoji} welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought, realization of something eagerly looked for, a welcome relief
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ソウ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: きへん
Radical
vat, tub, tank
Mnemonics
A
wooden
tub is shared by
fellows
/ソウ.
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Soo{ソウ} if you want to make a tub from that
tree's
wood, just
bend
it
one
time in the
sun
and you'll be set.
Written by: Anonymous123
the
seargent officer
likes to chill in a
wooden tub
after a long days work
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
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/ すいそう - (noun) water tank, cistern; fish tank, aquarium
/ じょうかそう - (noun) water-purification tank; septic tank
/ よくそう - (noun) bathtub
/ しゅよくそう - (noun) main bath (i.e. in a bathhouse)
便 / べんそう - (noun) tub used to collect feces in an outhouse
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: チョウ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: にくづき
Radical
intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
Mnemonics
The
body part
that will never see the light of the
sun
is the intestines! Note: When appears as a left side radical, the meaning leans towards body parts or organs.
Written by: hyperbolic_knight
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He chose {チョウ} to commit seppuku under the
moon
light by causing his bowels to spill out into the
open
.
He chose{チョウ} to dispose of the aliens guts and intestines in the
one
place on the
moon
that does
not
get any
sun
.
Written by: Anonymous123
If I wanted to have a personal
flesh
y
piggy bank
, I'd use my intestines. How else would I spend a penny later...
Written by: elbit
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/ ちょう - (noun) guts, bowels, intestines
/ だいちょうきん - (noun) Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
/ もうちょう - (noun) {anat} cecum, caecum, blind gut; {col} (vermiform) appendix; {col} appendicitis
/ いちょう - (Noun/な-adjective) stomach and intestines, gastrointestinal tract, digestive organs
/ だいちょう - (noun) {anat} large intestine, large bowel, colon
Kunyomi: おうぎ
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 10
Radical name: とだれ,とかんむり
Radical
fan, folding fan
Mnemonics
The fan under the
door
was made from a thousand {セン} blue {あお}
feathers
. It's the OG {おうぎ} way of cooling off.
Written by: Anonymous123
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The
door
was made of
blue
あお
feathers
, so it felt like a fan blowing cool air when he walked through it.
Written by: Writer
It's so hot I used the
Door
to FAN like
Feather
wings
Written by: ハンゾウ
The ogre had an ōgi as big as a
door
made out of thousands {せん} of blue {あお}
feathers
.
And yet his fan folded up so small that he could put it in his pocket.
A fan is like multiple sliding
doors
of
feathers
to create a big surface from something small. Able to move air like a
feathered
wing.
Written by: MuMe
Over the
door
hangs beautiful peacock
feathers
arranged in the shape of a fan.
Written by: そら♡
fans are the
door
through which you can be ( おうぎ) cooled. A fan is just a man-made
wing
. I sense( セン)a breeze.
Written by: かわうそ
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/ せんぷうき - (noun) electric fan
/ せんす - (noun) folding fan
/ かんきせん - (noun) ventilation fan, extractor fan
/ せんけい - (noun) fan shape; {geom} sector
/ かろとうせん - (noun) {yoji} summer fires and winter fans, useless things
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: マク
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: にくづき
Radical
membrane
Mnemonics
A membrane is a
body part
that keeps fluids from where they
must not
/マク be.
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I can't MAKU/make out the
moon
; it
must not
be visible through this membrane.
Written by: chancetenacity
In human BODY each of the
BODY PARTS

is covered by the MEMBRANES. As skin is a form of
a MEMBRANE, then when you go to a
GRAVEYARD

you can say that is gives you *goose* MEMBRANES.

**From RTK - graveyard.
Written by: Abnormalise
If you want to get phantom membranes, you
must not
sleep when the
moon
comes up, or you will muck
マク
it up.
Written by: Cayuga
The
day
that I touched
poison ivy
the membrane that envelopes my body, in other words my "skin", failed me in a
big
way, and I had hives for a
month
. Hives make {マク} me itch.
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/ まく - (noun) membrane, film
/ ねんまく - (noun) mucous membrane
/ もうまく - (noun) {anat} retina
/ かくまく - (noun) {anat} cornea
/ にゅうとうじょうねんまく - (noun) {rare} papillary mucosa
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ヘイ
Stroke count: 15
Radical name: はば
Radical
cash, bad habit, humble prefix, gift, Shinto offerings of cloth, rope, cut paper
Mnemonics
Calling your cash a
shabby
/ベイ→ヘイ
towel
may be a bad habit, but as a humble prefix it is apropos for what amounts to cut paper with no intrinsic value.
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You can tell this
cloth
is worn out by the way
dust
flies out of it when you
beat
it. But you can still use
this cloth
as a humble cloth offering or maybe cash.
Written by: こはく
I told him to buy a big
towel
,but he bought a
small
box
instead so I
hit
him,he gave me cash so I stopped,it was a bad habit of his
Written by: Rickyyyy145
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/ しへい - (noun) paper money, note, bill
/ かへい - (noun) money, currency, coin
/ ふかんしへい - (noun) inconvertible paper money, fiat money
/ ぎぞうしへい - (noun) fake bill
/ しょうひんかへい - (noun) commodity money
Kunyomi: ゆみ
Onyomi: キュウ
Stroke count: 3
Radical name: ゆみ
Radical
bow, bow (archery, violin)
Mnemonics
The kanji resembles a
bow
with its string being pulled back.
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YOU & ME {ゆみ} are going to QUEUE {キュウ} up in front of our respective targets, take aim with our bows and find out who's the better archer.
{キュウ} CU-pid shoots {ゆみ} YOU & ME with his bow to make us fall in love.
Written by: Elessar
Depicts an unstrung bow with the
upper limb
; the
riser
, including the grip, the rest, and the window; and the
lower limb
.
Grab your
*bow*
and get in the "queue"「KYŪ キュウ」for archery practice. It's easier for "you" and "me"「YUMI ゆみ」than practicing violin!
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/ ゆみ - (noun) bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
なり / ゆみなり - (noun) bow shape, arc, arch
なりになる / ゆみなりになる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) to arch, to be curved, to become bow-shaped, to bend backward
/ ゆみさくせい - (noun) bowyery, bow making, bowcraft
/ ゆみへん - (noun) kanji "bow" radical at left
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: セン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: ほうへん,かたへん
Radical
rotation, go around
Mnemonics
Go around like a lathe, with rotation driven in the
indicated direction
by the
knee

Spin around the CENter→セン.
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I sense
セン
that I'm not
head
ing in the right
direction
...
Written by: Cayuga
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/ あっせん - (noun/する verb) good offices, kind offices, services, influence, recommendation; mediation, intercession, conciliation, acting as a go-between
あっ / あっせん - (noun/transitive) good offices, kind offices, services, influence, recommendation; mediation, intercession, conciliation, acting as a go-between
/ せんりつ - (noun) melody, tune
/ らせん - (noun) spiral, helix; screw
/ せんぷう - (noun) whirlwind; sensation, commotion, hullabaloo
Kunyomi: かたまり
Onyomi: カイ
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: つちへん
Radical
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Mnemonics
Some say deep in the
earth
there's a whole mass of
devil
s
lumped together.
Written by: lightmotif
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What the
devil
/キ→カイ! This clod of
earth
won’t break up no matter how I try to chunk it. It’s one solid mass.
If you see a
ghost
you should throw a clump of
dirt
at it
Written by: tsubame.gaeshi
In L.A., some
demons
swapped my T.A.s calamari{かたまり=かLAまり -LA + た} and shellfish{カイ} bento for a hard clod of
dirt
.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ かたまり - (noun) lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster; group, crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
ひと / ひとかたまり - (noun) one lump, one group
/ かたまりにく - (noun) chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling), joint of meat
/ かたまりだましい - (noun) {work} Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
/ ひとかたまり - (noun) one lump, one group
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: ユウ
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: けものへん
Radical
furthermore, still, yet
Mnemonics
I told you{ユウ} we don't serve animals here. Yet, even now{なお}, with your
bunny ears
, and furthermore your
tail
sticking out, you're still ordering
sake
.
Written by: Anonymous123
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An
animal
with
two horns
tries to take you home, but you drank so much
alcohol
, you just stand still and can't move.
Written by: Luka_ルカ
A
beast
that drinks like a
chieftain
*/ヨウ→ユウ(that’s 8 bottles )becomes just like* a large ape*, yet he still can’t find the courage he is looking for, and furthermore, he might start calling Jews* apes.
*Obsolescent and derogatory
Why do you
ユウ
still think it's okay to give your
dog
alcohol
?
Written by: Cayuga
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/ よゆう - (noun) surplus, margin, leeway, room, space, time, allowance, flexibility, scope; composure, placidity, complacency, calm
/ しっこうゆうよ - (noun) {yoji} stay of execution, suspended sentence
/ ゆうよ - (noun/transitive,intransitive) postponement, deferment, extension (of time)
/ ゆうよ - (noun/する verb) postponement, deferment, extension (of time)
/ なお - (adverb) still, yet; more, still more, greater, further; as ..., like ...; {conj} furthermore, in addition, moreover, note that ...
Kunyomi: はだか
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: ころもへん
Radical
naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed
Mnemonics
Adam and Eve were naked, until they put on
clothes
after eating the
fruit
Written by: Vague
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Naked is exactly how the
Gods
created
us.
Written by: Hexador
To be naked is to have no
clothes
for your
fruit
/カ←クワ← /kuɑ/ ← *ɡ·roːlʔ … *kloːlʔ →/luɑ/→ラ.
Naked → RAW → ラ
If
any*
body with
an accent
had a camera{はだか} while I was grabbing
fruit
in the nude, I'd feel pretty raw{ラ} about it. *any sounds like n e -> ネ
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ はだか - (noun) nakedness, nudity; bareness, nakedness, baldness, being uncovered; being penniless; concealing nothing, openness
/ じょうはんしんはだか - (adjective) naked above the waist, stripped to the waist, shirtless
/ まるはだか - (Adjective/-な) being stark-naked; having no possessions, losing all one's belongings
にする / まるはだかにする - (する verb) to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing, to leave someone penniless, to steal someone blind
になる / まるはだかになる - (Godan verb - る (ます = stem+ります)) to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
Kunyomi: つづみ
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 13
Radical name: つづみ
Radical
drum, beat, rouse, muster
Mnemonics
If you keep
ten
beans
inside of your drum, you will always have enough energy to
support
the band.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Beat a
drum
with a
drumstick in hand
to rouse the countryside and muster troops.
Keyword: Tai-KO /たいこ
The left part is derived from an appearance of a drum. The above
drum decorations
, the middle
drum body
, and the
drum stand
. The right part is a
hand
hitting on the drum.
Written by: non0230
I used an old{コ}
branch
with
ten
beans
to beat the taiko drum.
Written by: Anonymous123
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/ たいこ - (noun) drum
/ おたいこ - (noun) {abbr} very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
/ たいこうちわけ - (noun) {sumo} drumming style used to announce bouts
/ たいこばん - (noun) large seal, large stamp; seal of approval, guarantee, endorsement
/ たいこだい - (noun) very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
Kunyomi: かたな
Onyomi: トウ
Stroke count: 2
Radical name: かたな
Radical
sword, saber, knife
Mnemonics
If you confuse this with power : power is a bit more than a sword.
Written by: nexx
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This
katana/かたな
is a sharp sword
.
Written by: くん
If you drop a "katana"「KATANA かたな」
*sword*
, you might cut off your "toe"「TŌ トウ」and be "sorry"「SORI そり」!
The way the sword
cut the upper part of the KA
tana really showed its power.
Written by: Lnszk
If you want to learn more about KATANA
かたな swords, you should visit the Japanese Sword Museum in TŌKYŌ トウ.
This
man
was so overcome with shame that he bent over and fell upon his
sword
.
Written by: JulieJulie
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/ かたな - (noun) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana
け / かたなかけ - (noun) sword rack
ち / かたなもち - (noun) swordbearer
け / かたなかけ - (noun) sword rack
り / かたながり - (noun) sword hunt, sword confiscation
Kunyomi: きた.える
Onyomi: タン
Stroke count: 17
Radical name: かねへん
Radical
forge, discipline, train
Mnemonics
Discipline is needed to forge
metal
into a high
grade
/タン instrument.
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It takes several
steps
to forge raw
metal
into a strong blade.
Written by: Karlla
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げる / きたえあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to temper thoroughly; to train well
く / きたえぬく - (Godan verb - く/transitive) to train thoroughly (one's body, muscles, etc.), to practice (a skill) to perfection
える / きたえる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to forge, to temper; to drill, to train, to discipline
え / きたえ - (noun) forging, tempering; drilling, training, disciplining
えあげる / きたえあげる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to temper thoroughly; to train well
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 14
Radical name: いしへん
Radical
tombstone, monument
Mnemonics
tombstone : a
stone
that values the
vile
and the virtuous equally!
Written by: イシャー
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A
stone
engraved with memorial text is a monument to a figure who, no matter how great in life, is soon dead and forgotten, like the lowest of the
low born
/ヒ.
This tombstone says that HI/he was a
stone
-throwing,
vulgar
man.
Written by: chancetenacity
In the past, tombstone, the
stone
with the name of the death, is usually made with
low-quality
but easy-to-find stone.
Written by: non0230
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/ ひぶん - (noun) inscription, epitaph, epigraph
/ きねんひ - (noun) commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone), stone monument (bearing an inscription)
/ こうひ - (noun) oral tradition, legend, folklore
/ くひ - (noun) slab with a haiku cut on it
/ いしぶみ - (noun) stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations), stele, stela
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: スウ
Stroke count: 8
Radical name: きへん
Radical
hinge, pivot, door
Mnemonics
A door swinging by its hinge on a
wooden
post, reinforced with
cross braces
ク→チュ→シュ→スウ.
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This door was made with the finest
wood
,
cut
to fit the
box
and pivot perfectly to hit your toe. {とぼそ} Soon, {スウ} they'll add a new hinge to the system.
Written by: TheFallenHawk
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/ ちゅうすう - (noun) centre, center, pivot, mainstay, nucleus, hub, backbone, central figure, pillar, key person; central nervous system
ウェルニッケ / ウェルニッケちゅうすう - (noun) Wernicke's area
/ ちゅうすうせい - (noun) central (nervous system)
/ ちゅうすうしんけい - (noun) {anat} central nerves
/ ちゅうすうしんけいけい - (noun) {anat} central nervous system, CNS
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: シン
Stroke count: 11
Radical name: いとへん
Radical
sire, good belt, gentleman
Mnemonics
A gentleman is known by his historical
thread
of good deeds and
humble speech
.
Written by: Kuromi
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The gentry wear
threads
befitting of their station, including a good belt or a girdle that
stretches
/シン← to fit.
It is rare to
have the honor
to meet a true gentlemen, one whose
threads
remain yet unraveled in this tattered society, with his socks pulled up to his shins {シン}.
Written by: SerialExperimentsDave
Sire, it's an
honor
to be seen{シン} in the company of gentlemen, such as yourself, wearing such fine
threads
. I even wore my good belt.
Written by: Anonymous123
The gentleman wearing his best
threads
stumbled through the muddy
field
, with only his
rod
to support him. I think he’s lost.
Written by: gurabu
This gentleman always carries
threads
with him. And if you
have the honor
to meet him, he will gift one to you.
Written by: 50・fuyuko50
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/ しんし - (noun) gentleman
/ しんしん - (noun) person of rank, person of status, ranked official
/ でんしん - (noun) country gentleman
/ しんしょう - (noun) wealthy merchant
/ しんしきょうてい - (noun) gentlemen's agreement
Kunyomi: うず
Onyomi:
Stroke count: 12
Radical name: さんずい
Radical
whirlpool, eddy, vortex
Mnemonics
A whirlpool is
water
swirling
around
and
around
.
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Stay away from the whirlpool, it's
evil
water
.
Written by: nexx
I dreamed that I was caught {カ} in a whirlpool of ouzo {うず}, a Greek, anise-flavored aperitif. As I
splashed
about trying to get out of the vortex, I went
round
and
round
. When I woke up, I decided to lay off the booze for a while.
A whirlpool is a {
calamity
-->
} of
water
Written by: Anjolie
The question{カ} is, why did the man with the
crooked mouth
jump into the whirlpool in the
water
?
Written by: Anonymous123
The
storm
was so strong it yanked off several
moustach
es
and turned them into a hairy whirlpool
Written by: Seraseth
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/ うず - (noun) whirlpool, swirl, eddy, vortex, maelstrom
/ うずまき - (noun) whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl; spiral (shape, pattern)
き / うずまき - (noun) whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl; spiral (shape, pattern)
/ かんれいうず - (noun) cold vortex
/ だんすいうず - (noun) warm eddy
Kunyomi: (none)
Onyomi: シュ
Stroke count: 6
Radical name: き
Radical
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Mnemonics
I think the killer was Mrs Scarlet in the ballroom with the
candlestick
丿
, but I do
not yet
have enough evidence to make an accusation.
Written by: gillianfaith
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Autumn is almost over:
Only ONE
丿
VERMIIION leaf on the
TREE
has
NOT YET
-
Fallen.
Written by: Abnormalise
The red
mark
丿
on the black widow spider, depicted by the
sign of the ram
, is a deadly warning of her bloody habits. is the radical of .
Chinese uses to indicate the mineral origin of vermilion in cinnabar, but can be used for any scarlet color.
Okay, spider , now SHOO→シュ!
Are you done reading the "Scarlet letter" ?
No
丿
,
not yet
. Shoo{シュ} go away.
Written by: Anonymous123
The red
tree
should be empty.
Not yet
, I guess.
Written by: あいうえお Kirby
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/ たんしゅ - (noun) cinnabar, vermilion
/ ついしゅ - (noun) red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
/ ごしゅいん - (noun) letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples
/ ごしゅいんせん - (noun) shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
い / あかい - (noun) red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion; {col} Red, communist
Kunyomi: か.り, か.る
Onyomi: シュ
Stroke count: 9
Radical name: けものへん
Radical
hunt, raid, gather
Mnemonics
It's important when you go hunting to carry { か.り} a gun to shoot {シュ} game and to take a
dog
that will
obey
your commands.
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The
beast
was hunted by the
guard
/シュ.
SHU, KA, I KAther berries by
hand
and hunt animals by SHUoting them. To
protect
myself from starvation.
Written by: ジェン~1984
When HUNTING it may be a good idea to use a
PACK OF DOGS
as your personal
GUARD
.
Written by: Abnormalise
The
dog
guarded
the hunter as he carried
か.り
his game.
Written by: Cayuga
The
dog
is
guarding
our group while we hunt.
Written by: Xerosse
The
game
keeper
is on the hunt.
Written by: Karlla
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りにく / かりにいく - (Godan verb - く) to go hunting
す / かりだす - (す verb/transitive) to hunt out, to flush out, to round up
/ かりば - (noun) hunting ground, hunting preserve
/ かりごや - (noun) hunting lodge
り / かり - (noun) hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit), picking, gathering
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