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kanji
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meaning
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亜
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Asia; rank next; come after; -ous;
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阿
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Africa; flatter; fawn upon; corner; nook; recess;
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哀
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pathetic; grief; sorrow; pathos; pity; sympathize;
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愛
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love; affection; favourite;
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悪
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bad; vice; rascal; false; evil; wrong;
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握
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grip; hold; mould sushi; bribe;
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旭
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rising sun; morning sun;
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梓
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catalpa tree;
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圧
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pressure; push; overwhelm; oppress; dominate;
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扱
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handle; entertain; thresh; strip;
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宛
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address; just like; fortunately;
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安
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relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful;
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暗
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darkness; disappear; shade; informal; grow dark; be blinded;
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案
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plan; suggestion; draft; ponder; fear; proposition; idea; expectation; bill; worry;
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杏
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apricot;
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以
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by means of; because; in view of; compared with;
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伊
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Italy; that one;
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位
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rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some;
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依
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reliant; depend on; consequently; therefore; due to;
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偉
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admirable; greatness; remarkable; conceited; famous; excellent;
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囲
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surround; besiege; store; paling; enclosure; encircle; preserve; keep;
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委
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committee; entrust to; leave to; devote; discard;
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威
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intimidate; dignity; majesty; menace; threaten;
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尉
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military officer; jailer; old man; rank;
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意
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idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desire; care; liking;
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慰
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consolation; amusement; seduce; cheer; make sport of; comfort; console;
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易
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easy; fortune-telling; ready to; simple; divination;
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為
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do; change; make; benefit; welfare; be of use; reach to; try; practice; cost; serve as; good; advantage; as a result of;
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異
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uncommon; queerness; strangeness; wonderful; curious; unusual;
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移
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shift; move; change; drift; catch (cold fire); pass into;
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維
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fiber; tie; rope;
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緯
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horizontal; woof; left & right; latitude;
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胃
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stomach; paunch; crop; craw;
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衣
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garment; clothes; dressing;
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違
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difference; differ;
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遺
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bequeath; leave behind; reserve;
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医
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doctor; medicine;
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井
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well; well crib; town; community;
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亥
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sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac;
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域
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range; region; limits; stage; level;
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育
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bring up; grow up; raise; rear;
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一
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one;
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壱
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I; one;
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逸
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deviate; idleness; leisure; miss the mark; evade; elude; parry; diverge;
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稲
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rice plant;
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芋
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potato;
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允
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license; sincerity; permit;
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印
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stamp; seal; mark; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; India;
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員
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employee; member; number; the one in charge;
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因
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cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to;
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姻
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matrimony; marry;
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引
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pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to;
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飲
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drink; smoke; take;
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胤
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descendent; issue; offspring;
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院
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Inst.; institution; temple; mansion; school;
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陰
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shade; yin; negative; sex organs; secret; shadow;
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隠
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conceal; hide; cover;
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韻
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rhyme; elegance; tone;
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右
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right;
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宇
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eaves; roof; house; heaven;
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羽
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feathers; counter for birds rabbits;
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雨
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rain;
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卯
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sign of the hare; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the rabbit; east;
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丑
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sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac;
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渦
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whirlpool; eddy; vortex;
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浦
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bay; creek; inlet; gulf; beach; seacoast;
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運
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carry; luck; destiny; fate; lot; transport; progress; advance;
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雲
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cloud;
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営
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occupation; camp; perform; build; conduct (business);
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影
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shadow; silhouette; phantom;
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映
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reflect; reflection; projection;
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栄
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flourish; prosperity; honor; glory; splendor;
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永
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eternity; long; lengthy;
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泳
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swim;
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英
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England; English;
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衛
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defense; protection;
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詠
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recitation; poem; song; composing;
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鋭
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pointed; sharpness; edge; weapon; sharp; violent;
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液
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fluid; liquid; juice; sap; secretion;
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疫
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epidemic;
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益
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benefit; gain; profit; advantage;
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駅
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station;
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悦
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ecstasy; joy; rapture;
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謁
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audience; audience (with king);
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越
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surpass; cross over; move to; exceed; Vietnam;
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閲
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review; inspection; revision;
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円
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circle; yen; round;
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園
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park; garden; yard; farm;
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宴
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banquet; feast; party;
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延
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prolong; stretching;
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援
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abet; help; save;
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沿
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run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along;
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演
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performance; act; play; render; stage;
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炎
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inflammation; flame; blaze;
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煙
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smoke;
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猿
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monkey;
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縁
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affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink;
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艶
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glossy; luster; glaze; polish; charm; colorful; captivating;
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苑
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garden; farm; park;
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遠
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distant; far;
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鉛
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lead;
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塩
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salt;
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汚
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dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile;
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凹
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concave; hollow; sunken;
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央
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center; middle;
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奥
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heart; interior;
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往
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journey; chase away; let go; going; travel;
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応
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apply; answer; yes; OK; reply; accept;
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押
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push; stop; check; subdue; attach; seize; weight; shove; press; seal; do in spite of;
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横
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sideways; side; horizontal; width; woof;
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欧
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Europe;
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殴
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assault; hit; beat; thrash;
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王
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king; rule; magnate;
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翁
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venerable old man;
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黄
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yellow;
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沖
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open sea; offing; rise high into sky;
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億
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hundred million; 10**8;
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屋
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roof; house; shop; dealer; seller;
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憶
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recollection; think; remember;
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乙
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the latter; duplicate; strange; witty;
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卸
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wholesale;
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恩
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grace; kindness; goodness; favor; mercy; blessing; benefit;
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温
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warm;
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穏
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calm; quiet; moderation;
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音
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sound; noise;
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下
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below; down; descend; give; low; inferior;
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化
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change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization;
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仮
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sham; temporary; interim; assumed (name); informal;
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何
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what;
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価
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value; price;
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佳
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excellent; beautiful; good; pleasing; skilled;
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加
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add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada;
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可
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can; passable; mustnt; should not; do not;
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夏
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summer;
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嫁
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marry into; bride;
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家
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house; home;
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寡
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widow; minority; few;
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科
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department; course; section;
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暇
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spare time; rest; leisure; time; leave of absence;
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果
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fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed;
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架
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erect; frame; mount; support; shelf; construct;
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歌
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song; sing;
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河
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river;
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火
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fire;
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禍
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calamity; misfortune; evil; curse;
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稼
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earnings; work; earn money;
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箇
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counters for things;
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花
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flower;
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荷
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baggage; shoulder-pole load; bear (a burden); shoulder (a gun); load; cargo; freight;
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華
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splendor; flower; petal; shine; luster; ostentatious; showy; gay; gorgeous;
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菓
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candy; cakes; fruit;
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課
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chapter; lesson; section; department; division; counter for chapters (of a book);
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貨
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freight; goods; property;
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過
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overdo; exceed; go beyond; error;
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蚊
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mosquito;
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我
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ego; I; selfish; our; oneself;
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画
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brush-stroke; picture;
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芽
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bud; sprout; spear; germ;
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賀
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congratulations; joy;
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雅
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gracious; elegant; graceful; refined;
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餓
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starve; hungry; thirst;
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介
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jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with;
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会
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meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join;
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解
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unravel; notes; key; explanation; understanding; untie; undo; solve; answer; cancel; absolve; explain; minute;
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回
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-times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences;
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塊
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clod; lump; chink; clot; mass;
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壊
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demolition; break; destroy;
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快
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cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable;
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怪
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suspicious; mystery; apparition;
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悔
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repent; regret;
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懐
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pocket; feelings; heart; yearn; miss someone; become attached to; bosom; breast;
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戒
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commandment;
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拐
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kidnap; falsify;
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改
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reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search;
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械
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contraption; fetter; machine; instrument;
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海
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sea; ocean;
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灰
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ashes; puckery juice; cremate;
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界
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world;
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皆
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all; everything;
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絵
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picture; drawing; painting; sketch;
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開
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open; unfold; unseal;
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階
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storey; stair; counter for storeys of a building;
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貝
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shellfish;
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劾
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censure; criminal investigation;
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外
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outside;
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害
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harm; injury;
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慨
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rue; be sad; sigh; lament;
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概
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outline; condition; approximation; generally;
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涯
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horizon; shore;
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街
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boulevard; street; town;
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該
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above-stated; the said; that specific;
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垣
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hedge; fence; wall;
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嚇
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menacing; dignity; majesty; threaten;
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各
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each; every; either;
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拡
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broaden; extend; expand; enlarge;
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格
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status; rank; capacity; character; case (law grammar);
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核
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nucleus; core; kernel;
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殻
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husk; nut shell;
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獲
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seize; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to;
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確
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assurance; firm; tight; hard; solid; confirm; clear; evident;
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穫
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harvest; reap;
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覚
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memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up;
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角
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angle; corner; square;
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較
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contrast; compare;
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郭
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enclosure; quarters; fortification; red-light district;
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閣
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tower; tall building; palace;
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隔
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isolate; alternate; distance; separate; gulf;
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革
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leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt;
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学
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study; learning; science;
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岳
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point; peak; mountain;
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楽
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music; comfort; ease;
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額
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forehead; tablet; plaque; framed picture; sum; amount; volume;
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掛
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hang; suspend; depend; arrive at; tax; pour;
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潟
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lagoon;
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割
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proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split;
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喝
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hoarse; scold;
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括
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fasten; tie up; arrest; constrict;
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活
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lively; resuscitation; being helped; living;
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渇
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thirst; dry up; parch;
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滑
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slippery; slide; slip; flunk;
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褐
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brown; woollen kimono;
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轄
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control; wedge;
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且
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moreover; also; furthermore;
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株
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stocks; stump; shares; stock; counter for small plants;
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鎌
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sickle; scythe; trick;
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刈
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reap; cut; clip; trim; prune;
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乾
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drought
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冠
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crown; best; peerless;
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寒
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cold;
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刊
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publish; carve; engrave;
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勘
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intuition; perception;
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勧
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persuade; recommend; advise; encourage; offer;
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巻
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scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (on book scrolls);
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喚
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yell; cry; scream;
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堪
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withstand; endure; support; resist;
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完
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perfect; completion; end;
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官
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bureaucrat; the government;
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寛
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tolerant; leniency; generosity; relax; feel at home; be at ease; broadminded;
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干
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dry; parch;
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幹
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tree-trunk;
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患
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afflicted; disease; suffer from; be ill;
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感
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emotion; feeling; sensation;
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慣
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accustomed; get used to; become experienced;
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憾
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remorse; regret; be sorry;
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換
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interchange; period; charge; change?;
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敢
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daring; sad; tragic; pitiful; frail; feeble;
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棺
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coffin; casket;
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款
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goodwill; article; section; friendship; collusion;
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歓
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delight; joy;
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汗
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sweat; perspire;
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漢
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Sino-; China;
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環
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ring; circle; link; wheel;
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甘
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sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary;
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監
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oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer;
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看
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watch over; see;
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管
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pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk;
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簡
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simplicity; brevity;
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緩
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slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease;
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缶
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tin can; container;
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肝
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liver; pluck; nerve; chutzpah;
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艦
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warship;
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観
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outlook; look; appearance; condition; view;
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貫
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pierce; 8 1/3lbs; penetrate; brace;
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還
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send back; return;
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鑑
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specimen; take warning from; learn from;
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間
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interval; space;
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閑
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leisure;
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関
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connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning;
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陥
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collapse; fall into; cave in; fall (castle); slide into;
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韓
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Korea;
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館
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building; mansion; large building; palace;
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丸
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round; full; month; perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away;
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含
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include; bear in mind; understand; cherish;
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岸
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beach;
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眼
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eyeball;
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岩
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boulder; rock; cliff;
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頑
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stubborn; foolish; firmly;
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顔
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face; expression;
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願
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petition; request; vow; wish; hope;
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企
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undertake; scheme; design; attempt; plan;
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危
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dangerous; fear; uneasy;
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喜
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rejoice; take pleasure in;
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器
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utensil; vessel; receptacle; implement; instrument; ability; container; tool; set;
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基
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fundamentals; radical (chem); counter for machines; foundation;
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奇
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strange; strangeness; curiousity;
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寄
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draw near; stop in; bring near; gather; collect; send; forward;
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岐
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branch off; fork in road; scene; arena; theater;
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希
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hope; beg; request; pray; beseech; Greece; dilute (acid); rare; few; phenomenal;
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幾
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how many; how much; how far; how long;
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忌
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mourning; abhor; detestable; death anniversary;
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揮
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brandish; wave; wag; swing; shake;
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机
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desk; table;
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旗
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national flag; banner; standard;
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既
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previously; already; long ago;
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期
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period; time; date; term;
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棋
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chess piece; Japanese chess; shogi;
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棄
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abandon; throw away; discard; resign; reject; sacrifice;
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機
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mechanism; opportunity; occasion; machine; airplane;
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帰
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homecoming; arrive at; lead to; result in;
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気
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spirit; mind;
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汽
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vapor; steam;
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祈
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pray; wish;
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季
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seasons;
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紀
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chronicle; account; narrative; history; annals; geologic period;
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規
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standard; measure;
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記
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scribe; account; narrative;
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貴
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precious; value; prize; esteem; honor;
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起
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rouse; wake up; get up;
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軌
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rut; wheel; track; model; way of doing;
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輝
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radiance; shine; sparkle; gleam; twinkle;
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飢
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hungry; starve;
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騎
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equestrian; riding on horses; counter for equestrians;
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鬼
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ghost; devil;
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亀
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tortoise; turtle;
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偽
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falsehood; lie; deceive; pretend; counterfeit; forgery;
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儀
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ceremony; rule; affair; case; a matter;
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宜
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best regards; good;
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戯
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frolic; play; sport;
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技
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skill; art; craft; ability; feat; performance; vocation; arts;
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擬
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mimic; aim (a gun) at; nominate; imitate;
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欺
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deceit; cheat; delude;
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犠
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sacrifice;
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疑
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doubt; distrust; be suspicious; question;
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義
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righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning;
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議
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deliberation; consultation; debate; consideration;
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菊
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chrysanthemum;
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吉
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good luck; joy; congratulations;
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喫
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consume; eat; drink; smoke; receive (a blow);
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詰
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packed; close; pressed; reprove; rebuke; blame;
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却
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instead; on the contrary; rather;
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客
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guest; visitor; customer; client;
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脚
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skids; leg; undercarriage;
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虐
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tyrannize; oppress;
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逆
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inverted; reverse; opposite; wicked;
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丘
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hill; knoll;
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久
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long time; old story;
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休
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rest; day off; retire; sleep;
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及
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reach out; exert; exercise; cause;
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吸
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suck; imbibe; inhale; sip;
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宮
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Shinto shrine; constellations; palace; princess;
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弓
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bow; bow (archery violin);
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急
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hurry; emergency; sudden; steep;
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救
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salvation; save; help; rescue; reclaim;
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朽
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decay; rot; remain in seclusion;
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求
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request; want; wish for; require; demand;
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泣
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cry; weep; moan;
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球
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ball; sphere;
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究
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research; study;
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窮
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hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered;
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級
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class; rank; grade;
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糾
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twist; ask; investigate; verify;
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給
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salary; wage; gift; allow; grant; bestow on;
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旧
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old times; old things; old friend; former; ex-;
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牛
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cow;
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去
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gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce;
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居
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reside; to be; exist; live with;
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巨
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gigantic; big; large; great;
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拒
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repel; refuse; reject; decline;
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拠
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foothold; based on; follow; therefore;
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挙
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raise; plan; project; behavior; actions;
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虚
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void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth;
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許
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permit; approve;
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距
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long-distance;
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漁
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fishing; fishery;
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魚
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fish;
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享
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receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch;
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京
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capital; 10**16;
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供
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submit; offer; present; serve (meal); accompany;
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競
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emulate; compete with; bid; sell at auction; bout; contest; race;
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共
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together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with;
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凶
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villain; evil; bad luck; disaster;
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協
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co-; cooperation;
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叫
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shout; exclaim; yell;
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境
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boundary; border; region;
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峡
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gorge; ravine;
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強
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strong;
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恐
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fear; dread; awe;
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恭
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respect; reverent;
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挟
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pinch; between;
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教
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teach; faith; doctrine;
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橋
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bridge;
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況
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condition; situation; but of course
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狂
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lunatic; insane; crazy; confuse;
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狭
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cramped; narrow; contract; tight;
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矯
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rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify;
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胸
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bosom; breast; chest; heart; feelings;
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脅
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threaten; coerce;
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興
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entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure;
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郷
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home town; village; native place; district;
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鏡
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mirror; speculum; barrel-head; round rice-cake offering;
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響
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echo; also N5116; sound; resound; ring; vibrate;
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驚
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wonder; be surprised; frightened; amazed;
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仰
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face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take;
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凝
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congeal; freeze; stiff; be absorbed in;
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暁
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daybreak; dawn; in the event;
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業
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business; vocation; arts; performance;
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局
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bureau; board; office; affair; conclusion; court lady; lady-in-waiting; her apartment;
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曲
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bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean;
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極
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poles; settlement; conclusion; end; highest rank; electric poles; very; extremely; most; highly; 10**48;
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玉
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jewel; ball;
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桐
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paulownia;
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勤
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diligence; become employed; serve;
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均
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level; average;
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錦
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brocade; fine dress; honors;
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斤
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axe; 1.32 lb; catty;
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琴
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harp; koto;
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禁
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prohibition; ban; forbid;
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筋
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muscle; sinew; tendon; fiber; plot; plan; descent;
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緊
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tense; solid; hard; reliable; tight;
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菌
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germ; fungus; bacteria;
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襟
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collar; neck; lapel;
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謹
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discreet; reverently; humbly;
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近
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near; early; akin; tantamount;
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金
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gold;
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吟
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versify; singing; recital;
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銀
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silver;
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九
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nine;
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句
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phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku;
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区
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ward; district;
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苦
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suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl;
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駆
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drive; run; gallop; advance; inspire; impel;
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駒
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pony; horse; colt;
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具
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tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor suits sets of furniture;
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愚
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foolish; folly; absurdity; stupid;
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虞
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uneasiness; fear; anxiety; concern;
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空
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empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum;
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偶
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accidentally; even number; couple; man & wife; same kind;
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隅
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corner; nook;
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屈
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yield; bend; flinch; submit;
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掘
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dig; delve; excavate;
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靴
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shoes;
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熊
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bear;
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栗
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chestnut;
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繰
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winding; reel; spin; turn (pages); look up; refer to;
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桑
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mulberry;
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勲
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meritorious deed; merit;
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君
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old boy; name-suffix;
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薫
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fragrant; be scented; smoke (cigs);
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訓
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instruction; Japanese character reading; explanation; read;
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群
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flock; group; crowd; herd; swarm; cluster;
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軍
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army; force; troops; war; battle;
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郡
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county; district;
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係
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person in charge; connection; duty; concern oneself;
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傾
|
lean; incline; tilt; trend; wane; sink; ruin; bias;
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刑
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punish; penalty; sentence; punishment;
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兄
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elder brother; big brother;
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啓
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disclose; open; say;
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圭
|
square jewel; corner; angle; edge;
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型
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mould; type; model;
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契
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pledge; promise; vow;
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形
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shape; form; style;
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径
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diameter; path; method;
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恵
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favor; blessing; grace; kindness;
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慶
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jubilation; congratulate; rejoice; be happy;
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憩
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recess; rest; relax; repose;
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掲
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put up (a notice); put up; hoist; display; hang out; publish; describe;
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携
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portable; carry (in hand); armed with; bring along;
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敬
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awe; respect; honor; revere;
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景
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scenery; view;
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桂
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Japanese Judas-tree; cinnamon tree;
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渓
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mountain stream; valley;
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系
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lineage; system;
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経
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sutra; longitude; pass thru; expire; warp;
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継
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inherit; succeed; patch; graft (tree);
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茎
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stalk; stem;
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蛍
|
lightning-bug; firefly;
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計
|
plot; plan; scheme; measure;
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警
|
admonish; commandment;
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軽
|
lightly; trifling; unimportant;
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鶏
|
chicken;
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芸
|
technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt;
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迎
|
welcome; meet; greet;
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鯨
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whale;
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劇
|
drama; play;
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撃
|
beat; attack; defeat; conquer;
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激
|
violent; get excited; enraged; chafe; incite;
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傑
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greatness; excellence;
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欠
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lack; gap; fail;
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決
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decide; fix; agree upon; appoint;
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潔
|
undefiled; pure; clean; righteous; gallant;
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穴
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hole; aperture; slit; cave; den;
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結
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tie; bind; contract; join; organize; do up hair; fasten;
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血
|
blood;
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月
|
month; moon;
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件
|
affair; case; matter; item;
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倹
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frugal; economy; thrifty;
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健
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healthy; health; strength; persistence;
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兼
|
concurrently; and;
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券
|
ticket;
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剣
|
sabre; sword; blade; clock hand;
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圏
|
sphere; circle; radius; range;
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堅
|
strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable;
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嫌
|
dislike; detest; hate;
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建
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build;
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憲
|
constitution; law;
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懸
|
suspend; hang; 10%; install; depend; consult;
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検
|
examination; investigate;
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権
|
authority; power; rights;
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犬
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dog;
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献
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offering; counter for drinks; present; offer;
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研
|
polish; study of; sharpen;
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絹
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silk;
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県
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prefecture;
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肩
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shoulder;
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見
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see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible;
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謙
|
self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest;
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賢
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intelligent; wise; wisdom; cleverness;
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軒
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flats; counter for houses; eaves;
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遣
|
dispatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake;
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険
|
precipitous; inaccessible place; impregnable position; steep place; sharp eyes;
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顕
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appear; existing;
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験
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verification; effect; testing;
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元
|
beginning; former time; origin;
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原
|
meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness;
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厳
|
stern; strictness; severity; rigidity;
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幻
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phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition;
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減
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dwindle; decrease; reduce; decline; curtail; get hungry;
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源
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source; origin;
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玄
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mysterious; occultness;
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現
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present; existing; actual;
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言
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say;
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限
|
limit; restrict; to best of ability;
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個
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individual; counter for articles and military units;
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古
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old;
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呼
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call; call out to; invite;
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固
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harden; set; clot; curdle;
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孤
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orphan; alone;
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己
|
self; snake; serpent;
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庫
|
warehouse; storehouse;
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弧
|
arc; arch; bow;
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戸
|
door;
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故
|
happenstance; especially; intentionally; reason; cause; circumstances; the late; therefore; consequently;
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枯
|
wither; die; dry up; be seasoned;
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湖
|
lake;
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虎
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tiger; drunkard;
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誇
|
boast; be proud; pride; triumphantly;
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雇
|
employ; hire;
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顧
|
look back; review; examine oneself; turn around;
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鼓
|
drum; beat; rouse; muster;
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五
|
five;
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互
|
mutually; reciprocally; together;
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午
|
noon; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the horse;
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呉
|
give; do something for;
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吾
|
I; my; our; ones own;
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娯
|
recreation; pleasure;
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後
|
behind; back; later;
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御
|
honorable; manipulate; govern;
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悟
|
enlightenment; perceive; discern; realize; understand;
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碁
|
Go;
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語
|
word; speech; language;
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誤
|
mistake; err; do wrong; mislead;
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護
|
safeguard; protect;
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鯉
|
carp;
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交
|
mingle; mixing; association; coming & going;
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侯
|
marquis; lord; daimyo;
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候
|
climate; season; weather;
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光
|
ray; light;
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公
|
public; prince; official; governmental;
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功
|
achievement; merits; success; honor; credit;
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効
|
merit; efficacy; efficiency; benefit;
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厚
|
thick; heavy; rich; kind; cordial; brazen; shameless;
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口
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mouth;
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向
|
yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach;
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后
|
empress; queen; after; behind; back; later;
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坑
|
pit; hole;
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好
|
fond; pleasing; like something;
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孔
|
cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly;
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孝
|
filial piety; childs respect;
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工
|
craft; construction;
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巧
|
adroit; skilled; ingenuity;
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幸
|
happiness; blessing; fortune;
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広
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wide; broad; spacious;
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康
|
ease; peace;
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弘
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vast; broad; wide;
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恒
|
constancy; always;
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慌
|
disconcerted; be confused; lose ones head;
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抗
|
confront; resist; defy; oppose;
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拘
|
arrest; seize; concerned; adhere to; despite;
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控
|
withdraw; draw in; hold back; refrain from; be moderate;
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攻
|
aggression; attack;
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更
|
grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course;
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校
|
exam; school; printing; proof; correction;
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構
|
posture; build; pretend;
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江
|
creek; inlet; bay;
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洪
|
deluge; flood; vast;
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港
|
harbor;
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溝
|
gutter; ditch; sewer; drain; 10**32;
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甲
|
armor; high (voice); A grade; 1st class; former; instep; carapace;
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皇
|
emperor;
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硬
|
stiff; hard;
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稿
|
draft; copy; manuscript; straw;
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紅
|
crimson; deep red;
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絞
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strangle; constrict; wring;
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綱
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hawser; class (genus); rope; cord; cable;
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耕
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till; plow; cultivate;
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考
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consider; think over;
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肯
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agreement; consent; comply with;
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航
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navigate; sail; cruise; fly;
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荒
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laid waste; rough; rude; wild;
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行
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going; journey;
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衡
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equilibrium; measuring rod; scale;
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講
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lecture; club; association;
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貢
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tribute; support; finance;
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購
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subscription; buy;
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郊
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outskirts; suburbs; rural area;
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酵
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fermentation;
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鉱
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mineral; ore;
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鋼
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steel;
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項
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paragraph; nape of neck; clause; item; term (expression);
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香
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incense; smell; perfume;
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高
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tall; high; expensive;
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剛
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sturdy; strength;
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号
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nickname; number; item; title; pseudonym; name; call;
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合
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fit; suit; join; 0.1;
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拷
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torture; beat;
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豪
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overpowering; great; powerful; excelling; Australia;
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克
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overcome; kindly; skillfully;
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刻
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engrave; cut fine; chop; hash; mince; time; carving;
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告
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revelation; tell; inform; announce;
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国
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country;
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穀
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cereals; grain;
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酷
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cruel; severe; atrocious; unjust;
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黒
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black;
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獄
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prison; jail;
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腰
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loins; hips; waist; low wainscoting;
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骨
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skeleton; bone; remains; frame;
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込
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crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji);
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今
|
now;
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困
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quandary; become distressed; annoyed;
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墾
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ground-breaking; open up farmland;
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婚
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marriage;
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恨
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regret; bear a grudge; resentment; malice; hatred;
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懇
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sociable; kind; courteous; hospitable; cordial;
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昆
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descendants; elder brother; insect;
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根
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root; radical; head (pimple);
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混
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mix; blend; confuse;
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紺
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dark blue; navy;
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魂
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soul; spirit;
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佐
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assistant; help;
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唆
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tempt; seduce; instigate; promote;
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左
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left;
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差
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distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance;
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査
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investigate;
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砂
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sand;
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詐
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lie; falsehood; deceive; pretend;
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鎖
|
chain; irons; connection;
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座
|
squat; seat; cushion; gathering; sit;
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債
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bond; loan; debt;
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催
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sponsor; hold (a meeting); give (a dinner);
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再
|
again; twice; second time;
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最
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utmost; most; extreme;
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妻
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wife; spouse;
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宰
|
superintend; manager; rule;
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彩
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coloring; paint; makeup;
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才
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genius; years old;
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採
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pick; take; fetch; take up;
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栽
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plantation; planting;
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歳
|
year-end; age; occasion; opportunity;
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済
|
finish; come to an end; excusable; need not;
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災
|
disaster; calamity; woe; curse; evil;
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砕
|
smash; break; crush; familiar; popular;
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祭
|
ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship;
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斎
|
purification; Buddhist food; room; worship; avoid; alike;
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細
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dainty; get thin; taper; slender; narrow;
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菜
|
vegetable; side dish; greens;
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裁
|
tailor; judge; decision; cut out (pattern);
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載
|
ride; board; get on; place; spread; 10**44;
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際
|
occasion; side; edge; verge; dangerous; adventurous; indecent; time; when;
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剤
|
dose; medicine; drug;
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在
|
exist; outskirts; suburbs; located in;
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材
|
lumber; log; timber; wood; talent;
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罪
|
guilt; sin; crime; fault; blame; offense;
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財
|
property; money; wealth; assets;
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坂
|
slope; incline; hill;
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阪
|
heights; slope;
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咲
|
blossom; bloom;
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崎
|
promontory; cape; spit;
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作
|
make; production; prepare; build;
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削
|
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare;
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搾
|
squeeze;
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昨
|
yesterday; previous;
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策
|
scheme; plan; policy; step; means;
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索
|
cord; rope;
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錯
|
confused; mix; be in disorder;
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桜
|
cherry;
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笹
|
bamboo grass;
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冊
|
tome; counter for books; volume;
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刷
|
printing; print;
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察
|
guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand;
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撮
|
snapshot; take pictures;
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擦
|
grate; rub; scratch; scrape; chafe; scour;
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札
|
tag; paper money; counter for bonds; placard; bid;
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殺
|
kill; murder; butcher; slice off; split; diminish; reduce; spoil;
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雑
|
miscellaneous;
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皿
|
dish; a helping; plate;
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三
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three;
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傘
|
umbrella;
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参
|
nonplussed; three; going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love;
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山
|
mountain;
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惨
|
wretched; disaster; cruelty; harsh;
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散
|
scatter; disperse; spend; squander;
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桟
|
scaffold; cleat; frame; jetty; bolt (door);
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産
|
products; bear; give birth; yield; childbirth; native; property;
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算
|
calculate; divining; number; abacus; probability;
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蚕
|
silkworm;
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賛
|
approve; praise; title or inscription on picture; assist; agree with;
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酸
|
acid; bitterness; sour; tart;
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暫
|
temporarily; a while; moment; long time;
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残
|
remainder; leftover; balance;
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仕
|
attend; doing; official; serve;
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伺
|
pay respects; visit; ask; inquire; question; implore;
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使
|
use;
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刺
|
thorn; pierce; stab; prick; sting; calling card;
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司
|
director; official; govt office; rule; administer;
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史
|
history; chronicle;
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嗣
|
heir; succeed;
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四
|
four;
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士
|
gentleman; samurai;
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始
|
commence; begin;
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姉
|
elder sister;
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姿
|
figure; form; shape;
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子
|
child; first sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the rat;
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市
|
market; city; town;
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師
|
expert; teacher; master; army; war;
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志
|
intention; plan; resolve; aspire; motive; hopes; shilling;
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思
|
think;
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指
|
finger; point to; indicate; put into; play (chess); measure (ruler);
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支
|
branch; support; sustain;
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施
|
alms; apply bandages; admin 1st aid;
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旨
|
delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert;
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枝
|
bough; branch; twig; limb;
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止
|
stop; halt;
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死
|
death; die;
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氏
|
family name; surname; clan;
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祉
|
welfare; happiness;
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私
|
private; I; me;
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糸
|
thread;
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紙
|
paper;
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紫
|
purple; violet;
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肢
|
limb; arms & legs;
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脂
|
fat; grease; tallow; lard; rosin; gum; tar;
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至
|
climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in;
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視
|
inspection; regard as; see; look at;
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詞
|
part of speech; words; poetry;
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詩
|
poem; poetry;
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試
|
test; try; attempt; experiment; ordeal;
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誌
|
document; records;
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諮
|
consult with;
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資
|
assets; resources; capital; funds; data; be conducive to; contribute to;
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賜
|
grant; gift; boon; results;
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雌
|
feminine; female;
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飼
|
domesticate; raise; keep; feed;
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歯
|
tooth; cog;
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事
|
matter; thing; fact; business; reason; possibly;
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似
|
becoming; resemble; counterfeit; imitate; suitable;
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侍
|
waiter; samurai; wait upon; serve;
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児
|
newborn babe; child; young of animals;
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字
|
character; letter; word; section of village;
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寺
|
Buddhist temple;
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慈
|
mercy;
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持
|
hold; have;
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時
|
time; hour;
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次
|
next; order; sequence;
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治
|
reign; be at peace; calm down; subdue; quell; govt; cure; heal; rule; conserve;
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磁
|
magnet; porcelain;
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示
|
show; indicate; point out; express; display;
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耳
|
ear;
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自
|
oneself;
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辞
|
resign; word; term; expression;
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汐
|
eventide; tide; salt water; opportunity;
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鹿
|
deer;
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式
|
style; ceremony; rite; fn; method; system; form; expr;
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識
|
discriminating; know; write;
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軸
|
axis; pivot; stem; stalk; counter for book scrolls;
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七
|
seven;
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叱
|
scold; reprove;
|
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執
|
tenacious; take hold; grasp; take to heart;
|
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失
|
lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss;
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室
|
room; apartment; chamber; greenhouse; cellar;
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湿
|
damp; wet; moist;
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漆
|
lacquer; varnish; seven;
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疾
|
rapidly;
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質
|
substance; quality; matter; temperament;
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実
|
reality; truth;
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芝
|
turf; lawn;
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舎
|
cottage; inn; hut; house; mansion;
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写
|
copy; be photographed; describe;
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射
|
shoot; shine into; onto; archery;
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捨
|
discard; throw away; abandon; resign; reject; sacrifice;
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赦
|
pardon; forgiveness;
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斜
|
diagonal; slanting; oblique;
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煮
|
boil; cook;
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社
|
company; firm; office; association; shrine;
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紗
|
gauze; gossamer;
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者
|
someone; person;
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謝
|
apologize; thank; refuse;
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車
|
car;
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遮
|
intercept; interrupt; obstruct;
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蛇
|
snake; serpent; hard drinker;
|
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邪
|
wicked; injustice; wrong;
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借
|
borrow; rent;
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勺
|
ladle; one tenth of a go; dip;
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尺
|
shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule;
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爵
|
baron; peerage; court rank;
|
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酌
|
bartending; serving sake; the host; draw (water); ladle; scoop; pump;
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釈
|
explanation;
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若
|
young; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature;
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寂
|
loneliness; quietly; mellow; mature; death of a priest;
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弱
|
weak; frail;
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主
|
lord; chief; master; main thing; principal;
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取
|
take; fetch; take up;
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守
|
guard; protect; defend; obey;
|
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手
|
hand;
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朱
|
vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody;
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殊
|
particularly; especially; exceptionally;
|
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狩
|
hunt; raid; gather;
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珠
|
pearl; gem; jewel;
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種
|
species; kind; class; variety; seed;
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趣
|
gist; proceed to; tend; become;
|
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酒
|
sake; alcohol;
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首
|
neck;
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儒
|
Confucian;
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受
|
accept; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch; receive;
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寿
|
longevity; congratulations; ones natural life;
|
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授
|
impart; instruct; grant; confer;
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樹
|
timber trees; wood;
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需
|
demand; request; need;
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囚
|
captured; criminal; arrest; catch;
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収
|
income; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store;
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周
|
circumference; circuit; lap;
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宗
|
religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence;
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就
|
concerning; settle; take position; depart; study; per;
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州
|
state; province;
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修
|
discipline; conduct oneself well; study; master;
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愁
|
distress; grieve; lament; be anxious;
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拾
|
pick up; gather; find; go on foot; ten;
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秀
|
excel; excellence; beauty; surpass;
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秋
|
autumn;
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終
|
end; finish;
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習
|
learn;
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臭
|
stinking; ill-smelling; suspicious looking; odor; savor; fragrance; be fragrant; stink; glow; be bright;
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舟
|
boat; ship;
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衆
|
masses; great numbers; multitude; populace;
|
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襲
|
attack; advance on; succeed to; pile; heap;
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週
|
week;
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酬
|
repay; reward; retribution;
|
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集
|
gather; meet; congregate; swarm; flock;
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醜
|
ugly; unclean; shame; bad looking;
|
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住
|
dwell; reside; live; inhabit;
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充
|
allot; fill;
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十
|
ten;
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従
|
accompany; obey; submit to; comply; follow; secondary; incidental; subordinate;
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柔
|
tender; weakness; gentleness; softness;
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汁
|
soup; juice; broth; sap; gravy; pus;
|
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渋
|
astringent; hesitate; reluctant; have diarrhea;
|
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獣
|
animal; beast;
|
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縦
|
vertical; length; height; self-indulgent; wayward;
|
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|
重
|
heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold;
|
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銃
|
gun; arms;
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叔
|
uncle; youth;
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宿
|
inn; lodging; relay station; dwell; lodge; be pregnant; home; dwelling;
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淑
|
graceful; gentle; pure;
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祝
|
celebrate; congratulate;
|
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縮
|
shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce;
|
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粛
|
solemn; quietly; softly;
|
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塾
|
cram school; private school;
|
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熟
|
mellow; ripen; mature; acquire skill;
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出
|
exit; leave;
|
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術
|
art; technique; skill; means; trick; resources; magic;
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述
|
mention; state; speak; relate;
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俊
|
sagacious; genius; excellence;
|
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春
|
springtime; spring (season);
|
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瞬
|
wink; blink; twinkle;
|
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准
|
quasi-; semi-; associate;
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循
|
sequential; fellow;
|
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旬
|
decameron; 10day period; season (for specific products;
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殉
|
martyrdom; follow by resigning;
|
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準
|
semi-; correspond to; proportionate to; conform; imitate;
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潤
|
wet; be watered; profit by; receive benefits; favor; charm; steep;
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盾
|
shield; escutcheon; pretext;
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純
|
genuine; purity; innocence; net (profit);
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巡
|
patrol; go around; circumference;
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遵
|
abide by; follow; obey; learn;
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順
|
obey; order; turn; right; docility; occasion;
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処
|
dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place;
|
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初
|
first time; beginning;
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所
|
place;
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暑
|
sultry; hot; summer heat;
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渚
|
strand; beach; shore;
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庶
|
commoner; all; bastard;
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緒
|
thong; beginning; inception; end; cord; strap;
|
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署
|
signature; govt office; police station;
|
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|
書
|
write;
|
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諸
|
various; many; several; together;
|
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助
|
help; rescue; assist;
|
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叙
|
confer; relate; narrate; describe;
|
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女
|
woman; female;
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序
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preface; beginning; order; precedence; occasion; chance; incidentally;
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徐
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gradually; slowly; deliberately; gently;
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除
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exclude; division (x/3); remove; abolish; cancel; except;
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傷
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wound; hurt; injure; impair; pain; injury; cut; gash; scar; weak point;
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償
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reparation; make up for; recompense; redeem;
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勝
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victory; win; prevail; excel;
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匠
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artisan; workman; carpenter;
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升
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measuring box; 1.8 liter;
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召
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seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold);
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商
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make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant;
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唱
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chant; recite; call upon; yell;
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奨
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exhort; urge; encourage;
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宵
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wee hours; evening; early night;
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将
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leader; commander; general; admiral; or; and again; soon; from now on; just about;
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小
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little; small;
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少
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few; little;
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尚
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esteem; furthermore; still; yet;
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床
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bed; floor; padding; tatami;
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彰
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patent; clear;
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承
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aquiesce; hear; listen to; be informed; receive;
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抄
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extract; selection; summary; copy; spread thin;
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招
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beckon; invite; summon; engage;
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掌
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manipulate; rule; administer; conduct; palm of hand;
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昇
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rise up;
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昌
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prosperous; bright; clear;
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昭
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shining; bright;
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晶
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sparkle; clear; crystal;
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松
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pine tree;
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梢
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treetops; twig;
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沼
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marsh; lake; bog; swamp; pond;
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消
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extinguish; blow out; turn off; neutralize; cancel;
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渉
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ford; ferry; port;
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焼
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bake; burning;
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焦
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char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe;
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照
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illuminate; shine; compare; bashful;
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症
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symptoms; illness;
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省
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focus; government ministry; conserve;
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硝
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nitrate; saltpeter;
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礁
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reef; sunken rock;
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祥
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auspicious; happiness; good omen;
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称
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appellation; praise; admire; name; title; fame;
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章
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badge; chapter; composition; poem; design;
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笑
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laugh;
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粧
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cosmetics; adorn (ones person);
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紹
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introduce; inherit; help;
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肖
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resemblance;
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衝
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collide; brunt; highway; opposition (astronomy); thrust; pierce; stab; prick;
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訟
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sue; accuse;
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証
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evidence; proof; certificate;
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詔
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imperial edict;
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詳
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detailed; full; minute; accurate; well-informed;
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象
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elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times);
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賞
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prize; reward; praise;
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鐘
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bell; gong; chimes;
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障
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hinder; hurt; harm;
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上
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above; up;
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丈
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length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; thats all; merely;
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乗
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ride; power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles; board; mount; join;
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冗
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superfluous; uselessness;
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剰
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surplus; besides;
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城
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castle;
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場
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location; place;
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壌
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lot; earth; soil;
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嬢
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lass; girl; Miss; daughter;
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常
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usual; ordinary; normal; regular;
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情
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feelings; emotion; passion; sympathy; circumstances; facts;
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条
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article; clause; item; stripe; streak; TWIG
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浄
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clean; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu Dynasty;
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状
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status quo; conditions; circumstances; form; appearance;
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畳
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tatami mat; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with;
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蒸
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steam; heat; sultry; foment; get musty;
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譲
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defer; turnover; transfer; convey;
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醸
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brew; cause;
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錠
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lock; fetters; shackles;
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嘱
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entrust; request; send a message;
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飾
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decorate; ornament; adorn; embellish;
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植
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plant;
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殖
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augment; increase; multiply; raise;
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織
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weave; fabric;
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職
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post; employment; work;
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色
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color;
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触
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contact; touch; feel; hit; proclaim; announce; conflict;
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食
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eat; food;
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辱
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embarrass; humiliate; shame;
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伸
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expand; stretch; extend; lengthen; increase;
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信
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faith; truth; fidelity; trust;
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侵
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encroach; invade; raid; trespass; violate;
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唇
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lips;
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娠
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with child; pregnancy;
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寝
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lie down; sleep; rest; bed; remain unsold;
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審
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hearing; judge; trial;
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心
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heart; mind; spirit;
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慎
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humility; be careful; discrete; prudent;
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振
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shake; wave; wag; swing;
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新
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new;
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森
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forest; woods;
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浸
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immersed; soak; dip; steep; moisten; wet; dunk;
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深
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deep; heighten; intensify; strengthen;
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申
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speaketh; have the honor to; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the monkey;
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真
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true; reality; Buddhist sect;
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神
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gods; mind; soul;
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紳
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sire; good belt; gentleman;
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臣
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retainer; subject;
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薪
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fuel; firewood; kindling;
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親
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parent; intimacy; relative; familiarity; dealer (cards);
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診
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checkup; seeing; diagnose; examine;
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身
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somebody; person; ones station in life;
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辛
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spicy; bitter; hot; acrid;
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進
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advance; proceed; progress; promote;
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針
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needle; pin; staple; stinger;
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震
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quake; shake; tremble; quiver; shiver;
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人
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person;
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仁
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humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel;
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刃
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blade; sword; edge;
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尋
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inquire; fathom; look for;
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甚
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tremendously; very; great; exceedingly;
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尽
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exhaust; use up; run out of; befriend; serve;
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迅
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swift; fast;
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陣
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camp; battle array; ranks; position;
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須
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ought; by all means; necessarily;
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酢
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vinegar; sour; acid; tart;
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図
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map; drawing; plan; unexpected; accidentally;
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吹
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blow; breathe; puff; emit; smoke;
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垂
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droop; suspend; hang; slouch;
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帥
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commander; leading troops; governor;
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推
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conjecture; infer; guess; suppose; support;
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水
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water;
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炊
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cook; boil;
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睡
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drowsy; sleep; die;
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粋
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chic; style; purity; essence; pith; cream; elite; choice;
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衰
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decline; wane; weaken;
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遂
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consummate; accomplish; attain; commit (suicide);
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酔
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drunk; feel sick; poisoned; elated; spellbound;
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錘
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weight; plumb bob; sinker; SPINDLE
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随
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follow; though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all; obey; submit to; comply; at the mercy of (the waves);
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髄
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marrow; pith;
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崇
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adore; respect; revere; worship;
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数
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number; strength; fate; law; figures;
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枢
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hinge; pivot; door;
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据
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set; lay a foundation; install; equip; squat down; sit down;
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杉
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cedar; cryptomeria;
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澄
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lucidity; be clear; clear; clarify; settle; strain; look grave;
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寸
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measurement; foot/10;
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世
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generation; world; society; public;
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瀬
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rapids; current; torrent; shallows; shoal;
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畝
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furrow; 30 tsubo; ridge; rib;
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是
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just so; this; right; justice;
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制
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system; law; rule;
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勢
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forces; energy; military strength;
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姓
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surname;
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征
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subjugate; attack the rebellious; collect taxes;
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性
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sex; gender; nature;
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成
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turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach;
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政
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politics; government;
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整
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organize; arranging; tune; tone; meter; key (music);
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星
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star; spot; dot; mark;
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晴
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clear up;
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正
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correct; justice; righteous; 10**40;
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清
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pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty;
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牲
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animal sacrifice; offering;
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生
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life; genuine; birth;
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盛
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boom; prosper; copulate;
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精
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refined; ghost; fairy; energy; vitality; semen; excellence; purity; skill;
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聖
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holy; saint; sage; master; priest;
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声
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voice;
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製
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made in...; manufacture;
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西
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west; Spain;
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誠
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sincerity; admonish; warn; prohibit; truth; fidelity;
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誓
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vow; swear; pledge;
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請
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solicit; invite; ask;
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逝
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departed; die;
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青
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blue; green;
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静
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quiet;
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斉
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adjusted; alike; equal; similar variety of;
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税
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tax; duty;
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隻
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vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair;
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席
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seat; mat; occasion; place;
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惜
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pity; be sparing of; frugal; stingy; regret;
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斥
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reject; retreat; recede; withdraw; repel; repulse;
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昔
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once upon a time; antiquity; old times;
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析
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chop; divide; tear; analyze;
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石
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stone;
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積
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volume; product (x*y); acreage; contents; pile up; stack; load; amass;
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籍
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enroll; domiciliary register; membership;
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績
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exploits; unreeling cocoons;
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責
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blame; condemn; censure;
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赤
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red;
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跡
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tracks; mark; print; impression;
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切
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cut; cutoff; be sharp;
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拙
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bungling; clumsy; unskillful;
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接
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touch; contact; adjoin; piece together;
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摂
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vicarious; surrogate; act in addition to;
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折
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fold; break; fracture; bend; yield; submit;
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設
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establishment; provision; prepare;
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窃
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stealth; steal; secret; private; hushed;
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節
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node; season; period; occasion; verse; clause; stanza; honor; joint; knuckle; knob; knot; tune; melody;
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説
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rumor; opinion; theory;
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雪
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snow;
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絶
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discontinue; beyond; sever; cut off; abstain; interrupt; suppress;
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舌
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tongue; reed; clapper;
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仙
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hermit; wizard; cent;
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先
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before; ahead; previous; future; precedence;
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千
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thousand;
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占
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fortune telling; divine; forecast; occupy; hold; have; get; take;
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宣
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proclaim; say; announce;
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専
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specialty; exclusive; mainly; solely;
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川
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stream; river;
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戦
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war; battle; match;
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扇
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fan; folding fan;
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栓
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plug; bolt; cork; bung; stopper;
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泉
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spring; fountain;
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浅
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shallow; superficial; frivolous; wretched; shameful;
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洗
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wash; inquire into; probe;
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染
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dye; color; paint; stain; print;
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潜
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submerge; conceal; hide; lower (voice); hush;
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旋
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rotation; go around;
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線
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line; track;
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繊
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slender; fine; thin kimono;
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船
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ship; boat;
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薦
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recommend; mat; advise; encourage; offer;
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践
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tread; step on; trample; practice; carry through;
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選
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elect; select; choose; prefer;
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遷
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transition; move; change;
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銭
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coin; .01 yen; money;
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銑
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pig iron;
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鮮
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fresh; vivid; clear; brilliant; Korea;
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前
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in front; before;
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善
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virtuous; good; goodness;
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漸
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steadily; gradually advancing; finally; barely;
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然
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sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well;
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全
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whole; entire; all; complete; fulfill;
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禅
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Zen; silent meditation;
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繕
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darning; repair; mend; trim; tidy up; adjust;
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塑
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model; molding;
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措
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set aside; give up; suspend; discontinue; lay aside; except;
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疎
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alienate; rough; neglect; shun; sparse;
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礎
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cornerstone; foundation stone;
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祖
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ancestor; pioneer; founder;
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租
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tariff; crop tax; borrowing;
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粗
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coarse; rough; rugged;
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素
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elementary; principle; naked; uncovered;
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組
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association; braid; plait; construct; assemble; unite; cooperate; grapple;
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訴
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accusation; sue; complain of pain; appeal to;
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阻
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thwart; separate from; prevent; obstruct; deter; impede;
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僧
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Buddhist priest; monk;
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創
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genesis; wound; injury; hurt; start; originate;
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双
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pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs;
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倉
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godown; warehouse; storehouse; cellar; treasury;
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喪
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miss; mourning;
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壮
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robust; manhood; prosperity;
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奏
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play music; speak to a ruler; complete;
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層
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stratum; social class; layer; story; floor;
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想
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concept; think; idea; thought;
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捜
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search; look for; locate;
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掃
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sweep; brush;
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挿
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insert; put in; graft; wear (sword);
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操
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maneuver; manipulate; operate; steer; chastity; virginity; fidelity;
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早
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early; fast;
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曹
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cadet; friend;
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巣
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nest; rookery; hive; cobweb; den;
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槽
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vat; tub; tank;
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燥
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parch; dry up;
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争
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contend; dispute; argue;
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相
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inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy;
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窓
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window; pane;
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総
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general; whole; all; full; total;
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草
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grass; weeds; herbs; pasture; write; draft;
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荘
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villa; inn; cottage; feudal manor;
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葬
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interment; bury; shelve;
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藻
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seaweed; duckweed;
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装
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attire; dress; pretend; disguise; profess;
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走
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run;
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送
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escort; send;
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遭
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encounter; meet; party; association; interview; join;
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霜
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frost;
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騒
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boisterous; make noise; clamor; disturb; excite;
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像
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statue; picture; image; figure; portrait;
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増
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increase; add; augment; gain; promote;
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憎
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hate; detest;
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臓
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entrails; viscera; bowels;
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蔵
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storehouse; hide; own; have; possess;
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贈
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presents; send; give to; award to; confer on; presenting something;
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造
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create; make; structure; physique;
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促
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stimulate; urge; press; demand; incite;
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側
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side; lean; oppose; regret;
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則
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rule; follow; based on; model after;
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即
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instant; namely; as is; conform; agree; adapt;
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息
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breath; respiration; son; interest (on money);
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束
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bundle; sheaf; ream; tie in bundles; govern; manage; control;
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測
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fathom; plan; scheme; measure;
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足
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leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear;
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速
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quick; fast;
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俗
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vulgar; customs; manners; worldliness; mundane things;
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属
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belong; genus; subordinate official; affiliated;
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賊
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burglar; rebel; traitor; robber;
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族
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tribe; family;
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続
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continue; series; sequel;
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卒
|
graduate; soldier; private; die;
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袖
|
sleeve; wing (building); extension; give cold shoulder;
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存
|
suppose; be aware of; believe; feel;
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孫
|
grandchild; descendants;
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尊
|
revered; valuable; precious; noble; exalted;
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損
|
damage; loss; disadvantage; hurt; injure;
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村
|
town; village;
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他
|
other; another; the others;
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多
|
many; frequent; much;
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太
|
plump; thick; big around;
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堕
|
degenerate; descend to; lapse into;
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妥
|
gentle; peace; depravity;
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惰
|
lazy; laziness;
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打
|
strike; hit; knock; pound; dozen;
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駄
|
burdensome; pack horse; horse load; send by horse;
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体
|
body; substance; object; reality; counter for images;
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対
|
vis-a-vis; opposite; even; equal; versus; anti-; compare;
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耐
|
-proof; enduring;
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帯
|
sash; belt; obi; zone; region;
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待
|
wait; depend on;
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怠
|
neglect; laziness;
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態
|
attitude; condition; figure; appearance; voice (of verbs);
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替
|
exchange; spare; substitute; per-;
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泰
|
peaceful; calm; peace; easy; Thailand;
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滞
|
stagnate; be delayed; overdue; arrears;
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胎
|
womb; uterus;
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袋
|
sack; bag; pouch;
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貸
|
lend;
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退
|
retreat; withdraw; retire; resign; repel; expel; reject;
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逮
|
apprehend; chase;
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隊
|
regiment; party; company; squad;
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代
|
substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; generation; charge; rate; fee;
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台
|
pedestal; a stand; counter for machines and vehicles;
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大
|
large; big;
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第
|
No.; residence;
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題
|
topic; subject;
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滝
|
waterfall; rapids; cascade;
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卓
|
eminent; table; desk; high;
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宅
|
home; house; residence; our house; my husband;
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択
|
choose; select; elect; prefer;
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拓
|
clear (the land); open; break up (land);
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沢
|
swamp;
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濯
|
laundry; wash; pour on; rinse;
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託
|
consign; requesting; entrusting with; pretend; hint;
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濁
|
voiced; uncleanness; wrong; nigori; impurity;
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諾
|
consent; assent; agreement;
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只
|
only; free; in addition;
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但
|
however; but;
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辰
|
sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac;
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奪
|
rob; take by force; snatch away; dispossess; plunder; usurp;
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脱
|
undress; removing; escape from; get rid of; be left out; take off;
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棚
|
shelf; ledge; rack; mount; mantle; trellis;
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谷
|
valley;
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丹
|
rust-colored; red; read lead; pills;
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単
|
simple; one; single; merely;
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嘆
|
sigh; lament; moan; grieve;
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担
|
shouldering; carry; raise; bear;
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探
|
grope; search; look for;
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旦
|
nightbreak; dawn; morning;
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淡
|
thin; faint; pale; fleeting;
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炭
|
charcoal; coal;
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短
|
short; brevity; fault; defect; weak point;
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端
|
edge; origin; end; point; border; verge; cape;
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胆
|
gall bladder; courage; pluck; nerve;
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誕
|
nativity; be born; declension; lie; be arbitrary;
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鍛
|
forge; discipline; train;
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団
|
group; association;
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|
壇
|
podium; stage; rostrum; terrace;
|
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弾
|
bullet; twang; flip; snap;
|
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|
断
|
severance; decline; refuse; apologize; warn; dismiss; prohibit; decision; judgement; cutting;
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暖
|
warmth;
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|
段
|
grade; steps; stairs;
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男
|
male;
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|
談
|
discuss; talk;
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値
|
price; cost; value;
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知
|
know; wisdom;
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|
地
|
ground; earth;
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恥
|
shame; dishonor;
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|
智
|
wisdom; intellect; reason;
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池
|
pond; cistern; pool; reservoir;
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痴
|
stupid; foolish;
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稚
|
immature; young;
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置
|
placement; put; set; deposit; leave behind; keep; employ; pawn;
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致
|
doth; do; send; forward; cause; exert; incur; engage;
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遅
|
slow; late; back; later;
|
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築
|
fabricate; build; construct;
|
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|
畜
|
livestock; domestic fowl and animals;
|
|
|
竹
|
bamboo;
|
|
|
蓄
|
amass; keeping a concubine; phonograph;
|
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|
逐
|
pursue; drive away; chase; accomplish; attain; commit;
|
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|
秩
|
regularity; salary; order;
|
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|
窒
|
plug up; obstruct;
|
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|
茶
|
tea;
|
|
|
嫡
|
legitimate wife; direct descent (non-bastard);
|
|
|
着
|
don; arrive; wear; counter for suits of clothing;
|
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|
中
|
in; inside; middle; mean; center;
|
|
|
仲
|
go-between; relationship;
|
|
|
宙
|
mid-air; air; space; sky; memorization; interval of time;
|
|
|
忠
|
loyalty; fidelity; faithfulness;
|
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|
抽
|
pluck; pull; extract; excel;
|
|
|
昼
|
daytime; noon;
|
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|
柱
|
pillar; post; cylinder; support;
|
|
|
注
|
pour; irrigate; shed (tears); flow into; concentrate on; notes; comment; annotate;
|
|
|
虫
|
insect; bug; temper;
|
|
|
衷
|
inmost; heart; mind; inside;
|
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|
鋳
|
casting; mint;
|
|
|
駐
|
stop-over; reside in; resident;
|
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|
猪
|
boar;
|
|
|
著
|
renowned; publish; write; remarkable; phenomenal; put on; don; wear; arrival; finish (race); counter for suits of clothing; literary work;
|
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|
貯
|
savings; store; lay in; keep; wear mustache;
|
|
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丁
|
street; ward; town; counter for guns tools leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign;
|
|
|
兆
|
portent; 10**12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms;
|
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|
帳
|
notebook; account book; album;
|
|
|
庁
|
government office;
|
|
|
弔
|
condolences; mourning; funeral;
|
|
|
張
|
lengthen; counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretch; spread; put up (tent);
|
|
|
彫
|
carve; engrave; chisel;
|
|
|
徴
|
indications; sign; omen; symptom; collect; seek; refer to; question;
|
|
|
懲
|
penal; chastise; punish; discipline;
|
|
|
挑
|
challenge; contend for; make love to;
|
|
|
朝
|
morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea;
|
|
|
潮
|
tide; salt water; opportunity;
|
|
|
町
|
village; town; block; street;
|
|
|
眺
|
stare; watch; look at; see; scrutinize;
|
|
|
聴
|
listen; headstrong; naughty; careful inquiry;
|
|
|
脹
|
dilate; distend; bulge; fill out; swell;
|
|
|
腸
|
intestines; guts; bowels; viscera;
|
|
|
蝶
|
butterfly;
|
|
|
調
|
tune; tone; meter; key (music); writing style; prepare; exorcise; investigate;
|
|
|
超
|
transcend; super-; ultra-;
|
|
|
跳
|
hop; leap up; spring; jerk; prance; buck; splash; sputter; snap;
|
|
|
長
|
long; leader;
|
|
|
頂
|
place on the head; receive; top of head; top; summit; peak;
|
|
|
鳥
|
bird; chicken;
|
|
|
勅
|
imperial order;
|
|
|
直
|
straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair;
|
|
|
朕
|
majestic plural; imperial we;
|
|
|
沈
|
sink; be submerged; subside; be depressed; aloes;
|
|
|
珍
|
rare; curious; strange;
|
|
|
賃
|
fare; fee; hire; rent; wages; charge;
|
|
|
鎮
|
tranquilize; ancient peace-preservation centers;
|
|
|
陳
|
exhibit; state; relate; explain;
|
|
|
津
|
haven; port; harbor; ferry;
|
|
|
墜
|
crash; fall (down);
|
|
|
追
|
chase; drive away; follow; pursue; meanwhile;
|
|
|
痛
|
pain; hurt; damage; bruise;
|
|
|
通
|
traffic; pass through; avenue; commute; counter for letters;
|
|
|
塚
|
hillock; mound;
|
|
|
漬
|
pickling; soak; moisten; steep;
|
|
|
辻
|
crossing; crossroad; street corners; (kokuji);
|
|
|
蔦
|
vine; ivy;
|
|
|
坪
|
two-mat area;
|
|
|
釣
|
angling; fish; catch; allure; ensnare;
|
|
|
鶴
|
crane; stork;
|
|
|
亭
|
pavilion; restaurant; mansion; arbor; cottage; vaudeville; music hall; stage name;
|
|
|
低
|
lower; short; humble;
|
|
|
停
|
halt; stopping;
|
|
|
偵
|
spy;
|
|
|
貞
|
upright; chastity; constancy; righteousness;
|
|
|
呈
|
display; offer; present; send; exhibit;
|
|
|
堤
|
dike; bank; embankment;
|
|
|
定
|
determine; fix; establish; decide;
|
|
|
帝
|
sovereign; the emperor; god; creator;
|
|
|
底
|
bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort;
|
|
|
庭
|
courtyard; garden; yard;
|
|
|
廷
|
courts; imperial court; government office;
|
|
|
弟
|
younger brother; faitherful service to elders;
|
|
|
抵
|
resist; reach; touch;
|
|
|
提
|
propose; take along; carry in hand;
|
|
|
程
|
extent; degree; law; formula; distance; limits; amount;
|
|
|
締
|
tighten; tie; shut; lock; fasten;
|
|
|
艇
|
rowboat; small boat;
|
|
|
訂
|
revise; correct; decide;
|
|
|
邸
|
residence; mansion;
|
|
|
泥
|
mud; mire; adhere to; be attached to;
|
|
|
摘
|
pinch; pick; pluck; trim; clip; summarize;
|
|
|
敵
|
enemy; foe; opponent;
|
|
|
滴
|
drip; drop;
|
|
|
的
|
bulls eye; mark; target; object; adjective ending;
|
|
|
笛
|
flute; clarinet; pipe; whistle; bagpipe; piccolo;
|
|
|
適
|
suitable; occasional; rare; qualified; capable;
|
|
|
哲
|
philosophy; clear;
|
|
|
徹
|
penetrate; clear; pierce; strike home; sit up (all night);
|
|
|
撤
|
remove; withdraw; disarm; dismantle; reject; exclude;
|
|
|
迭
|
transfer; alternation;
|
|
|
鉄
|
iron;
|
|
|
典
|
code; ceremony; law; rule;
|
|
|
天
|
heavens; sky; imperial;
|
|
|
展
|
unfold; expand;
|
|
|
店
|
store; shop;
|
|
|
添
|
annexed; accompany; marry; suit; meet; satisfy; attach; append; garnish; imitate;
|
|
|
転
|
revolve; turn around; change;
|
|
|
点
|
spot; point; mark; speck; decimal point;
|
|
|
伝
|
transmit; go along; walk along; follow; report; communicate; legend; tradition;
|
|
|
殿
|
Mr.; hall; mansion; palace; temple; lord;
|
|
|
田
|
rice field; rice paddy;
|
|
|
電
|
electricity;
|
|
|
吐
|
spit; vomit; belch; confess; tell (lies);
|
|
|
塗
|
paint; plaster; daub; smear; coating;
|
|
|
徒
|
junior; emptiness; vanity; futility; uselessness; ephemeral thing; gang; set; party; people;
|
|
|
斗
|
Big Dipper; 10 sho (vol); sake dipper;
|
|
|
渡
|
transit; ford; ferry; cross; import; deliver; diameter; migrate;
|
|
|
登
|
ascend; climb up;
|
|
|
途
|
route; way; road;
|
|
|
都
|
metropolis; capital;
|
|
|
努
|
toil; diligent; as much as possible;
|
|
|
度
|
degrees; occurrence; time; counter for occurrences;
|
|
|
土
|
soil; earth; ground; Turkey;
|
|
|
奴
|
guy; slave; manservant; fellow;
|
|
|
怒
|
angry; be offended;
|
|
|
倒
|
overthrow; fall; collapse; drop; break down;
|
|
|
党
|
party; faction; clique;
|
|
|
冬
|
winter;
|
|
|
凍
|
frozen; congeal; refrigerate;
|
|
|
刀
|
sword; saber; knife;
|
|
|
唐
|
Tang; China;
|
|
|
塔
|
pagoda; tower; steeple;
|
|
|
島
|
island;
|
|
|
悼
|
lament; grieve over;
|
|
|
投
|
throw; discard; abandon; launch into; join; invest in; hurl; give up; sell at a loss;
|
|
|
搭
|
board; load (a vehicle); ride;
|
|
|
東
|
east;
|
|
|
桃
|
peach tree;
|
|
|
棟
|
ridgepole; ridge;
|
|
|
盗
|
steal; rob; pilfer;
|
|
|
湯
|
hot water; bath; hot spring;
|
|
|
灯
|
lamp; a light; light; counter for lights;
|
|
|
当
|
hit; right; appropriate; himself;
|
|
|
痘
|
pox; smallpox;
|
|
|
等
|
etc.; and so forth; class (1st); quality; equal; similar;
|
|
|
答
|
solution; answer;
|
|
|
筒
|
cylinder; pipe; tube; gun barrel; sleeve;
|
|
|
糖
|
sugar;
|
|
|
統
|
overall; relationship; ruling; governing;
|
|
|
到
|
arrival; proceed; reach; attain; result in;
|
|
|
藤
|
wistaria;
|
|
|
討
|
chastise; attack; defeat; destroy; conquer;
|
|
|
謄
|
mimeograph; copy;
|
|
|
豆
|
beans; pea; midget;
|
|
|
踏
|
step; trample; carry through; appraise; evade payment;
|
|
|
逃
|
escape; flee; shirk; evade; set free;
|
|
|
透
|
transparent; permeate; filter; penetrate;
|
|
|
陶
|
pottery; porcelain;
|
|
|
頭
|
head; counter for large animals;
|
|
|
騰
|
inflation; advancing; going;
|
|
|
闘
|
fight; war;
|
|
|
働
|
work; (kokuji);
|
|
|
動
|
move; motion; change; confusion; shift; shake;
|
|
|
同
|
same; agree; equal;
|
|
|
堂
|
public chamber; hall;
|
|
|
導
|
guidance; leading; conduct; usher;
|
|
|
洞
|
den; cave; excavation;
|
|
|
瞳
|
pupil;
|
|
|
童
|
juvenile; child;
|
|
|
胴
|
trunk; torso; hull (ship); hub of wheel;
|
|
|
道
|
road-way; street; district; journey; course; moral; teachings;
|
|
|
銅
|
copper;
|
|
|
峠
|
mountain peak; mountain pass; climax; crest; (kokuji);
|
|
|
匿
|
hide; shelter; shield;
|
|
|
得
|
gain; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to; profit; advantage; benefit;
|
|
|
徳
|
benevolence; virtue; goodness; commanding respect;
|
|
|
特
|
special;
|
|
|
督
|
coach; command; urge; lead; supervise;
|
|
|
篤
|
fervent; kind; cordial; serious; deliberate;
|
|
|
毒
|
poison; virus; venom; germ; harm; injury; spite;
|
|
|
独
|
single; alone; spontaneously; Germany;
|
|
|
読
|
read;
|
|
|
凸
|
convex; beetle brow; uneven;
|
|
|
突
|
stab; protruding; thrusting; thrust; pierce; prick;
|
|
|
届
|
deliver; reach; arrive; report; notify; forward;
|
|
|
寅
|
sign of the tiger; 3-5AM; third sign of Chinese zodiac;
|
|
|
酉
|
sign of the bird; west (sake rad); tenth sign of Chinese zodiac;
|
|
|
屯
|
barracks; police station; camp;
|
|
|
豚
|
pork; pig;
|
|
|
曇
|
cloudy weather; cloud up;
|
|
|
鈍
|
dull; slow; foolish; blunt;
|
|
|
奈
|
Nara; what?;
|
|
|
内
|
inside; within; between; among; house; home;
|
|
|
縄
|
straw rope; cord;
|
|
|
南
|
south;
|
|
|
楠
|
camphor tree;
|
|
|
軟
|
soft;
|
|
|
難
|
difficult; impossible; trouble; accident; defect;
|
|
|
二
|
two;
|
|
|
尼
|
nun;
|
|
|
弐
|
II; two; second;
|
|
|
肉
|
meat;
|
|
|
虹
|
rainbow;
|
|
|
日
|
day; sun; Japan;
|
|
|
乳
|
milk; breasts;
|
|
|
入
|
enter; insert;
|
|
|
如
|
likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal;
|
|
|
尿
|
urine;
|
|
|
任
|
responsibility; duty; term; entrust to; appoint;
|
|
|
妊
|
pregnancy;
|
|
|
忍
|
endure; bear; put up with; conceal; secrete; spy; sneak;
|
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認
|
acknowledge; witness; discern; recognize; appreciate; believe;
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寧
|
rather; preferably;
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猫
|
cat;
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熱
|
heat; temperature; fever; mania; passion;
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年
|
year;
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念
|
wish; sense; idea; thought; feeling; desire; attention;
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燃
|
burn; blaze; glow;
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粘
|
sticky; glutinous; greasy; persevere;
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之
|
of; this;
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悩
|
trouble; worry; in pain; distress; illness;
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濃
|
concentrated; thick; dark; undiluted;
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納
|
settlement; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store;
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能
|
ability; talent; skill; capacity;
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脳
|
brain; memory;
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農
|
agriculture; farmers;
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把
|
grasp; faggot; bunch; counter for bundles;
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覇
|
hegemony; supremacy; leadership; champion;
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波
|
waves; billows; Poland;
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派
|
faction; group; party; clique; sect; school;
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破
|
rend; rip; tear; break; destroy; defeat; frustrate;
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婆
|
old woman; grandma; wet nurse;
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馬
|
horse;
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俳
|
haiku; actor;
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廃
|
abolish; obsolete; cessation; discarding; abandon;
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拝
|
worship; adore; pray to;
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排
|
repudiate; exclude; expel; reject;
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敗
|
failure; defeat; reversal;
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杯
|
cupfuls; wine glass; glass; toast;
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背
|
stature; height; back; behind; disobey; defy; go back on; rebel;
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肺
|
lungs;
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輩
|
comrade; fellow; people; companions;
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配
|
distribute; spouse; exile; rationing;
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倍
|
double; twice; times; fold;
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培
|
cultivate; foster;
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媒
|
mediator; go-between;
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買
|
buy;
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売
|
sell;
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賠
|
compensation; indemnify;
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陪
|
obeisance; follow; accompany; attend on;
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伯
|
chief; count; earl; uncle; Brazil;
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博
|
Dr.; command; esteem; win acclaim; Ph.D.; exposition; fair;
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拍
|
clap; beat (music);
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泊
|
overnight; put up at; ride at anchor; 3-day stay;
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白
|
white;
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舶
|
liner; ship;
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薄
|
dilute; thin; weak (tea);
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迫
|
urge; force; imminent; spur on;
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漠
|
vague; obscure; desert; wide;
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爆
|
bomb; burst open; pop; split;
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縛
|
truss; arrest; bind; tie; restrain;
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麦
|
barley; wheat;
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箱
|
box; chest; case; bin; railway car;
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肌
|
texture; skin; body; grain;
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畑
|
farm; field; garden; ones specialty; (kokuji);
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八
|
eight;
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鉢
|
bowl; rice tub; pot; crown;
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発
|
discharge; departure; publish; emit; start from; disclose;
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髪
|
hair of the head;
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伐
|
fell; strike; attack; punish;
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罰
|
penalty; punishment;
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抜
|
slip out; extract; pull out; pilfer; quote; remove; omit;
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閥
|
clique; lineage; pedigree; faction; clan;
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鳩
|
pigeon; dove;
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伴
|
consort; accompany; bring with; companion;
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判
|
judgement; signature; stamp; seal;
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半
|
half; middle; odd number; semi-; part-;
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反
|
anti-;
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帆
|
sail;
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搬
|
conveyor; carry; transport;
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板
|
plank; board; plate; stage;
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版
|
printing block; printing plate; edition; impression; label;
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犯
|
crime; sin; offense;
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班
|
squad; corps; unit; group;
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畔
|
paddy-ridge; levee;
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繁
|
luxuriant; thick; overgrown; frequency; complexity; trouble;
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般
|
carrier; carry; all;
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藩
|
clan; enclosure;
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販
|
marketing; sell; trade;
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範
|
pattern; example; model;
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煩
|
anxiety; trouble; worry; pain; ill; annoy; nuisance; irksome;
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頒
|
distribute; disseminate; partition; understand;
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飯
|
meal; boiled rice;
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晩
|
nightfall; night;
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番
|
turn; number in a series;
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盤
|
tray; shallow bowl; platter; tub; board; phonograph record;
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蛮
|
barbarian;
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卑
|
lowly; base; vile; vulgar;
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否
|
negate; no; noes; refuse; decline; deny;
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妃
|
queen; princess;
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彼
|
he; that; the;
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悲
|
jail cell; grieve; sad; deplore; regret;
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扉
|
front door; title page; front page;
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批
|
criticism; strike;
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披
|
expose; open;
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比
|
compare; race; ratio; Phillipines;
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泌
|
ooze; flow; soak in; penetrate; secrete;
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疲
|
exhausted; tire; weary;
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皮
|
pelt; skin; hide; leather;
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碑
|
tombstone; monument;
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秘
|
secret; conceal;
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罷
|
quit; stop; leave; withdraw; go;
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肥
|
fertilizer; get fat; fertile; manure; pamper;
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被
|
incur; cover; veil; brood over; shelter; wear; put on; be exposed (film); receiving;
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費
|
expense; cost; spend; consume; waste;
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避
|
evade; avoid; avert; ward off; shirk; shun;
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非
|
un-; mistake; negative; injustice; non-;
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飛
|
fly; skip (pages); scatter;
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|
備
|
equip; provision; preparation;
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尾
|
tail; end; counter for fish; lower slope of mountain;
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微
|
delicate; minuteness; insignificance;
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美
|
beauty; beautiful;
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|
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鼻
|
nose; snout;
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匹
|
equal; head; counter for small animals; roll of cloth;
|
|
|
彦
|
lad; boy (ancient);
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必
|
invariably; certain; inevitable;
|
|
|
筆
|
writing brush; writing; painting brush; handwriting;
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|
|
姫
|
princess;
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|
百
|
hundred;
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|
|
俵
|
bag; bale; sack; counter for bags;
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|
|
標
|
signpost; seal; mark; stamp; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; target;
|
|
|
氷
|
icicle; ice; hail; freeze; congeal;
|
|
|
漂
|
drift; float (on liquid);
|
|
|
票
|
ballot; label; ticket; sign;
|
|
|
表
|
surface; table; chart; diagram;
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|
|
評
|
evaluate; criticism; comment;
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|
描
|
sketch; compose; write; draw; paint;
|
|
|
病
|
ill; sick;
|
|
|
秒
|
second (1/60 minute);
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|
苗
|
seedling; sapling; shoot;
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|
|
品
|
goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses;
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|
|
浜
|
seacoast; beach; seashore;
|
|
|
貧
|
poverty; poor;
|
|
|
賓
|
V.I.P.; guest;
|
|
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頻
|
repeatedly; recur;
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|
|
敏
|
cleverness; agile; alert;
|
|
|
瓶
|
flower pot; bottle; vial; jar; jug; vat; urn;
|
|
|
不
|
negative; non-; bad; ugly; clumsy;
|
|
|
付
|
adhere; attach; refer to; append;
|
|
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夫
|
husband; man;
|
|
|
婦
|
lady; woman; wife; bride;
|
|
|
富
|
wealth; enrich; abundant;
|
|
|
布
|
linen; cloth;
|
|
|
府
|
borough; urban prefecture; govt office; representative body; storehouse;
|
|
|
怖
|
dreadful; be frightened; fearful;
|
|
|
扶
|
aid; help; assist;
|
|
|
敷
|
spread; pave; sit; promulgate;
|
|
|
普
|
universal; wide(ly); generally; Prussia;
|
|
|
浮
|
floating; float; rise to surface;
|
|
|
父
|
father;
|
|
|
符
|
token; sign; mark; tally; charm;
|
|
|
腐
|
rot; decay; sour;
|
|
|
膚
|
skin; body; grain; texture; disposition;
|
|
|
譜
|
musical score; music; note; staff; table; genealogy;
|
|
|
負
|
defeat; negative; -; minus; bear; owe; assume a responsibility;
|
|
|
賦
|
levy; ode; prose; poem; tribute; installment;
|
|
|
赴
|
proceed; get; become; tend;
|
|
|
附
|
affixed; attach; refer to; append;
|
|
|
侮
|
scorn; despise; make light of; contempt;
|
|
|
武
|
warrior; military; chivalry; arms;
|
|
|
舞
|
dance; flit; circle; wheel;
|
|
|
部
|
section; bureau; dept; class; copy; part; portion; counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine;
|
|
|
封
|
seal; closing;
|
|
|
風
|
wind; air; style; manner;
|
|
|
伏
|
prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes);
|
|
|
副
|
vice-; duplicate; copy;
|
|
|
復
|
restore; return to; revert; resume;
|
|
|
幅
|
hanging scroll; width;
|
|
|
服
|
clothing; admit; obey; discharge;
|
|
|
福
|
blessing; fortune; luck; wealth;
|
|
|
腹
|
abdomen; belly; stomach;
|
|
|
複
|
duplicate; double; compound; multiple;
|
|
|
覆
|
capsize; cover; shade; mantle; be ruined;
|
|
|
払
|
pay; clear out; prune; banish; dispose of;
|
|
|
沸
|
seethe; boil; ferment; uproar; breed;
|
|
|
仏
|
Buddha; the dead; France;
|
|
|
物
|
thing; object; matter;
|
|
|
分
|
part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; ones lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku/10;
|
|
|
噴
|
erupt; spout; emit; flush out;
|
|
|
墳
|
tomb; mound;
|
|
|
憤
|
aroused; resent; be indignant; anger;
|
|
|
奮
|
stirred up; be invigorated; flourish;
|
|
|
粉
|
flour; powder; dust;
|
|
|
紛
|
distract; be mistaken for; go astray; divert;
|
|
|
雰
|
atmosphere; fog;
|
|
|
文
|
sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan;
|
|
|
聞
|
hear; ask; listen;
|
|
|
丙
|
third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign;
|
|
|
併
|
join; get together; unite; collective;
|
|
|
兵
|
soldier; private; troops; army; warfare; strategy; tactics;
|
|
|
塀
|
fence; wall; (kokuji);
|
|
|
幣
|
cash; bad habit; humble prefix; gift; Shinto offerings of cloth; rope; cut paper;
|
|
|
平
|
even; flat; peace;
|
|
|
弊
|
abuse; evil; vice; breakage;
|
|
|
柄
|
design; pattern; build; nature; handle; crank; grip; knob; shaft;
|
|
|
並
|
row; and; besides; as well as; line up; rank with; rival; equal;
|
|
|
閉
|
closed; shut;
|
|
|
陛
|
highness; steps (of throne);
|
|
|
米
|
rice; USA; metre;
|
|
|
頁
|
page; leaf;
|
|
|
壁
|
wall; lining (stomach); fence;
|
|
|
癖
|
mannerism; habit; vice; trait; fault; kink;
|
|
|
別
|
separate; branch off; diverge; fork; another; extra; specially;
|
|
|
偏
|
partial; side; left-side radical; inclining; biased;
|
|
|
変
|
unusual; change; strange;
|
|
|
片
|
one-sided; leaf; sheet;
|
|
|
編
|
compilation; knit; plait; braid; twist; editing; completed poem; part of a book;
|
|
|
辺
|
environs; boundary; border; vicinity;
|
|
|
返
|
return; answer; fade; repay;
|
|
|
遍
|
everywhere; times; widely; generally;
|
|
|
便
|
convenience;
|
|
|
勉
|
exertion;
|
|
|
弁
|
valve; petal; braid; speech; dialect; discrimination; dispose of; distinguish;
|
|
|
保
|
protect; guarantee; keep; preserve; sustain; support;
|
|
|
舗
|
shop; store;
|
|
|
捕
|
catch; capture;
|
|
|
歩
|
walk; counter for steps;
|
|
|
補
|
supplement; supply; make good; offset; compensate; assistant; learner;
|
|
|
募
|
recruit; campaign; gather (contributions); enlist; grow violent;
|
|
|
墓
|
grave; tomb;
|
|
|
慕
|
pining; yearn for; love dearly; adore;
|
|
|
暮
|
livelihood; make a living; spend time;
|
|
|
母
|
mama; mother;
|
|
|
簿
|
register; record book;
|
|
|
倣
|
emulate; imitate;
|
|
|
俸
|
stipend; salary;
|
|
|
包
|
wrap; pack up; cover; conceal;
|
|
|
報
|
report; news; reward; retribution;
|
|
|
奉
|
observance; offer; present; dedicate;
|
|
|
宝
|
treasure; wealth; valuables;
|
|
|
峰
|
summit; peak;
|
|
|
崩
|
crumble; die; demolish; level;
|
|
|
抱
|
embrace; hug; hold in arms;
|
|
|
放
|
set free; release; fire; shoot; emit; banish; liberate;
|
|
|
方
|
direction; person; alternative;
|
|
|
朋
|
companion; friend;
|
|
|
法
|
method; law; rule; principle; model; system;
|
|
|
泡
|
bubbles; foam; suds; froth;
|
|
|
砲
|
cannon; gun;
|
|
|
縫
|
sew; stitch; embroider;
|
|
|
胞
|
placenta; sac; sheath;
|
|
|
芳
|
perfume; balmy; flavorable; fragrant;
|
|
|
褒
|
praise; extol;
|
|
|
訪
|
call on; visit; look up; offer sympathy;
|
|
|
豊
|
bountiful; excellent; rich;
|
|
|
邦
|
home country; country; Japan;
|
|
|
飽
|
sated; tired of; bored; satiate;
|
|
|
乏
|
destitution; scarce; limited;
|
|
|
亡
|
deceased; the late; dying; perish;
|
|
|
傍
|
bystander; side; besides; while; nearby; 3rd person;
|
|
|
剖
|
divide;
|
|
|
坊
|
boy; priests residence; priest;
|
|
|
妨
|
disturb; prevent; hamper; obstruct;
|
|
|
帽
|
cap; headgear;
|
|
|
忘
|
forget;
|
|
|
忙
|
busy; occupied; restless;
|
|
|
房
|
tassel; tuft; fringe; bunch; lock (hair); segment (orange); house; room;
|
|
|
暴
|
outburst; rave; fret; force; violence; cruelty; outrage;
|
|
|
望
|
ambition; full moon; hope; desire; aspire to; expect;
|
|
|
某
|
so-and-so; one; a certain; that person;
|
|
|
棒
|
rod; stick; cane; pole; club; line;
|
|
|
冒
|
risk; face; defy; dare; damage; assume (a name);
|
|
|
紡
|
spinning;
|
|
|
肪
|
obese; fat;
|
|
|
膨
|
swell; get fat; thick;
|
|
|
謀
|
conspire; cheat; impose on; plan; devise; scheme; have in mind; deceive;
|
|
|
貿
|
trade; exchange;
|
|
|
防
|
ward off; defend; protect; resist;
|
|
|
北
|
north;
|
|
|
僕
|
me; I (male);
|
|
|
墨
|
black ink; India ink; ink stick; Mexico;
|
|
|
撲
|
slap; strike; hit; beat; tell; speak;
|
|
|
朴
|
crude; simple; plain; docile;
|
|
|
牧
|
breed; care for; shepherd; feed; pasture;
|
|
|
睦
|
intimate; friendly; harmonious;
|
|
|
没
|
drown; sink; hide; fall into; disappear; die;
|
|
|
堀
|
ditch; moat; canal;
|
|
|
奔
|
bustle; run;
|
|
|
本
|
book; present; main; true; real; counter for long things;
|
|
|
翻
|
flip; turn over; wave; flutter; change (mind);
|
|
|
凡
|
mediocre;
|
|
|
盆
|
basin; lantern festival; tray;
|
|
|
摩
|
chafe; rub; polish; grind; scrape;
|
|
|
磨
|
grind; polish; scour; improve; brush (teeth);
|
|
|
魔
|
witch; demon; evil spirit;
|
|
|
麻
|
hemp; flax;
|
|
|
埋
|
bury; be filled up; embedded;
|
|
|
妹
|
younger sister;
|
|
|
枚
|
sheet of...; counter for flat thin objects or sheets;
|
|
|
毎
|
every;
|
|
|
幕
|
curtain; bunting; act of play;
|
|
|
膜
|
membrane;
|
|
|
又
|
or again; furthermore; on the other hand;
|
|
|
抹
|
rub; paint; erase;
|
|
|
末
|
end; close; tip; powder; posterity;
|
|
|
繭
|
cocoon;
|
|
|
万
|
ten thousand;
|
|
|
慢
|
ridicule; laziness;
|
|
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満
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full; enough; pride; satisfy;
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味
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flavor; taste;
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未
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un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the ram;
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魅
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fascination; charm; bewitch;
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巳
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sign of the snake or serpent; 9-11AM; sixth sign of Chinese zodiac;
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岬
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headland; cape; spit; promontory;
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密
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secrecy; density (pop); minuteness; carefulness;
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脈
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vein; pulse; hope;
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妙
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exquisite; strange; queer; mystery; miracle; excellent; delicate; charming;
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民
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people; nation; subjects;
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眠
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sleep; die; sleepy;
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務
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task; duties;
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夢
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dream; vision; illusion;
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無
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nothingness; none; aint; nothing; nil; not;
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矛
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halberd; arms; festival float;
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霧
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fog; mist;
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婿
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bridegroom; son-in-law;
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娘
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daughter; girl;
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名
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name; noted; distinguished; reputation;
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命
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fate; command; decree; destiny; life; appoint;
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明
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bright; light;
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盟
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alliance; oath;
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迷
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astray; be perplexed; in doubt; lost; err; illusion;
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銘
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inscription; signature (of artisan);
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鳴
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chirp; cry; bark; sound; ring; echo; honk;
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滅
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destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish;
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免
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excuse; dismissal;
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綿
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cotton;
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面
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mask; face; features; surface;
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模
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imitation; copy; mock;
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茂
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overgrown; grow thick; be luxuriant;
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妄
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delusion; unnecessarily; without authority; reckless;
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毛
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fur; hair; feather; down;
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猛
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fierce; rave; rush; become furious; wildness; strength;
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盲
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blind; blind man; ignoramus;
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網
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netting; network;
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耗
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decrease;
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木
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tree; wood;
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黙
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silence; become silent; stop speaking; leave as is;
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目
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eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor;
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戻
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re-; return; revert; resume; restore; go backwards;
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問
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question; ask; problem;
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紋
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family crest; figures;
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門
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gates;
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匁
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monme (UNIT OF WEIGHT); 3.75 grams; (kokuji);
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夜
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night; evening;
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野
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plains; field; rustic; civilian life;
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矢
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dart; arrow;
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厄
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unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster;
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役
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duty; war; campaign; drafted labor; office; service; role;
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約
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promise; approximately; shrink;
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薬
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medicine; chemical; enamel; gunpowder; benefit;
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訳
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translate; reason; circumstance; case;
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躍
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leap; dance; skip;
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柳
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willow;
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愉
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pleasure; happy; rejoice;
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油
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oil; fat;
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癒
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healing; cure; quench (thirst); wreak;
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諭
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rebuke; admonish; charge; warn; persuade;
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輸
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transport; send; be inferior;
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唯
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solely; only; merely; simply;
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佑
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help; assist;
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優
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tenderness; excel; surpass; actor; superiority; gentleness;
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勇
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courage; cheer up; be in high spirits; bravery; heroism;
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友
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friend;
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幽
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seclude; confine to a room;
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悠
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permanence; distant; long time; leisure;
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憂
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melancholy; grieve; lament; be anxious; sad; unhappy;
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有
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possess; have; exist; happen; occur; approx;
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猶
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furthermore; still; yet;
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由
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wherefore; a reason;
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裕
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abundant; rich; fertile;
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誘
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entice; lead; tempt; invite; ask; call for; seduce; allure;
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遊
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play;
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kanji
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meaning
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story |
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郵
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mail; stagecoach stop;
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亜
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Asia; rank next; come after; -ous;
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To the romans with their voracious appetite for conquering other lands (represented by the mouth), the numeral II represented the next continent to conquer, ASIA. |
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阿
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Africa; flatter; fawn upon; corner; nook; recess;
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Here we can see the determination of a tribal chieftain who said "We CAN make the largest PINNACLE in AFRICA. |
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哀
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pathetic; grief; sorrow; pathos; pity; sympathize;
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A poor little boy from a dickens story wearing a tattered TOPHAT and SCARF, his MOUTH open in hunger, presenting a PATHETIC sight. |
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雄
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masculine; male; hero; leader; superiority; excellence;
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愛
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love; affection; favourite;
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A HEART is placed at the entrance of "BIRDHOUSE" which draws birds to come and use their WALKING LEGS as they preen about in a ritual mating dance of LOVE. |
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悪
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bad; vice; rascal; false; evil; wrong;
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In romantic ASIA, one's HEART can be BADLY broken. |
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融
|
dissolve; melt;
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握
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grip; hold; mould sushi; bribe;
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FINGERS holding onto a ROOF slowly, slowly, loose their GRIP. |
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旭
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rising sun; morning sun;
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Stay for NINE SUN-rises in the land of the RISING SUN or else you'll never get over the jet-lag |
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夕
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evening;
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梓
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catalpa tree;
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A TREE whose leaves are shaped like bottles of SPICE is a CATALPA TREE. |
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予
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beforehand; previous; myself; I;
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圧
|
pressure; push; overwhelm; oppress; dominate;
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An artificial CLIFF, as a prop in a play, is covered with SOIL, but can't withstand the PRESSURE, and collapses. |
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余
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too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder;
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扱
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handle; entertain; thresh; strip;
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FINGERS on the end of OUTSTRETCHED HANDS reach for the HANDLE-bars of a bike in the midst of a fall. |
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与
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bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend;
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宛
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address; just like; fortunately;
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Each HOUSE has a MAILBOX, complete with an ADDRESS. |
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誉
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reputation; praise; honor; glory;
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安
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relax; cheap; low; quiet; rested; contented; peaceful;
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A WOMAN can RELAX in her own HOUSE. |
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預
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deposit; custody; leave with; entrust to;
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暗
|
darkness; disappear; shade; informal; grow dark; be blinded;
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The SUN is extinguished with a sudden great SOUND, then DARKNESS. |
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幼
|
infancy; childhood;
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案
|
plan; suggestion; draft; ponder; fear; proposition; idea; expectation; bill; worry;
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You RELAX after a falling TREE narrowly misses you, and figuring you've got some time left on this world, you go ahead and PLAN your future. |
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容
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contain; form; looks;
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杏
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apricot;
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An APRICOT TREE will grow out of a MOUTH that eats too many APRICOTS. |
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庸
|
commonplace; ordinary; employment;
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揚
|
hoist; fry in deep fat;
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以
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by means of; because; in view of; compared with;
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A PLOW looks like a mere DROP from a distance as a PERSON pull it BY MEANS OF his own body strength. |
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伊
|
Italy; that one;
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An unfortunate PERSON has been assigned the chore of MOP-ping up ITALY. |
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揺
|
swing; shake; sway; rock; tremble; vibrate;
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位
|
rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some;
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A PERSONS STANDING is his RANK. |
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曜
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weekday;
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依
|
reliant; depend on; consequently; therefore; due to;
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A PERSON is judged by his or her CLOTHING--- you can RELY on it. |
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様
|
Esq.; way; manner; situation; polite suffix;
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偉
|
admirable; greatness; remarkable; conceited; famous; excellent;
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The PERSON pictured in a LOCKET is considered to be ADMIRABLE by its wearer. |
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洋
|
ocean; western style;
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囲
|
surround; besiege; store; paling; enclosure; encircle; preserve; keep;
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Jumping into a WELL, where he is PENT IN is a desperate criminal SURROUNDED by cops. |
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溶
|
melt; dissolve; thaw;
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委
|
committee; entrust to; leave to; devote; discard;
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The WHEAT is divied up to the various members of a commune by the WOMEN of a COMMITTEE. |
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用
|
utilize; business; service; use; employ;
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威
|
intimidate; dignity; majesty; menace; threaten;
|
A MARCH of feminists WOMEN INTIMIDATES make chauvinists. |
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窯
|
kiln; oven; furnace;
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尉
|
military officer; jailer; old man; rank;
|
Standing proudly under a FLAG, next to a show-ALTAR for all to see, his eyes GLUED to the distant horizon is a MILITARY OFFICER. |
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羊
|
sheep;
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意
|
idea; mind; heart; taste; thought; desire; care; liking;
|
A SOUND from from the HEART is a good IDEA. |
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葉
|
leaf; plane; lobe; needle; blade; spear; counter for flat things; fragment; piece;
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慰
|
consolation; amusement; seduce; cheer; make sport of; comfort; console;
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The brave MILITARY OFFICER combines with the emotional HEART to offer CONSOLATION to the family of a soldier lost in battle. |
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要
|
need; main point; essence; pivot; key to;
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易
|
easy; fortune-telling; ready to; simple; divination;
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Tying the SUN in a KNOT is not EASY. |
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謡
|
noh chanting;
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為
|
do; change; make; benefit; welfare; be of use; reach to; try; practice; cost; serve as; good; advantage; as a result of;
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MOVING FISTS wave TAIL FEATHERS which appear as a DROP from a distance, as volunteer warriors affirm that they DO volunteer for the war effort. |
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踊
|
jump; dance; leap; skip;
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異
|
uncommon; queerness; strangeness; wonderful; curious; unusual;
|
Putting BRAINS TOGETHER to form a solution is an all too UNCOMMON occurrence. |
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陽
|
sunshine; yang principle; positive; male; heaven; daytime;
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移
|
shift; move; change; drift; catch (cold fire); pass into;
|
From WHEAT, MANY stalks are combined to make the stick-SHIFT of a standard transmisison car. |
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養
|
foster; bring up; rear; develop; nurture;
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維
|
fiber; tie; rope;
|
Wild TURKEY is trapped in by a THREAD made of strong FIBER. |
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抑
|
repress; well; now; in the first place; push; shove; press; seal; do in spite of;
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緯
|
horizontal; woof; left & right; latitude;
|
A THREAD with a LOCKET hanging from it connects your tv to an outside wall, a jury-rigged attempt to fix the bothersome HORIZONTAL lines on the screen. |
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欲
|
longing; covetousness; greed; passion; desire; craving;
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胃
|
stomach; paunch; crop; craw;
|
Here we see the medical diagram with the BRAIN on top, and underneath, the PART OF THE BODY which is most important, the STOMACH |
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浴
|
bathe; be favored with; bask in;
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衣
|
garment; clothes; dressing;
|
At the top we see a TOPHAT. At the bottom, folds of a GARMENT, split 2 and 2. |
|
翌
|
the following; next;
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違
|
difference; differ;
|
A lucky LOCKET found on the ROAD makes all the DIFFERENCE. |
|
翼
|
wing; plane; flank;
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遺
|
bequeath; leave behind; reserve;
|
The PRECIOUS ROAD carries goods BEQUEATHED from one generation to the next. |
|
裸
|
naked; nude; uncovered; partially clothed;
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医
|
doctor; medicine;
|
The BOX here represents the inevitable BOX-like bag that a DOCTOR carries with him. The DARTS are for giving shots. |
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来
|
come; due; next; cause; become;
|
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井
|
well; well crib; town; community;
|
Pictograph of a WELL. |
|
頼
|
trust; request;
|
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亥
|
sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac;
|
Under a huge TOPHAT you can see the oddly shaped ELBOW of a PERSON as he stuffs his arm into the mouth of a SIGN CARRYING HOG. |
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雷
|
thunder; lightening bolt;
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域
|
range; region; limits; stage; level;
|
The GROUND most familiar to a COWBOY is that of his home on the RANGE. |
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絡
|
entwine; coil around; get caught in;
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育
|
bring up; grow up; raise; rear;
|
An INFANT is given MEAT and is thus BROUGHT UP to be big and strong. |
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落
|
fall; drop; come down;
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一
|
one;
|
one horizontal line |
|
酪
|
dairy products; whey; broth; fruit juice;
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|
壱
|
I; one;
|
The SAMURAI selling CROWNS here is allowed to be SEATED because he has just become the number ONE salesman. |
|
乱
|
riot; war; disorder; disturb;
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逸
|
deviate; idleness; leisure; miss the mark; evade; elude; parry; diverge;
|
A RABBIT running in the middle of the ROAD is seen to have DEVIATED from his normal path, which runs safely through the woods. |
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卵
|
egg; ovum; spawn; roe;
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稲
|
rice plant;
|
WHEAT was often eaten by VULTURES in the OLDEN TIMES, so as a result, the staple crop in the orient became the RICE PLANT. |
|
嵐
|
storm; tempest;
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芋
|
potato;
|
The full kanji for POTATO brings FLOWER into the picture to lend it a more plant-like quality. |
|
欄
|
column; handrail; blank; space;
|
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允
|
license; sincerity; permit;
|
The deadly blows he is able to inflict with his ELBOWS and HUMAN LEGS force james bond to obtain a LICENSE to kill. |
|
濫
|
excessive; overflow; spread out;
|
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印
|
stamp; seal; mark; imprint; symbol; emblem; trademark; evidence; souvenir; India;
|
In the full kanji for STAMP, we see that STAPLES are sometimes needed to attach a STAMP to an envelope. |
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覧
|
perusal; see;
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員
|
employee; member; number; the one in charge;
|
Represented by a MOUTH on a SHELL, this kanji has the look of a robotic EMPLOYEE. |
|
利
|
profit; advantage; benefit;
|
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因
|
cause; factor; be associated with; depend on; be limited to;
|
This PENT-IN ST.BERNARD'S DOG has one CAUSE-- to get out!!! |
|
吏
|
officer; an official;
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姻
|
matrimony; marry;
|
This kanji suggests that a WOMAN'S CAUSE is MATRIMONY. |
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履
|
footgear; shoes; boots; put on (the feet;
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引
|
pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to;
|
This may be most easily remembered as a pictograph of a BOW with the vertical line representing a string ready to be PULLED. |
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李
|
plum;
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飲
|
drink; smoke; take;
|
After eating FOOD, you YAWN mightily, and then DRINK some wine to wash it down. |
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梨
|
pear tree;
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胤
|
descendent; issue; offspring;
|
At the ACROPOLIS, a tourist on STILTS wearing SUNGLASSES DESCENDS from a bus. |
|
理
|
logic; arrangement; reason; justice; truth;
|
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院
|
Inst.; institution; temple; mansion; school;
|
The PINNACLE of PERFECTION is how a stuffy "INST" might portray itself. |
|
痢
|
diarrhea;
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陰
|
shade; yin; negative; sex organs; secret; shadow;
|
Mounted on the ACROPOLIS is a huge CLOCK, suddenly obscured by RISING CLOUDS which SHADE it from view, acting like the blinders on a window SHADE. |
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裏
|
back; amidst; in; reverse; inside; palm; sole; rear; lining; wrong side;
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隠
|
conceal; hide; cover;
|
Hoping to rob the tourist concession at the ACROPOLIS, a thief posing as a SALARYMAN carries in his briefcase a CONCEALED weapon. |
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里
|
ri; village; parents home; league;
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韻
|
rhyme; elegance; tone;
|
A SOUND store EMPLOYEE speaks in RHYMES. |
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離
|
detach; separation; disjoin; digress;
|
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右
|
right;
|
The hand usually hanging BY ONE'S SIDE which is used to put food in the MOUTH is the one on the RIGHT. |
|
陸
|
land; six;
|
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宇
|
eaves; roof; house; heaven;
|
In a HOUSE, POTATOES are grown under the EAVES of the attic by a farming fanatic. |
|
律
|
rhythm; law; regulation; gauge; control;
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羽
|
feathers; counter for birds rabbits;
|
Pictograph of FEATHERS. |
|
率
|
ratio; rate; proportion; %; coefficient; factor;
|
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|
雨
|
rain;
|
The CEILING of the sky makes you grab a TOWEL due to getting drenched by the (four) DROPS of RAIN. |
|
立
|
stand up;
|
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|
卯
|
sign of the hare; 5-7AM; fourth sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the rabbit; east;
|
Eating the yolks out of EGGS are SIGN CARRYING HARES. |
|
略
|
abbreviation; omission; outline; shorten; capture; plunder;
|
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丑
|
sign of the ox or cow; 1-3AM; second sign of Chinese zodiac;
|
FIVE COWS carry a sign, represented by the extension of the right side of cow up to the top, changing FIVE to this SIGN OF THE COW of this kanji. |
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流
|
current; a sink; flow; forfeit;
|
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渦
|
whirlpool; eddy; vortex;
|
You slouch down until the WATER is up to your JAWBONE in a nice, hot WHIRLPOOOL. |
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留
|
detain; fasten; halt; stop;
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浦
|
bay; creek; inlet; gulf; beach; seacoast;
|
DOG-TAGS are tossed into the WATER by a famous blues singer as he sits on the dock of the BAY. |
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硫
|
sulphur;
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運
|
carry; luck; destiny; fate; lot; transport; progress; advance;
|
CHARIOTS roll along a ROAD as they CARRY goods to the front lines. |
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粒
|
grains; drop; counter for tiny particles;
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雲
|
cloud;
|
RAIN combines with RISING CLOUD to create the full image for CLOUD. |
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隆
|
hump; high; noble; prosperity;
|
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営
|
occupation; camp; perform; build; conduct (business);
|
Do your work in the SCHOOLHOUSE to get the SPINE needed to obtain a good OCCUPATION. |
|
竜
|
dragon; imperial;
|
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影
|
shadow; silhouette; phantom;
|
The SUN shines down on the CAPITAL building, throwing its SHAPE in the form of a SHADOW on the ground below. |
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慮
|
prudence; thought; concern; consider; deliberate; fear;
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映
|
reflect; reflection; projection;
|
The SUN REFLECTS from the CENTER. |
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旅
|
trip; travel;
|
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栄
|
flourish; prosperity; honor; glory; splendor;
|
In the learning environment of a SCHOOLHOUSE, a poor, dying TREE, rescued by students recovers its health and FLOURISHES. |
|
虜
|
captive; barbarian; low epithet for the enemy;
|
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永
|
eternity; long; lengthy;
|
A DROP of WATER comes straight down from ETERNITY |
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了
|
complete; finish;
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泳
|
swim;
|
A subtle warning. This kanji states that you may head off to ETERNITY if you're not careful while SWIMMING in the WATER. |
|
僚
|
colleague; official; companion;
|
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|
英
|
England; English;
|
Fresh FLOWERS are placed everyday in the exact CENTER of ENGLAND. |
|
両
|
both; old Japanese coin; counter for vehicles; two;
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|
衛
|
defense; protection;
|
In a deadly struggle in the middle of a BOULEVARD over the famed LOCKET from DIFFERENCE, one man slays another in self-DEFENSE. |
|
寮
|
dormitory; hostel; villa; tea pavillion;
|
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詠
|
recitation; poem; song; composing;
|
WORDS seem to last an ETERNITY to a bored student listening to a RECITATION. |
|
料
|
fee; materials;
|
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鋭
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pointed; sharpness; edge; weapon; sharp; violent;
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A piece of METAL held by the DEVIL is probably a very POINTED pitchforkA |
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涼
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refreshing; nice and cool;
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液
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fluid; liquid; juice; sap; secretion;
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The LIQUID that drips out of your car in the middle of the NIGHT is probably your transmission FLUID. |
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猟
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game-hunting; shooting; game; bag;
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疫
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epidemic;
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SICKNESS which strikes like a MISSILE is an EPIDEMIC. |
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療
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heal; cure;
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益
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benefit; gain; profit; advantage;
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The symmetric combination of ANIMAL HORNS over ANIMAL LEGS combine to represent the main DISH at a BENEFIT dinner. |
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糧
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provisions; food; bread;
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駅
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station;
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A TEAM OF HORSES, by means of the sweet melody of the SHAKU HACHI flute, finds its way to the STATION. |
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良
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good; pleasing; skilled;
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悦
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ecstasy; joy; rapture;
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The STATE OF MIND brought on by the DEVIL is ECSTASY- at least that's what he would have you believe. |
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量
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quantity; measure; weight; amount; consider; estimate; surmise;
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謁
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audience; audience (with king);
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The speaker turns up the MICROPHONE when he notices that a SIESTA is being taken by the entire AUDIENCE. |
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陵
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mausoleum; imperial tomb;
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越
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surpass; cross over; move to; exceed; Vietnam;
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Participants in a RUNNING PARADE shed a DROP of sweat as they struggle to SURPASS one another. |
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領
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jurisdiction; dominion; territory; fief; reign;
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閲
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review; inspection; revision;
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If the DEVIL greets you at the pearly GATES, it does not bode well for the upcoming REVIEW of your life. |
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力
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power; strong; strain; bear up; exert;
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円
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circle; yen; round;
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CIRCULAR coins are saved in this representation of a GLASS CANOPY where the vertical line represents the slot to inert coins and the horizontal line the level to which the CIRCULAR YEN coins have piled up. |
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緑
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green;
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園
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park; garden; yard; farm;
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A PENT-UP DISTANCE is a PARK. |
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倫
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ethics; companion;
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宴
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banquet; feast; party;
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A HOUSE is fittingly a place to have a BANQUET, here prepared by a talented WOMAN. |
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厘
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rin; 1/10sen; 1/10bu;
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延
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prolong; stretching;
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A DROP of sweat drops from aerobics participants as they STOP and STRETCH during a prolonged workout. |
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林
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grove; forest;
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援
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abet; help; save;
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Helpful FINGERS nurse a downed MIGRATING DUCK back to health and aid and ABET it on its journey southward. |
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臨
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look to; face; meet; confront; attend; call on;
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沿
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run alongside; follow along; run along; lie along;
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Kids splash through the WATER in a GULLEY which RUNS ALONGSIDE the tracks. |
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輪
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wheel; ring; circle; link; loop; counter for wheels and flowers;
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演
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performance; act; play; render; stage;
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Doused with WATER is the SIGN OF THE TIGER, after a poor initial PERFORMANCE as the newest member of the zodiac. |
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隣
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neighboring;
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炎
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inflammation; flame; blaze;
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FIRE doubles itself up to form an INFLAMMATION. |
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塁
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bases; fort; rampart; walls; base(ball);
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煙
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smoke;
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A FIRE in the OLD WEST which burnt a cabin to the GROUND could be seen from afar by the SMOKE. |
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涙
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tears; sympathy;
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猿
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monkey;
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Wielding a CROCK-POT against WILD DOGS who are attacking his master, all while wearing a SCARF, is a pet MONKEY. |
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累
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accumulate; involvement; trouble; tie up; continually;
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縁
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affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink;
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Add a lonely SOW with a BROOM, and we see a poor creature who needs a sense of AFFINITY with his masters. |
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類
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sort; kind; variety; class; genus;
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令
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orders; ancient laws; command; decree;
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艶
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glossy; luster; glaze; polish; charm; colorful; captivating;
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A BOUNTIFUL MOSAIC is made from 8 X 10 GLOSSIES. |
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例
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example; custom; usage; precedent;
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苑
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garden; farm; park;
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FLOWERS growing behind the MAILBOX paint a picture of a front GARDEN. |
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冷
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cool; cold (beer person); chill;
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遠
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distant; far;
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DISTANCE-MARKERS on the ROAD show the DISTANCE traveled. |
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励
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encourage; be diligent; inspire;
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鉛
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lead;
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A METAL GULLEY is made from LEAD. |
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礼
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salute; bow; ceremony; thanks; remuneration;
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塩
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salt;
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The SOIL which makes up SALT is poured into the MOUTH of a RECLINING figure by means of a DISH. |
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鈴
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small bell; buzzer;
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汚
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dirty; pollute; disgrace; rape; defile;
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Over the WATER, finally caught in a ONE SNARE laid by his mom, one rather DIRTY boy is about to get a bath. |
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隷
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slave; servant; prisoner; criminal; follower;
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凹
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concave; hollow; sunken;
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Pictograph of a square with the top CON-CAVING in |
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零
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zero; spill; overflow; nothing; cipher;
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央
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center; middle;
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We discover in this kanji that a ST. BERNARD'S DOG with a BOX for his body is what exists at the CENTER of the universe. |
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霊
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spirits; soul;
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奥
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heart; interior;
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A DROP representing the drink, and RICE for food , both PENT-UP in a container is carried by a ST. BERNARD'S DOG to someone stuck in the CORE of the earth! |
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麗
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lovely; companion;
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往
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journey; chase away; let go; going; travel;
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A LINE of CANDLE-STICKS can be seen in the night as a religious procession begins a long and mystical JOURNEY. |
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齢
|
age;
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応
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apply; answer; yes; OK; reply; accept;
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Someone falls into a CAVE and gets a HEART-attack, and you are the first one to arrive and APPLY first-aid. After that you APPLY to medical SCHOOL. |
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暦
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calendar; almanac;
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押
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push; stop; check; subdue; attach; seize; weight; shove; press; seal; do in spite of;
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FINGERS PUSH a suit of ARMOR crashing to the floor. |
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歴
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curriculum; continuation; passage of time;
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横
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sideways; side; horizontal; width; woof;
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A fallen, YELLOW TREE lays SIDEWAYS across a path. |
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列
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file; row; rank; tier; column;
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欧
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Europe;
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A prison WARDEN YAWNS as he takes a tour of EUROPE with his family. |
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劣
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inferiority; be inferior to; be worse;
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殴
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assault; hit; beat; thrash;
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A WARDEN is fired upon with a MISSILE in a deadly ASSAULT by prisoners doing time for ASSAULT and battery. |
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烈
|
ardent; violent; vehement; furious; severe; extreme;
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王
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king; rule; magnate;
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A KING might say "I am number ONE", with the capital "I" used in this instance being visually borrowed from the western alphabet, combined with kanji for ONE. |
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裂
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split; rend; tear;
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翁
|
venerable old man;
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Speaking to the PUBLIC, with a wispy beard resembling long FEATHERS, is a VENERABLE OLD MAN. |
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廉
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bargain; reason; charge; suspicion; point; account; purity; honest; low price; cheap; rested; contented; peaceful;
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黄
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yellow;
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OIL DERRICK composed of ANIMAL LEGS shoots YELLOW SALAD oil. |
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恋
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romance; in love; yearn for; miss; darling;
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沖
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open sea; offing; rise high into sky;
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WATER is deepest IN the OPEN SEA. |
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練
|
practice; gloss; train; drill; polish; refine;
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億
|
hundred million; 10**8;
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A PERSON has a great IDEA play the lottery and win a HUNDRED MILLION dollars. |
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連
|
take along; lead; join; connect; party; gang; clique;
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屋
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roof; house; shop; dealer; seller;
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At the CLIMAX, a FLAG is raised on the ROOF. |
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錬
|
tempering; refine; drill; train; polish;
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憶
|
recollection; think; remember;
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An evasive politician wearing a MOOD-RING states before a sub-committee "I had no IDEA what was going on- to the best of my RECOLLECTION". |
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呂
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spine; backbone;
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乙
|
the latter; duplicate; strange; witty;
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A fishhook pulls out FISHGUTS. |
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炉
|
hearth; furnace; kiln; reactor;
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卸
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wholesale;
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Horses have HORSESHOES placed on them, are STAMPED, and then sold WHOLESALE at a horse auction. |
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路
|
path; route; road; distance;
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恩
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grace; kindness; goodness; favor; mercy; blessing; benefit;
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The CAUSE of one's HEART, according to hemingway, should be GRACE. |
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露
|
dew; tears; expose; Russia;
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温
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warm;
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WATER left under the SUN in a DISH becomes nice and WARM. |
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労
|
labor; thank for; reward for; toil; trouble;
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穏
|
calm; quiet; moderation;
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WHEAT is grown by a SALARYMAN as an escape from the city, and to CALM his nerves. |
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廊
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corridor; hall; tower;
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音
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sound; noise;
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STAND on SUN- and make a lound SOUND! |
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朗
|
melodious; clear; bright; serene; cheerful;
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下
|
below; down; descend; give; low; inferior;
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A MAGIC WAND hangs BELOW a ceiling. |
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化
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change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization;
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Is a PERSON really capable of CHANGE? That is the question posed by this PERSON as he CHANGES from standing up to SITTING DOWN in this kanji. |
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楼
|
watchtower; lookout; high building;
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仮
|
sham; temporary; interim; assumed (name); informal;
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A PERSON who is routinely "ANTI"to any constructive measure no matter its merit is nothing but a SHAM. |
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浪
|
wandering; waves; billows;
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何
|
what;
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A PERSON CAN do WHAT? |
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漏
|
leak; escape; time;
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価
|
value; price;
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To struggling settlers who needed every bit of help they could get, each additional PERSON in the OLD WEST was of great VALUE. |
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老
|
old man; old age; grow old;
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佳
|
excellent; beautiful; good; pleasing; skilled;
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The PERSON who makes into the IVY leagues han an EXCELLENT chance to succeed. |
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郎
|
son; counter for sons;
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加
|
add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada;
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Similar to people who voice the words when they are reading, here a CIRCUS STRONGMAN moves his MOUTH as he ADDS more weights. |
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六
|
six;
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可
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can; passable; mustnt; should not; do not;
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Determined carpenter holds NAILS in his MOUTH, saying " I CAN do this all by myself". |
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録
|
record;
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夏
|
summer;
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A massive HEAD on a pair of STILTS wanders down on the beach in mid-SUMMER. Note that the animal legs of HEAD have been replaced by the WALKING LEGS. |
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論
|
argument; discourse;
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嫁
|
marry into; bride;
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WOMAN MARRIES INTO the HOUSE of another family. |
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和
|
harmony; Japanese style; peace; soften; Japan;
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家
|
house; home;
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Imagine living in a time where it is normal to have a SOW living in your HOUSE!! |
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話
|
tale; talk;
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寡
|
widow; minority; few;
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Struggling as the HEAD of the HOUSE since her husband has been killed with a DAGGER, is a poor young WIDOW, still dressed in black. |
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賄
|
bribe; board; supply; finance;
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科
|
department; course; section;
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An extra portion of WHEAT, for discovering the BIG DIPPER is awarded to the astronomy DEPARTMENT. |
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惑
|
beguile; delusion; perplexity;
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暇
|
spare time; rest; leisure; time; leave of absence;
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Holding STAPLES in his MOUTH while he REVERSES BOXES, is a troublesome fellow who has had too much SPARE TIME dropped into his CROTCH. |
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枠
|
frame; framework; spindle; spool; bounding-box; (kokuji);
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果
|
fruit; reward; carry out; achieve; complete; end; finish; succeed;
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A very strange kind of TREE has human BRAINS as its FRUIT. |
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亘
|
span; request;
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架
|
erect; frame; mount; support; shelf; construct;
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ADD TREES to ERECT a masterpiece of a yard. |
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湾
|
gulf; bay; inlet;
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歌
|
song; sing;
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Uninspired rendition of the CAN-CAN evokes a YAWN from the audience, so the dancers break out in SONG to try to save the day. |
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腕
|
arm; ability; talent;
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河
|
river;
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WATER that CAN make it all the way to the ocean is designated as a full-fledged RIVER. |
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葵
|
hollyhock;
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茜
|
madder; red dye; Turkey red;
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火
|
fire;
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A PERSON hwo is a human torch has two DROPS of FIRE spraying out from him. |
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禍
|
calamity; misfortune; evil; curse;
|
Jumping over a show-ALTAR while hanging onto her horse's JAWBONE is CALAMITY jane the famous cowgirl. |
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渥
|
kindness;
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稼
|
earnings; work; earn money;
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WHEAT is eaten by the familiar kanji SOW, who lives in your HOUSE- and is not EARNING his keep in a very desirable way. |
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絢
|
kimono design;
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箇
|
counters for things;
|
HARDENED BAMBOO was used as an ITEM of currency in ancient societies. |
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綾
|
design; figured cloth; twill;
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花
|
flower;
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In this full kanji for FLOWER, we are reminded of how rapidly CHANGING its life-cycle is. |
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鮎
|
freshwater trout; smelt;
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荷
|
baggage; shoulder-pole load; bear (a burden); shoulder (a gun); load; cargo; freight;
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"WHAT? A FLOWER? In the BAGGAGE?" |
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惟
|
consider; reflect; think;
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華
|
splendor; flower; petal; shine; luster; ostentatious; showy; gay; gorgeous;
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FLOWERS are held to a SILO by huge NEEDLES, creating a SPLENDID sight for all to see. |
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郁
|
cultural progress; perfume;
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菓
|
candy; cakes; fruit;
|
FLOWERS and FRUIT are used as an image to sell a new kind of CANDY. |
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磯
|
seashore; beach;
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課
|
chapter; lesson; section; department; division; counter for chapters (of a book);
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WORDS are the FRUIT offered by the delicious CHAPTERS of a tasty book. |
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云
|
say;
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貨
|
freight; goods; property;
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CHANGE your SHELL-CURRENCY for a ride on a FREIGHT car. |
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瑛
|
sparkle of jewelry; crystal;
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過
|
overdo; exceed; go beyond; error;
|
JAWBONES drop in surprise as hot-rodders on a nearby ROAD zing by, obviously OVERDOING the speed limit. |
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岡
|
mount; hill; knoll;
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蚊
|
mosquito;
|
The only INSECT who wears a KILT is a dapper MOSQUITO. |
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俺
|
I; myself;
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我
|
ego; I; selfish; our; oneself;
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HANDS grab for a PINATA as those with the biggest EGO try to be the first to bring it down. |
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嘉
|
applaud; praise; esteem;
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画
|
brush-stroke; picture;
|
Painter uses modern techniques by covering his CEILING with spray from a miniature OIL-DERRICK, and then uses a SHOVEL to further refine the "BRUSH-STROKES" thus created. |
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霞
|
be hazy; grow dim; blurred;
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芽
|
bud; sprout; spear; germ;
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Several elephant TUSKS stand together on the end of a huge FLOWER, creating the image of a BUD. |
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馨
|
fragrant; balmy; favourable;
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賀
|
congratulations; joy;
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ADD up the SHELL-CURRENCY received in CONGRATUATIONS. |
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巌
|
rock; crag; boulder;
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雅
|
gracious; elegant; graceful; refined;
|
Riding an elephant's TUSK, and handing out TURKEYS to the natives on a charitable tour, rides the GRACIOUS jacqueline onassis. |
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嬉
|
glad; pleased; rejoice;
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餓
|
starve; hungry; thirst;
|
Poor kids in africa beg for FOOD, but it can't be delivered due to the overweening EGOS of the rival tribal leaders who use STARVATION as a means of warfare. |
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毅
|
strong;
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介
|
jammed in; shellfish; mediate; concern oneself with;
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Two CANES (one curved) are accidentaly JAMMED IN to an UMBRELLA in an UMBRELLA stand. |
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橘
|
mandarin orange;
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会
|
meeting; meet; party; association; interview; join;
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In this full kanji for MEETING, we notice that a MEETING is held on one side of a separating WALL. |
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亨
|
undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch;
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解
|
unravel; notes; key; explanation; understanding; untie; undo; solve; answer; cancel; absolve; explain; minute;
|
If you measure the ANGLE correctly, you can stick a DAGGER into a stuffed COW and watch the stuff inside completely UNRAVEL. |
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匡
|
correct; save; assist;
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回
|
-times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences;
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A SQUARE in a SQUARE revolves a hundred TIMES per minute, rather clunkily perhaps. |
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喬
|
high; boasting;
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塊
|
clod; lump; chink; clot; mass;
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A CLOD of SOIL is picked up and flung at a menacing GHOST by jean CLAUD van damme. |
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尭
|
high; far;
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壊
|
demolition; break; destroy;
|
Getting SOIL in his POCKET during a tough race is a DEMOLITION derby driver. |
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欣
|
take pleasure in; rejoice;
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快
|
cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable;
|
Marie antoinette's STATE OF MIND as she approaches the GUILLOTINE is inexplicably CHEERFUL, perhaps she has completely lost her senses in the trauma of the revolution. |
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欽
|
respect; revere; long for;
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怪
|
suspicious; mystery; apparition;
|
When someone's STATE OF MIND is as tightly coiled as thread on a SPOOL, he is probably SUSPICIOUS of everyone. |
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矩
|
ruler; carpenters square;
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悔
|
repent; regret;
|
MOOD RINGS are handed out at an old fashioned revival meeting to EVERY one who REPENTS. |
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遇
|
interview; treat; entertain; receive; deal with;
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懐
|
pocket; feelings; heart; yearn; miss someone; become attached to; bosom; breast;
|
In this full kanji for the alternate primitive POCKET, we see a MOOD-RING is kept in a POCKET. |
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慧
|
wise;
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戒
|
commandment;
|
Returning from a mountain with god's word carried in his bony, gnarled, TWO HANDS, moses finds the people engaged in a FIESTA, and enraged, breaks the ten COMMANDMENTS. |
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鍵
|
key;
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拐
|
kidnap; falsify;
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FINGERS cover a MOUTH, and a DAGGER is wielded in a daring KIDNAP. |
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弦
|
bowstring; chord; hypotenuse;
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改
|
reformation; change; modify; mend; renew; examine; inspect; search;
|
The SNAKE representing the evil inside is tamed by the TASKMASTER in a REFORM school for problem kids. |
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伍
|
5; 5-man squad; file; line;
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械
|
contraption; fetter; machine; instrument;
|
A TREE about to be chopped down by a buzz saw makes a COMMANDMENT: "Thou shalt not use that CONTRAPTION on me!" |
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宏
|
wide; large;
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海
|
sea; ocean;
|
EVERY drop of WATER leads to the SEA. |
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昂
|
rise;
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灰
|
ashes; puckery juice; cremate;
|
Huge FIRE under a CLIFF leaves nothing but ASHES. |
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晃
|
clear;
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界
|
world;
|
All the RICE-FIELDS are JAMMED IN to our very small WORLD. |
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浩
|
wide expanse; abundance; vigorous;
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皆
|
all; everything;
|
COMPARE the WHITENESS of clothes to make sure they ALL have been properly cleaned. |
|
紘
|
large;
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絵
|
picture; drawing; painting; sketch;
|
THREADS MEET in an embroidered PICTURE. |
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降
|
descend; precipitate; fall; surrender;
|
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開
|
open; unfold; unseal;
|
TWO HANDS OPEN the swinging GATES of a bar-room entrance. |
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頃
|
time; about; toward;
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階
|
storey; stair; counter for storeys of a building;
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A PINNACLE is reached by taking empty packages of laundry detergent and piling them ALL one upon the other, one STORY (floor) after another. |
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沙
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sand;
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貝
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shellfish;
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The EYE is the body, and the ANIMAL LEGS are the bottom portion of a SHELLFISH |
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哉
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how; what; alas; "?" (question mark);
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劾
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censure; criminal investigation;
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As a punishment, ACORNS are flung by a CIRCUS STRONGMAN at a congressman being CENSURED by the ethics committee. |
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冴
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be clear; serene; cold; skilful;
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外
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outside;
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In the EVENING when imagination runs free, a MAGIC WAND is used to magically transport you from the inside to the OUTSIDE. |
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滋
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nourishing; more & more; be luxuriant; planting; turbidity;
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害
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harm; injury;
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If a HOUSE GROWS UP in your MOUTH, it will cause a fair amount of HARM. |
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爾
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you; thou; second person;
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慨
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rue; be sad; sigh; lament;
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A STATE OF MIND which is always looking at what was done PREVIOUSLY is likely to RUE many occasions. |
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璽
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emperors seal;
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概
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outline; condition; approximation; generally;
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Where a TREE was PREVIOUSLY, now there is only an OUTLINE. |
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峻
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high; steep;
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涯
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horizon; shore;
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Standing on an IVY covered CLIFF, you gaze out over the WATER towards the HORIZON. |
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駿
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a good horse; speed; a fast person;
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街
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boulevard; street; town;
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A BOULEVARD lined with IVY becomes so popular that everyone calls it the "IVY BOULEVARD". |
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淳
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pure;
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該
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above-stated; the said; that specific;
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WORDS which have the quality of ACORNS (small size, large potential), are found in the fine print of a contract and usually obviate much of what is "ABOVE-STATED". |
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庄
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level;
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垣
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hedge; fence; wall;
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SOIL is covered with cans of SPAM to form an artificial HEDGE. |
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丞
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help;
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嚇
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menacing; dignity; majesty; threaten;
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A little boy, from his MOUTH can spit out not one, but TWO APPLES like a gun, is considered to be a MENACE to the neighborhood. |
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穣
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good crops; prosperity; 10**28;
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各
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each; every; either;
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The pursuasive MOUTH tries to convince you that EACH pair of STILTS is perfectly made. |
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尻
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buttocks; hips; butt; rear;
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拡
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broaden; extend; expand; enlarge;
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The opening of the "CAVE" in WIDE is not wide enough, thus FINGERS BROADEN the opening . |
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晋
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advance;
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格
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status; rank; capacity; character; case (law grammar);
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In the not so distant future, EACH TREE will have an "endangered species" STATUS. |
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翠
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green;
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核
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nucleus; core; kernel;
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Electron TREES whir around the ACORNS which compose the NUCLUES of a kanji atom. |
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瑞
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congratulations;
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殻
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husk; nut shell;
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A SAMURAI uses WEATHERVANES as MISSILES against the enemy, and carries them about concealed in corn HUSKS. |
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嵩
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be aggravated; grow worse; grow bulky; swell;
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獲
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seize; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to;
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WILD DOG is stuffed into a SAFE after having been SEIZED by the dog-catcher. |
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雀
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sparrow;
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確
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assurance; firm; tight; hard; solid; confirm; clear; evident;
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A TURKEY HOUSE made from ROCK has the ASSURANCE of never falling down. |
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腺
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gland;
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穫
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harvest; reap;
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WHEAT is stored in a SAFE after a successful HARVEST. |
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惣
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all;
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覚
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memorize; learn; remember; awake; sober up;
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We are advised that in a SCHOOLHOUSE, everything you SEE should be MEMORIZED. |
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聡
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wise; fast learner;
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角
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angle; corner; square;
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To create a kind of sextant, BOUND UP together in a GLASS CANOPY are TWO CANES forming an ANGLE. |
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揃
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be complete; uniform; all present;
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較
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contrast; compare;
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CARS of the race you are watching on television MINGLE with one another because the CONTRAST needs to be adjusted. |
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戴
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be crowned with; live under (a ruler); receive;
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郭
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enclosure; quarters; fortification; red-light district;
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Everything RECEIVED at the CITY WALLS must first be put into an ENCLOSURE for checking. |
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鯛
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sea bream; red snapper;
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閣
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tower; tall building; palace;
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As all the roads lead to rome, EACH GATE leads into the tokyo TOWER. |
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鷹
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hawk;
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隔
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isolate; alternate; distance; separate; gulf;
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The ACROPOLIS must be put in a huge TEST TUBE to ISOLATE it from the elements. |
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琢
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polish;
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革
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leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt;
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In the CAVERNS, holding in their MOUTHS, NEEDLES for sewing are the workers of LEATHER. |
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達
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accomplished; reach; arrive; attain;
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学
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study; learning; science;
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In the SCHOOLHOUSE, a CHILD STUDIES. |
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誰
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who; someone; somebody;
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岳
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point; peak; mountain;
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A HILL on a MOUNTAIN is sharp as a POINT. |
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暢
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stretch;
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楽
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music; comfort; ease;
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A DOVE carrying SPARKLERS lands on a TREE- the sign for the MUSIC to begin. |
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悌
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serving our elders;
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額
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forehead; tablet; plaque; framed picture; sum; amount; volume;
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To keep track of all your GUESTS, you imagine their names written on their HEAD, and what better part to do this than the FOREHEAD. |
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禎
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happiness;
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掛
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hang; suspend; depend; arrive at; tax; pour;
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Desparate FINGERS pull at a HANGman's noose made form IVY, but what's really needed is a MAGIC WAND. |
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逓
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relay; in turn; sending;
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潟
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lagoon;
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The STAPLE and REVERSE STAPLE (from ENTERTAIN), are borrowed to attach TAIL-FEATHERS to the WATER performers in a show at the LAGOON. |
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惇
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sincere; kind; considerate;
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割
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proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split;
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The amount of HARM that can be done by a SABRE is directly PROPORTIONAL to its size. |
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敦
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industry; kindliness;
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喝
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hoarse; scold;
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A MOUTH after a SIESTA is HOARSE. |
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那
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what?;
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括
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fasten; tie up; arrest; constrict;
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FINGERS pull up the TOUNGE of a boot, and then FASTEN the claps over it. |
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鍋
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pot; pan; kettle;
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活
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lively; resuscitation; being helped; living;
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Certain LIQUIDS on the TOUNGE make it more LIVELY and talkative. |
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乃
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from; possessive particle; whereupon; accordingly;
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渇
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thirst; dry up; parch;
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WATER after a SIESTA quenches your THIRST. |
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巴
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comma-design;
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滑
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slippery; slide; slip; flunk;
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WATER under a SKELETON causes it to have a SLIPPERY time. |
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梅
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plum;
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褐
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brown; woollen kimono;
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The CLOAK worn during a SIESTA is BROWN. |
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萩
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bush clover;
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轄
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control; wedge;
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If you lose CONTROL of a CAR, then a lot of HARM will be done. |
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肇
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beginning;
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且
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moreover; also; furthermore;
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MOREOVER, the contents of a SHELF mean there is "MORE-OVER" your head. |
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隼
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falcon;
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株
|
stocks; stump; shares; stock; counter for small plants;
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A WOODEN board with VERMILLION colored markings could have been the first "big board" of the japanese STOCK market. |
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斐
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beautiful; patterned;
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鎌
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sickle; scythe; trick;
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Made of METAL, and shown in films demonstrating how all the workers could work CONCURRENTLY, are the famed hammer and SICKLE of the communists. |
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緋
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scarlet; cardinal;
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刈
|
reap; cut; clip; trim; prune;
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A SHEAF and a SABRE combine to create a picture of a harvest being REAPED. |
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彬
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refined; gentle;
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乾
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drought
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A MIST is BEGGED for by those suffering under a DROUGHT. |
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芙
|
lotus; Mt Fuji;
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冠
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crown; best; peerless;
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In this full kanji representation of CROWN, we find that in the BEGINNING of his reign, an ill-fitting CROWN was GLUED to the young king's head, until he finally got used to the idea of wearing the CROWN. |
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楓
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maple;
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寒
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cold;
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An ICE-HOUSE is contstructed from CELERY sticks and ANIMAL LEGS to keep things COLD. |
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蕗
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butterbur; bog rhubarb;
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刊
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publish; carve; engrave;
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SABRES hang from a CLOTHESLINE, which whir and cut the pages for a book as part of the PUBLISHING process. |
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碧
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blue; green;
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勘
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intuition; perception;
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It is a TREMENDOUS POWER to have INTUITION. |
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甫
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for the first time; not until;
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勧
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persuade; recommend; advise; encourage; offer;
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Riding around town on a PEGASUS rides a CIRCUS STRONGMAN, PERSUADING people to come see the magic circus. |
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輔
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help;
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巻
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scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (on book scrolls);
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Before they discovered paper, the skin from about a QUARTER of a SNAKE was used as the basic unit to creat a SCROLL. |
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穂
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ear; ear (grain); head; crest (wave);
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喚
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yell; cry; scream;
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The MOUTH of a neighbor of a DOG POUND is most likely to be YELLING at the dogs to "shuuuuut up!" |
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萌
|
show symptoms of; sprout; bud; malt;
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堪
|
withstand; endure; support; resist;
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SOIL can WITHSTAND TREMENDOUS pressure. |
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槙
|
twig; ornamental evergreen;
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完
|
perfect; completion; end;
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A little picher who practices throwing strikes off the side of his HOUSE since the very BEGINNING grows up to pitch a PERFECT game. |
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亦
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also; again;
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官
|
bureaucrat; the government;
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A HOUSE MAESTRO keeps his job by being an effective BUREAUCRAT. |
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迄
|
until; up to; as far as; to the extent;
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寛
|
tolerant; leniency; generosity; relax; feel at home; be at ease; broadminded;
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In a HOTHOUSE, a gentle gardener SEES that his plants are growing slowly but is nontheless very TOLERANT. |
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麿
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I; you; (kokuji);
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干
|
dry; parch;
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Pictograph of a CLOTHESLINE with clothes set out to DRY. |
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漫
|
cartoon; involuntarily; in spite of oneself; corrupt;
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幹
|
tree-trunk;
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Working in the early morning MIST, a farmer, with his anxious wife holding an UMBRELLA over his head, attaches a CLOTHESLINE to a TREE-TRUNK and pulls it out. |
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稔
|
harvest; ripen;
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患
|
afflicted; disease; suffer from; be ill;
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AFFLICTED with the thirst for blood, a vampire is killed with a SHISH-KABOB to the HEART, thus ending his AFFLICTION once and for all. |
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孟
|
chief; beginning;
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感
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emotion; feeling; sensation;
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This character shows an EMOTIONAL protest MARCH, where all speak with one MOUTH and a lot of HEART, and everyone for some reason sings "I'll second that EMOTION". |
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也
|
to be (classical);
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慣
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accustomed; get used to; become experienced;
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When someone PIERCES your STATE OF MIND, you have become ACCUSTOMED to her smile. |
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耶
|
question mark;
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憾
|
remorse; regret; be sorry;
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The loss of a MOOD-RING to which one is EMOTIONALLY attached gives a feeling of REMORSE. |
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弥
|
all the more; increasingly;
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換
|
interchange; period; charge; change?;
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FINGERS at a DOG-POUND INTERCHANGE money, as dongs are bought and sold. |
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靖
|
peaceful;
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敢
|
daring; sad; tragic; pitiful; frail; feeble;
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A SPIKE is hammered into the EAR of the evil TASKMASTER by a slave making a DARING escape. |
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祐
|
help;
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棺
|
coffin; casket;
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Some feel the only WOOD suitable for an obstructive BUREAUCRAT is that of a COFFIN. |
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擁
|
hug; embrace; possess; protect; lead;
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款
|
goodwill; article; section; friendship; collusion;
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A SAMURAI trying to help those who LACK even the basic amenities, stands behind a show-ALTAR, urging us to make contributions to our local GOODWILL. |
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蓉
|
lotus;
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歓
|
delight; joy;
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A PEGASUS YAWNS in afternoon DELIGHT. |
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遥
|
far off; distant; long ago;
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汗
|
sweat; perspire;
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SWEAT-shirt drips WATER on a CLOTHESLINE. |
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羅
|
gauze; thin silk; Rome;
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漢
|
Sino-; China;
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WATER is poured on SCARECROWS in the SINO part of the world, because the poor things are outside all day in the hot sun. |
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藍
|
indigo;
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環
|
ring; circle; link; wheel;
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Buy a JEWELED RING in a DEPARTMENT STORE. |
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蘭
|
orchid; Holland;
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甘
|
sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary;
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TWENTY ONE SWEETS are carried in a picnic basket. |
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璃
|
glassy; lapis lazuli;
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監
|
oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer;
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HAREM girls are provided with dinner in DISHES provided by an OVERSEER. |
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亮
|
clear; help;
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看
|
watch over; see;
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A HAND covers EYES which WATCHES OVER something. |
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諒
|
fact; reality; understand; appreciate;
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管
|
pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk;
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A BUREAUCRAT smokes a BAMBOO PIPE. |
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遼
|
distant;
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簡
|
simplicity; brevity;
|
A stick of BAMBOO is fittingly split into INTERVALS, which define a unit of measurement which is SIMPLICITY itself. |
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瑠
|
lapis lazuli;
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緩
|
slacken; loosen; relax; lessen; be moderate; ease;
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Thread is attached by MIGRATING DUCKS to the slower members to pull them back up to speed when they SLACKEN their pace. |
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伶
|
actor;
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缶
|
tin can; container;
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Wild HORSES in the MOUNTAINS kick up old TIN CANS. |
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嶺
|
peak; summit;
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肝
|
liver; pluck; nerve; chutzpah;
|
Various PARTS OF THE BODY hang from a CLOTHESLINE from which a surgeon picks out a LIVER to transplant. |
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怜
|
wise;
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艦
|
warship;
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The menacing sillouhette of the BOAT which OVERSEES the battle, is that of the WARSHIP. |
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玲
|
sound of jewels;
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観
|
outlook; look; appearance; condition; view;
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A PEGASUS is sent up to SEE what the oncoming weather looks like, and upon his return he indicates the OUTLOOK is good. |
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禄
|
fief; allowance; pension; grant; happiness;
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貫
|
pierce; 8 1/3lbs; penetrate; brace;
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A MOTHER gives SHELL-CURRENCY to her daughter to go out and PIERCE her ears. |
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侑
|
urge to eat;
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還
|
send back; return;
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The expensive JEWEL purchased in RING, is replaced here by the ROAD traveled on the way back to the same DEPARTMENT STORE, to SEND BACK the rash purchase. |
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洸
|
sparkling water;
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鑑
|
specimen; take warning from; learn from;
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GOLD SPECIMENS are OVERSEEN carefully in a mining operation during the gold rush. |
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洵
|
alike; truth;
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間
|
interval; space;
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The amount of time it takes the SUN to pass across the city GATES is an INTERVAL of time. |
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瑶
|
beautiful as a jewel;
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閑
|
leisure;
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TREES, as glimpsed through some GATES lead into an appealing LEISURE area. |
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皓
|
white; clear;
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関
|
connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning;
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At the heavenly GATES, a GOLDEN CALF is your CONNECTION to get in. |
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眸
|
pupil of the eye;
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陥
|
collapse; fall into; cave in; fall (castle); slide into;
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The ACROPOLIS, BOUND UP by patchwork repairs since OLDEN TIMES, finally COLLAPSES in a big heap. |
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籠
|
basket; devote oneself; seclude oneself; cage; coop; implied;
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韓
|
Korea;
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Gazing through the MIST, while clutching a LOCKET which contains a picture of his loved one, a korean man gazes towards his beloved KOREA. |
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翔
|
soar; fly;
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館
|
building; mansion; large building; palace;
|
Inside this kanji for BUILDING, is an enormous amount of FOOD, which remains undistributed because of the BUREAUCRATS who run the BUILDING in which it is stored. |
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肛
|
anus;
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脩
|
dried meat;
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丸
|
round; full; month; perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away;
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NINE DROPS make a ROUND pattern. |
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含
|
include; bear in mind; understand; cherish;
|
A modern CLOCK with a picture of a MOUTH underneath is an indication that the alarm is INCLUDED. |
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茉
|
jasmine;
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岸
|
beach;
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We go down a MOUNTAIN, over the edge of a CLIFF, down an incredibly long CLOTHESLINE, and finally splash into a BEACH. |
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莉
|
jasmine;
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眼
|
eyeball;
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The "SILVER" portion of the EYE is the EYEBALL. |
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赳
|
strong and brave;
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岩
|
boulder; rock; cliff;
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A MOUNTAIN ROCK is a BOULDER. |
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迪
|
edify; way; path;
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頑
|
stubborn; foolish; firmly;
|
If someone's HEAD always sticks with the BEGINNING idea, then he is very STUBBORN. |
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頌
|
eulogy;
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顔
|
face; expression;
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A LAD'S HEAD has a big FACE. |
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願
|
petition; request; vow; wish; hope;
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As you walk along a MEADOW, a man with a huge HEAD jumps out of nowhere and asks you to sign a PETITION. |
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企
|
undertake; scheme; design; attempt; plan;
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The man leading a group of people on the beach cries "STOP, we shall plant the UMBRELLA here!" and UNDERTAKES to put it in the ground. |
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危
|
dangerous; fear; uneasy;
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A BOUND UP, UNLUCKY bad guy who has escaped is reported to be armed and extremely DANGEROUS. |
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喜
|
rejoice; take pleasure in;
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DRUMS are beaten and many MOUTHS are open in song as the people REJOICE on a festive occasion. |
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器
|
utensil; vessel; receptacle; implement; instrument; ability; container; tool; set;
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Several ST. BERNARDS DOGS sit around a table ready to eat, with their FOUR MOUTHS wide open gripping UTENSILS. |
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基
|
fundamentals; radical (chem); counter for machines; foundation;
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Dumping a bunch of footballs out of a BUSHEL BASKET onto the GROUND, a famous coach announces "it's time to return to the FUNDAMENTALS!!" |
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奇
|
strange; strangeness; curiousity;
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A ST. BERNARD'S DOG who thinks he CAN become human is STRANGE. |
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寄
|
draw near; stop in; bring near; gather; collect; send; forward;
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A HOUSE which is STRANGE DRAWS NEAR in a nightmare. |
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岐
|
branch off; fork in road; scene; arena; theater;
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A MOUNTAIN path BRANCHES OFF into the woods. |
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希
|
hope; beg; request; pray; beseech; Greece; dilute (acid); rare; few; phenomenal;
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Filled with SHEAVES as proof of a suitor's ability to earn a living, and fine LINEN for his bride-to-be, is a HOPE chest. |
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幾
|
how many; how much; how far; how long;
|
TWO COCOONS are saddled with the job of counting the PERSON who attend the FIESTA- "HOW MANY in your party?" |
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忌
|
mourning; abhor; detestable; death anniversary;
|
The emotional HEART lends its sensibilities to this kanji. It seems like a SNAKE has bitten the HEART of someone in MOURNING. |
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揮
|
brandish; wave; wag; swing; shake;
|
FINGERS of a gladiator in CHARIOT BRANDISH the head of a vanquished opponent to a fenzied crowd. |
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机
|
desk; table;
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A TREE which was blown down by the WIND serves as an impromptu DESK. |
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旗
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national flag; banner; standard;
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A BANNER that is always carefully stored in a BUSHEL BASKET is the NATIONAL FLAG. |
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既
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previously; already; long ago;
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SILVER change is collected by a WAITRESS for service rendered PREVIOUSLY, but when you ask her for a date, she has a PREVIOUS engagement. |
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期
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period; time; date; term;
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All the BUSHEL BASKETS on a farm are filled in one MONTH, the basic PERIOD of time it takes to complete the harvest. |
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棋
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chess piece; Japanese chess; shogi;
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TREES on one side and BUSHEL BASKETS on the other form bizarre CHESS PIECES. |
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棄
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abandon; throw away; discard; resign; reject; sacrifice;
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An INFANT sleeps in a blanket BUCKLED to a TREE, ABANDONED to the first passerby who will take him. |
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機
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mechanism; opportunity; occasion; machine; airplane;
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A wooden ABACUS is the first MECHANISM. |
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帰
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homecoming; arrive at; lead to; result in;
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A warrior carrying a SPEAR is given his new weapons, a BROOM and an APRON, at his HOMECOMING party. |
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気
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spirit; mind;
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ONE RECLINING HOOK picks up SHEAVES and tosses them about in a prank played by a mischevous SPIRIT. |
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汽
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vapor; steam;
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The mischievous SPIRIT suddenly changes into WATER and becomes VAPOR. |
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祈
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pray; wish;
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A holy man urgers fierce warriors to lay down their AXES and come to the ALTAR and PRAY. |
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季
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seasons;
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WHEAT is a CHILD of the SEASONS. |
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紀
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chronicle; account; narrative; history; annals; geologic period;
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THREAD is spit out by a SNAKE in the forms of letters to create a CHRONICLE of his life. |
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規
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standard; measure;
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A HUSBAND must SEE to it that his children are raised with the proper STANDARDS. |
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記
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scribe; account; narrative;
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WORD-SNAKE would be how a "mis-quoted" athlete would characterize the SCRIBE for a local newspaper. |
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貴
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precious; value; prize; esteem; honor;
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A PURSE contains SHELLS which are very PRECIOUS. |
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起
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rouse; wake up; get up;
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The effect of early joggers RUNNING on sleeping SNAKES is to ROUSE them. |
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軌
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rut; wheel; track; model; way of doing;
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CARS, NINE in all, passing over the same spot create a RUT. |
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輝
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radiance; shine; sparkle; gleam; twinkle;
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A SHAMAN takes a ride in a CHARIOT wearing a RADIANT smile. (Recall the SMALL combined with HUMAN LEGS formed the SHAMAN of the kanji for RAY). |
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飢
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hungry; starve;
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FOOD blown away by the WIND leaves people at a picnic feeling rather HUNGRY. |
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騎
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equestrian; riding on horses; counter for equestrians;
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A TEAM OF HORSES perform STRANGE tricks in an EQUESTRIAN event. |
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鬼
|
ghost; devil;
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With BRAINS looking like DROPS coming out of his head, an arm cut off at the ELBOW, and long, gangly HUMAN LEGS, a horrible GHOST appears. |
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亀
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tortoise; turtle;
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Pictograph of a TORTOISE- with an eel riding on its back! |
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偽
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falsehood; lie; deceive; pretend; counterfeit; forgery;
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A PERSON swears not to "DO" a FALSEHOOD. |
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儀
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ceremony; rule; affair; case; a matter;
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The PERSON who is the most RIGHTEOUS performs all the CEREMONIES. |
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宜
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best regards; good;
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On a prominent SHELF in a HOUSE are placed cards and letters from family and friends signed with BEST REGARDS. |
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戯
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frolic; play; sport;
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A ROW of TIGERS during a FIESTA FROLIC about. |
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技
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skill; art; craft; ability; feat; performance; vocation; arts;
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In the days when this kanji was written, a set of FINGERS wielding a BRANCH well enough to fight off a wild beast was a germane definition of SKILL. |
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擬
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mimic; aim (a gun) at; nominate; imitate;
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FINGERS are used by a MIMIC as part of his act, and he is so effective that people start to DOUBT if he's a MIMIC or the real thing. |
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欺
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deceit; cheat; delude;
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A drug smuggler carrying a BUSHEL BASKET full of cocaine YAWNS in feigned boredom as he passes through customs with well planned DECEIT. |
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犠
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sacrifice;
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COW and RIGHTEOUSNESS combine to create a picture of a SACRIFICE to the gods. |
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疑
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doubt; distrust; be suspicious; question;
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After using a SPOON to put poison in a DART, then shooting and next stamping with a CHOP-SEAL and shipping a poor animal off to a ZOO, a zoo-keeper starts to have DOUBTS about his profession. |
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義
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righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning;
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A SHEEP with an EGO has a strong sense of RIGHTEOUSNESS. |
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議
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deliberation; consultation; debate; consideration;
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WORDS proclaiming the RIGHTEOUSNESS of each side's motives are exchanged during DELIBERATIONS. |
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菊
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chrysanthemum;
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The FLOWER in which the petals look like BOUND-UP RICE is a CHRYSANTHEMUM. |
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吉
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good luck; joy; congratulations;
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A special kind of SAMURAI eschews the sword and instead opens his MOUTH and wishes GOOD LUCK to one and all. |
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喫
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consume; eat; drink; smoke; receive (a blow);
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A dieter's PLEDGE is broken as he opens his MOUTH to CONSUME a box of candy. |
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詰
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packed; close; pressed; reprove; rebuke; blame;
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WORDS are PACKED inot an AEROSAL CAN. |
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却
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instead; on the contrary; rather;
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STAMPS are all GONE- INSTEAD we now have e-mail. |
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客
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guest; visitor; customer; client;
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EACH HOUSE provides a home for an honoured GUEST at one time or another. |
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脚
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skids; leg; undercarriage;
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A bum is chided that he could have gone to the MOON; INSTEAD he ended up on SKID row! |
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虐
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tyrannize; oppress;
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By threatening to feed the people to the TIGERS he keeps in a BOX, ONE at a time, a tyrant TYRANNIZES his countrymen. |
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逆
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inverted; reverse; opposite; wicked;
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A MOUNTAIN GOAT running on the ROAD is INVERTED by an oncoming car. |
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丘
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hill; knoll;
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AXES tossed on the FLOOR pile up high enough to make a HILL. |
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久
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long time; old story;
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BOUND UP shares a common stroke with PERSON to indicate a PERSON BOUND UP for a LONG TIME. |
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休
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rest; day off; retire; sleep;
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A PERSON leans against a TREE for REST. |
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及
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reach out; exert; exercise; cause;
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A FIST REACHES OUT (represented by the third line) in this kanji. |
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吸
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suck; imbibe; inhale; sip;
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A baby's MOUTH and OUTSTRETCHED HANDS create a picture of an infant happily SUCKING on his mother's breast. |
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宮
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Shinto shrine; constellations; palace; princess;
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A HOUSE with a SPINE running decoratively along the top is a SHINTO SHRINE. |
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弓
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bow; bow (archery violin);
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One way to look at this pictograph has the top and bottom as the ends of the bow being drawn, and the middle section is an exaggeration of slight inward curve a bow has at its center. |
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急
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hurry; emergency; sudden; steep;
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The emotional HEART lends its sensibilities to this kanji. Add to this picture of the BINDING on a BROOM falling apart becuae whoever using it is in such a HURRY. |
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救
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salvation; save; help; rescue; reclaim;
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Making sure that the band members REQUEST contributions from each passerby is as TASKMASTER for the SALVATION army. |
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朽
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decay; rot; remain in seclusion;
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The carcass of an animal caught in a SNARE which was placed in a TREE DECAYS. |
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求
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request; want; wish for; require; demand;
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At the point of an ARROW, RICE GRAINS for the poor are politely REQUESTED by a robin hood-like character. |
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泣
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cry; weep; moan;
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Needing WATER for its plants, a VASE starts CRYING. |
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球
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ball; sphere;
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In this full kanji for BALL, we find that we can have a BALL simply by REQUESTING it. |
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究
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research; study;
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Seeming to fall off a table, and into a HOLE, is the curve-ball of BASEBALL. How it does this is the subject of much scientific RESEARCH. |
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窮
|
hard up; destitute; suffer; perplexed; cornered;
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SOMEBODY in a HOLE with only an empty BOW is really HARD UP and struggles to find a way out of the hole. |
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級
|
class; rank; grade;
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The ties and prejudices of CLASS, here represented by THREAD around OUTSTRETCHED HANDS, are difficult to break. |
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糾
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twist; ask; investigate; verify;
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A THREAD is TWISTED round and round a CORNUCOPIA until it starts to get its characteristic TWIST. |
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給
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salary; wage; gift; allow; grant; bestow on;
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In a piecework system, a textile worker, based on the amount of work done, (measured by the amount of THREAD used), is hopefully reimbursed with a FITTING SALARY. |
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旧
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old times; old things; old friend; former; ex-;
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Kids were punished by whacking them with a CANE all DAY long in the OLDEN TIMES |
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牛
|
cow;
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Attempting unsuccessfully to RECLINE on a bed of NEEDLES in india is a sacred COW. |
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去
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gone; past; quit; leave; elapse; eliminate; divorce;
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The SOIL on your ELBOW will son be GONE-- see the kanji for METHOD to find out how. |
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居
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reside; to be; exist; live with;
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A FLAG is hung outside the place where OLD soldiers RESIDE. |
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巨
|
gigantic; big; large; great;
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The pop-eye of a GIGANTIC giant. |
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拒
|
repel; refuse; reject; decline;
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FINGERS of a GIANT grasp a bottle of insect REPELLENT. |
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拠
|
foothold; based on; follow; therefore;
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FINGERS grab onto a garbage DISPOSAL which happens to be stuck in the mountainside, which thus becomes a FOOTHOLD. |
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挙
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raise; plan; project; behavior; actions;
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An eager student's HAND is prominently featured in this kanji for RAISE. The teacher is a venerable OWL, and the setting is a shop class, where kids are learning how to use TOOLS to RAISE the dead. |
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虚
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void; emptiness; unpreparedness; crack; fissure; untruth;
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TIGERS lined up in a ROW is the fate of those who improperly VOID a check. |
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許
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permit; approve;
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WORDS together with HORSE give us the image of a talking HORSE. Thus, a WORD-HORSE gives you a drving test for your learner's PERMIT. |
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距
|
long-distance;
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A WOODEN-LEGGED GIANT runs in the boston marathon, covering a LONG-DISTANCE with each stride. |
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漁
|
fishing; fishery;
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WATER combines with FISH to crate an image of someone FISHING. |
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魚
|
fish;
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BOUND UP, dragged through a RICE FIELD and fried over a COOKING FIRE, is usually what happens to a kanji FISH. |
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享
|
receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch;
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A TALL CHILD RECEIVES many gifts. |
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京
|
capital; 10**16;
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Both the TALL and the SMALL are ruled by the pronouncements from the CAPITAL. |
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供
|
submit; offer; present; serve (meal); accompany;
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競
|
emulate; compete with; bid; sell at auction; bout; contest; race;
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TWO TEENAGERS balancing VASES on their heads bump chests as they each to knock the VASE off the other's head in a TEEN COMPETITION. |
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共
|
together; both; neither; all; and; alike; with;
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A PERSON STRINGS TOGETHER a series of paper dolls on a string, to SUBMIT as an entry in a contest. |
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凶
|
villain; evil; bad luck; disaster;
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Using a huge SHOVEL to steal all the SHEAVES in the field is a dastardly VILLIAN. |
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協
|
co-; cooperation;
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A NEEDLE is lifted by THREE not-so-strong CIRCUS STRONGMEN in a CO-operative venture. |
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叫
|
shout; exclaim; yell;
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A group singing "SHOUT" can't get enough volume so one of them puts his MOUTH to a narrow end of a CORNUCOPIA and starts to SHOUT even louder. |
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境
|
boundary; border; region;
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Thrusting from the SOIL at various intervals along a BOUNDARY are MIRRORS to scare away intruders who suddenly see themselves reflected. |
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峡
|
gorge; ravine;
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A MOUNTAIN looks like it has been split open by the SCISSORS of god, leaving an immense gaping GORGE. |
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強
|
strong;
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An INSECT has VAST STRENGTH (relative to its size, at least). |
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恐
|
fear; dread; awe;
|
The HEART which is CRAFTED from MEDIOCRE materials succombs easily to FEAR. |
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恭
|
respect; reverent;
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Offensive linemen have VALENTINES STRUNG TOGETHER around their necks as they play football, which they wear as a sign of their long battle for RESPECT. |
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挟
|
pinch; between;
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FINGERS grasp SCISSORS to cut a SANDWICH. |
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教
|
teach; faith; doctrine;
|
FILIAL PIETY and TASKMASTER combine to present an image of a TEACHER at work. |
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橋
|
bridge;
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TREES are used by guardian ANGELS to quickly form a BRIDGE for their unknowing charges. |
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況
|
condition; situation; but of course
|
When asked if he is going to jump in the WATER for a swim, an enthusiastic TEENAGER says "BUT OF COURSE!" |
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狂
|
lunatic; insane; crazy; confuse;
|
WILD DOGS are ordered by the LUNATIC KING to be unleashed upon the public. |
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狭
|
cramped; narrow; contract; tight;
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A brave man holds off a PACK OF WILD DOGS with SCISSORS, but his arms are starting to CRAMP. |
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矯
|
rectify; straighten; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify;
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A DART-carrying ANGEL bent on revenge flies about looking to RECTIFY wrongdoings. |
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胸
|
bosom; breast; chest; heart; feelings;
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The FLESH of a beautiful captive is BOUND UP by a dastardly VILLIAN, as her BOSOM heaves in distress. |
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脅
|
threaten; coerce;
|
THREE CIRCUS STRONGMEN tower above the PARTS OF THE BODY they are going to break as they THREATEN you. |
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興
|
entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure;
|
STAPLE and REVERSE STAPLE hold up curtains on either side of MONKS singing gregorian chant, while standing on the stage-like TOOL, all in order to ENTERTAIN you. |
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郷
|
home town; village; native place; district;
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With COCOONS filled with gold, a favorite SON returns to his HOME TOWN. |
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鏡
|
mirror; speculum; barrel-head; round rice-cake offering;
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The full kanji for MIRROR incorporates the polished METAL which could have made the first MIRROR. |
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響
|
echo; also N5116; sound; resound; ring; vibrate;
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The "HOME TOWN" SOUND is an empty ECHO, because all of the kids have moved to the city. |
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驚
|
wonder; be surprised; frightened; amazed;
|
An AWESOME action hero riding a TEAM OF HORSES is none other than "WONDER-wanda". |
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仰
|
face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take;
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A PERSON must FACE-UP to the fact that a BOX of STAMPS (which usually features the FACE of a president looking UP) is now empty. |
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凝
|
congeal; freeze; stiff; be absorbed in;
|
The cooling process initiated by ICE combines with DOUBT to describe how a liquid CONGEALS into a solid. |
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暁
|
daybreak; dawn; in the event;
|
In a peaceful agricultural scene, the SUN rises up over a STRAWMAN at DAYBREAK. |
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業
|
business; vocation; arts; performance;
|
If the product you're planning to sell is still HANGING IN A ROW UPSIDE DOWN on the original delivery rack, then you are NOT YET ready for BUSINESS. |
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局
|
bureau; board; office; affair; conclusion; court lady; lady-in-waiting; her apartment;
|
At central headquarters, a FLAG hags out with a noble PHRASE emblazoned on it showing the motto of the BUREAU. |
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曲
|
bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean;
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A BRAIN is BENT by the extra line coming from the middle of it. |
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極
|
poles; settlement; conclusion; end; highest rank; electric poles; very; extremely; most; highly; 10**48;
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A poor polar bear in the north POLE is caught cruelly by a SNARE in his MOUTH and CROTCH, and his carcass, as dead as a TREE, will probably end up on the ocean FLOOR under the north POLE. |
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玉
|
jewel; ball;
|
The DROPS associated with a KING are ball shaped JEWELS. |
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桐
|
paulownia;
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A TREE which looks the SAME as someone named "Paul" is named the "PAULOWNIA". |
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勤
|
diligence; become employed; serve;
|
A CABBAGE is believed by a CIRCUS STRONGMAN to be the source of his amazing strength, so he eats it DILIGENTLY. |
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均
|
level; average;
|
SOIL with a DROP breaking its smooth surface is made LEVEL by a LADLE. |
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錦
|
brocade; fine dress; honors;
|
GOLD and WHITE buttons flashing on a TOWEL create an image of a BROCADE. |
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斤
|
axe; 1.32 lb; catty;
|
Pictograph of an AXE. |
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琴
|
harp; koto;
|
Two KINGS using a CLOCK as a metronome learn to play the HARP. |
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禁
|
prohibition; ban; forbid;
|
In the speak-easies, a bar was disguised as an ALTAR and surrounded by a GROVE in case of a police raid during the times of the PROHIBITION. |
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筋
|
muscle; sinew; tendon; fiber; plot; plan; descent;
|
A BAMBOO with MOONS attached acts as a barbell to create MUSCLES. |
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緊
|
tense; solid; hard; reliable; tight;
|
JEANS held together by just a few THREADS make the wearer very TENSE that they might split. |
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菌
|
germ; fungus; bacteria;
|
FLOWERS PENT-UP in a CEREAL box are a breeding ground for GERMS. |
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襟
|
collar; neck; lapel;
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The priestly CLOAK combines with PROHIBITION from worldly pleasures to represent a priest's COLLAR. |
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謹
|
discreet; reverently; humbly;
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If you're dying to tell a secret, whisper your WORDS to a CABBAGE- it will be DISCREET. |
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近
|
near; early; akin; tantamount;
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AXES on the ROAD keep intruders from coming NEAR. |
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金
|
gold;
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The KING sits under an UMBRELLA as each of his vassals presents him with two DROPS of GOLD. |
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吟
|
versify; singing; recital;
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A CLOCK is installed into one side of a poets MOUTH to help him VERSIFY rhythmically. |
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銀
|
silver;
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METAL is added to SILVER to create the full kanji for SILVER. |
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九
|
nine;
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The second stroke kicks out to represent one of NINE baseball players as he slides into a base |
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句
|
phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku;
|
A captive with MOUTH BOUND UP can only speak in muffled PHRASES. |
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区
|
ward; district;
|
A warden delivers a BOX of SHEAVES to each prison WARD. |
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苦
|
suffering; trial; worry; hardship; feel bitter; scowl;
|
FLOWER grows OLD, and SUFFERS. |
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駆
|
drive; run; gallop; advance; inspire; impel;
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A TEAM OF HORSES takes the WARDEN for a DRIVE around the WARD in which is prison is located. |
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駒
|
pony; horse; colt;
|
If a TEAM OF HORSES is a novel, then a PONY is a mere PHRASE. |
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具
|
tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor suits sets of furniture;
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A TOOL with an EYE mounted on it is especially good at completing its job. |
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愚
|
foolish; folly; absurdity; stupid;
|
The TALKING CRICKET tries to get pinnochio to have a change of HEART on the dangers of being so FOOLISH. |
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虞
|
uneasiness; fear; anxiety; concern;
|
A TIGER standing directly behind you will GIVE you a feeling of UNEASINESS. |
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空
|
empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum;
|
A HOLE is CRAFTED, leaving an EMPTY space. |
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偶
|
accidentally; even number; couple; man & wife; same kind;
|
TALKING CRICKET discusses the long, tough ROAD to success during an INTERVIEW. |
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隅
|
corner; nook;
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At the ACROPOLIS, yhou find a friendly TALKING CRICKET in each CORNER acting as a kind of tour guide. |
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屈
|
yield; bend; flinch; submit;
|
A yellow FLAG flutters near an EXIT, urging drivers to YIELD to oncoming traffic. |
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掘
|
dig; delve; excavate;
|
FINGERS grasp a YIELD sign and start DIGGING. |
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靴
|
shoes;
|
The first thing they did when they discovered LEATHER, was CHANGE it into nice, comfortable SHOES. |
|
熊
|
bear;
|
A poor BEAR has his ELBOWS attached to a roasting stick, while his FLESH has seasoning poured on it by TWO SPOONS, as he turns slowly over a CAMP-FIRE. |
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栗
|
chestnut;
|
In the OLD WEST, gathering under a CHESTNUT TREE, cowboys tell each other jokes that are old CHESTNUTS. |
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繰
|
winding; reel; spin; turn (pages); look up; refer to;
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THREAD WINDS and unWINDS around a NEST to create a picture of a kind of yo-yo. |
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桑
|
mulberry;
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MULBERRY TREES have THREE CROTCHES. |
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勲
|
meritorious deed; merit;
|
A CIRCUS STRONGMAN who stops a PICKUP TRUCK from running into a CAMPFIRE surrounded by boyscouts is decorated by the scout leader for the MERITORIOUS DEED. |
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君
|
old boy; name-suffix;
|
I say, OLD BOY, would you help me get this MOP out of my MOUTH, which my wife just jammed into it? Thanks, OLD BOY. |
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薫
|
fragrant; be scented; smoke (cigs);
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FLOWERS burnt over a CAMPFIRE create a HEAVY FRAGRANCE |
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訓
|
instruction; Japanese character reading; explanation; read;
|
WORDS come forth in a STREAM, giving INSTRUCTION. |
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群
|
flock; group; crowd; herd; swarm; cluster;
|
SHEEP fittingly appear in the kanji for FLOCK. Add to that an OLD BOY acting as the shepherd and you've got a FLOCK. |
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軍
|
army; force; troops; war; battle;
|
A leader wears a CROWN as he rides his VEHICLE into battle at the head of his ARMY. |
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郡
|
county; district;
|
Tossing the OLD BOYS who give him such a hard time right out over the CITY WALL is the proverbial "coward of the COUNTY". |
|
係
|
person in charge; connection; duty; concern oneself;
|
The PERSON who carries the YARN is the PERSON IN CHARGE because he can dole it out to anyone at his own discretion. |
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傾
|
lean; incline; tilt; trend; wane; sink; ruin; bias;
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The undecided CHANGING HEAD mentally LEANS one way, then the other. |
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刑
|
punish; penalty; sentence; punishment;
|
TWO HANDS are cut off with a SABRE as an extreme form of PUNISHMENT. |
|
兄
|
elder brother; big brother;
|
Simply a MOUTH on HUMAN LEGS is how many family members think of the ELDER BROTHER. |
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啓
|
disclose; open; say;
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A TASKMASTER listens behind closed DOORS to a whispering MOUTH as it DISCLOSES valuable information. |
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圭
|
square jewel; corner; angle; edge;
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SOIL is piled on top of SOIL over the ages and eventually flattens down and turns into a SQUARE JEWEL. |
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型
|
mould; type; model;
|
By employing a method of reward and PUNISHMENT, behaviour is MOLDED like a soft pile of SOIL. |
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契
|
pledge; promise; vow;
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A class of sherlock holmes' ST. BERNARD'S DOGS clutch the tools of their trade, a MAGNIFYING GLASS, and a DAGGER, as they PLEDGE loyalty to their proud master. |
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形
|
shape; form; style;
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In the full kanji for SHAPE, we see the TWO HANDS which created the SHAPE in the first place. |
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径
|
diameter; path; method;
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A LINE is how the DIAMETER of a circle at the top of a SPOOL his represented. |
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恵
|
favor; blessing; grace; kindness;
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A knight, whose lance is represented by the NEEDLE, as he ventures onto the FIELD of combat has won the HEART of the princess and thus she bestows upon him her FAVOR. |
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慶
|
jubilation; congratulate; rejoice; be happy;
|
The HEAD from MELANCHOLY is replaced by a DEER, who feels that way because he will be eaten in great JUBILATION if he is caught. |
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憩
|
recess; rest; relax; repose;
|
Sticking out their TONGUE and wiping their NOSES, as their HEARTS beat from the exercise, are kids at RECESS. |
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掲
|
put up (a notice); put up; hoist; display; hang out; publish; describe;
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Political activists run all over town, using FINGERS to push SIESTA takers out of the way, so they can PUT UP NOTICES everywhere. |
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携
|
portable; carry (in hand); armed with; bring along;
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FINGERED-TURKEY working as a door-to-door salesman carries PORTABLE vacuum cleaners in its FIST. |
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敬
|
awe; respect; honor; revere;
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FLOWERY PHRASES are used by a servant speaking to a TASKMASTER who is held in AWE by all. |
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景
|
scenery; view;
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A DAY spent in the nation's CAPITALreveals some beautiful SCENERY. |
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桂
|
Japanese Judas-tree; cinnamon tree;
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Contrary to popular belief, JUDAS received an ivy-colored SQUARE-JEWEL for his infamous betrayal, and the location of the payment was under a TREE. |
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渓
|
mountain stream; valley;
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A VULTURE-MAN suddenly springs from the WATER of a MOUNTAIN STREAM. |
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系
|
lineage; system;
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THREADS of LINEAGE are sometimes DROPPED. |
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経
|
sutra; longitude; pass thru; expire; warp;
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Picture a monk, who, while passing a THREAD throught the center of a SPOOL (of thread) chants a zen SUTRA. |
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継
|
inherit; succeed; patch; graft (tree);
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The THREAD provides the sense of continuity found in INHERIT. The WILL completes the picture for INHERIT. |
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茎
|
stalk; stem;
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FLOWERS placed in the top of a huge SPOOL of thread create a stage-prop image of an enormously tall beanSTALK. |
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蛍
|
lightning-bug; firefly;
|
A SCHOOLHOUSE full of INSECTS are LIGHTNING-BUGS learning how to light. |
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計
|
plot; plan; scheme; measure;
|
Harsh WORDS which sting like a NEEDLE are used to draft an unwilling accomplice into a PLOT to overthrow the king. |
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警
|
admonish; commandment;
|
AWESOME WORDS ADMONISH. |
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軽
|
lightly; trifling; unimportant;
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A CAR has SPOOL for the motor which is so LIGHT the car gets tremendous gas mileage. |
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鶏
|
chicken;
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A hungry VULTURE MAN seizes a BIRD for dinner-- namely a CHICKEN. |
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芸
|
technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt;
|
Throwing FLOWERS into a RISING CLOUD is a new TECHNIQUE for forecasting the weather. |
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迎
|
welcome; meet; greet;
|
From a BOX of STAMPS extends a ROAD composed of WELCOME mats. |
|
鯨
|
whale;
|
A FISH as big as the nation's CAPITAL is said to be a WHALE. |
|
劇
|
drama; play;
|
A TIGER is killed by a SOW with a SABRE in a greek DRAMA. |
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撃
|
beat; attack; defeat; conquer;
|
We see HANDS are used as the VEHICLE to deliver MISSILE-like blows to the unfortunate victim of a BEATING. |
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激
|
violent; get excited; enraged; chafe; incite;
|
The WHITE WATER of nature's forces SET FREE in a paint a picture of the enormous VIOLENCE of an ocean storm. |
|
傑
|
greatness; excellence;
|
A PERSON wearing SUNGLASSES hides in a TREE, forced up there by fanatical fans who think he's the next alexander the GREAT. |
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欠
|
lack; gap; fail;
|
RECLINE with a HOOK combines with PERSON to demonstrate a LACK of sleep. |
|
決
|
decide; fix; agree upon; appoint;
|
Symbolically washing his hands in WATER, a revolutionary judge commits members of royalty to the GUILLOTINE, their fate having been DECIDED by the events of history. |
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潔
|
undefiled; pure; clean; righteous; gallant;
|
WATER in its ELEMENTARY state is UNDEFILED. DAGGER provides an exclamation point. |
|
穴
|
hole; aperture; slit; cave; den;
|
EIGHT HOUSES fall into a HOLE. |
|
結
|
tie; bind; contract; join; organize; do up hair; fasten;
|
An AEROSOL CAN sprays a special THREAD which TIES up its victim. |
|
血
|
blood;
|
A DROP in a DISH turns out to be BLOOD. |
|
月
|
month; moon;
|
Pictograph of the crescent MOON as seen through wisps of clouds. |
|
件
|
affair; case; matter; item;
|
A PERSON has a secret AFFAIR-- with a COW!!! |
|
倹
|
frugal; economy; thrifty;
|
A FRUGAL PERSON uses an AWL to make new holes in a belt. |
|
健
|
healthy; health; strength; persistence;
|
A PERSON who is BUILT-up is very HEALTHY. |
|
兼
|
concurrently; and;
|
An amibitous fellow for some reason wants to attach ANIMAL HORNS to his DOUBLE-HANDLED RAKE, but the handles end up SPLITTING because he is trying to do two jobs CONCURRENTLY. |
|
券
|
ticket;
|
Either pay a QUARTER or threaten the ticket-seller with a DAGGER to get your TICKET to the movie. |
|
剣
|
sabre; sword; blade; clock hand;
|
In the full kanji for SABRE, an AWL sharpens the point at the end of a SABRE. |
|
圏
|
sphere; circle; radius; range;
|
Similar to the astronomical MAP (pent-up plus big dipper), a planetary map with PENT UP acting as the border, and the SCROLL within describing the heavenly SPHERES. |
|
堅
|
strict; hard; solid; tough; tight; reliable;
|
Parents who punish kids fust for getting their JEANS covered with DIRT are overly STRICT. |
|
嫌
|
dislike; detest; hate;
|
A WOMAN whose boyfriend is going out with other girls CONCURRENTLY rather DISLIKES the situation. |
|
建
|
build;
|
Due to lack of material, frustrated architects finally throw up their hands and use WRITING BRUSHES piled upon one another which STRETCH toward the sky to BUILD a skyscraper. |
|
憲
|
constitution; law;
|
At the first white HOUSE, a MAGNIFYING GLASS was used to check the details, while the EYES and HEARTS of the country were with the original farmers of the u.s. CONSTITUTION. |
|
懸
|
suspend; hang; 10%; install; depend; consult;
|
In a weird sci-fi flick, from an EYEHOOK LOCK connected to a piece of YARN, a beating human HEART hands SUSPENDED in the air. |
|
検
|
examination; investigate;
|
Having to write the answers into a TREE with an AWL makes for a tough EXAMINATION. |
|
権
|
authority; power; rights;
|
The TREE represents the stick wielded by the PEGASUS as he shows off his new-found AUTHORITY. |
|
犬
|
dog;
|
Pictograph- of the huge ST. BERNARD'S DOG, standing next to a small DOT of a CHIHUAHUA DOG. |
|
献
|
offering; counter for drinks; present; offer;
|
In the deep SOUTH, it could have been a tradition to offer a pet CHIHUAHUA as an OFFERING when visiting friends. |
|
研
|
polish; study of; sharpen;
|
A STONE by TWO HANDS is POLISHED . |
|
絹
|
silk;
|
SILKY THREAD from the MOUTH of a silkworm is produced only under the light of the MOON. |
|
県
|
prefecture;
|
The EYE and HOOK from "straightaway" here combine with SMALL to create EYE-HOOK LOCKS which band together all the PREFECTURES on a three-dimensional japanese map. |
|
肩
|
shoulder;
|
To knock down a DOOR, the PART OF BODY used is the SHOULDER. |
|
見
|
see; hopes; chances; idea; opinion; look at; visible;
|
A creature consisting only of an EYE and HUMAN LEGS SEES extremely well |
|
謙
|
self-effacing; humble oneself; condescend; be modest;
|
WORDS come CONCURRENTLY from a SELF-EFFACING person in order to deflect praise being heaped upon him. |
|
賢
|
intelligent; wise; wisdom; cleverness;
|
Smartest girl in the class buys old JEANS instead of designer clothes, thus saving SHELL-MONEY, a strategy which is highly INTELLIGENT. |
|
軒
|
flats; counter for houses; eaves;
|
In japan it's so crowded that CARS with CLOTHESLINES around the are de-facto FLATS for some young people. |
|
遣
|
dispatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake;
|
A MAESTRO not making enough money decides to increase the contents of his PURSE, and takes a ROAD-related night job- not to drive taxis, but to DISPATCH them. |
|
険
|
precipitous; inaccessible place; impregnable position; steep place; sharp eyes;
|
A tiny AWL supports the ACROPOLIS from falling down a PRECIPITOUS incline. |
|
顕
|
appear; existing;
|
A magician takes a DAFODIL flower and suddenly makes a HEAD APPEAR in its place. |
|
験
|
verification; effect; testing;
|
In the days of yore, when a TEAM OF HORSES passed a checkpoint, an AWL was used to poke the leather binding of the horses, for VERIFICATION that no weapons were hidden within. |
|
元
|
beginning; former time; origin;
|
TWO HUMAN LEGS are given out at the BEGINNING |
|
原
|
meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness;
|
CLIFF SPRINGS give rise to MEADOWS. |
|
厳
|
stern; strictness; severity; rigidity;
|
OWL soars ffrom a CLIFF in a DARING escape from an overly STERN owl-master. |
|
幻
|
phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition;
|
Instead of garlic, for some reason COCOONS are hung from COATHANGERS throughout the house in an effort to repel visits from an irksome PHANTASM. |
|
減
|
dwindle; decrease; reduce; decline; curtail; get hungry;
|
Dropping out to seek a drink of WATER as their MOUTHS becomes dry, the number of participants in a MARCH starts to DWINDLE rapidly. |
|
源
|
source; origin;
|
WATER from the cliff-top MEADOW is the SOURCE for the whole community. |
|
玄
|
mysterious; occultness;
|
Whodunit MYSTERY novels now have a new addition to the genre- the TOPHATTED COCOON who unravels a MYSTERY, and then disappears. |
|
現
|
present; existing; actual;
|
The KING, lacking political vision, SEES only the PRESENT. |
|
言
|
say;
|
4 LINES above a MOUTH will later become letters which show what it SAYS |
|
限
|
limit; restrict; to best of ability;
|
Posted on the ACROPOLIS in shiny SILVER numbers so the whole of athens will see, is the speed LIMIT. |
|
個
|
individual; counter for articles and military units;
|
A PERSON who is HARDENED the criticisms of others is an INDIVIDUAL. |
|
古
|
old;
|
This looks like a grave-marker, the ever-nearing destination of the very OLD |
|
呼
|
call; call out to; invite;
|
A MOUTH, through a rolled-up WATER-LILY, CALLS to the bullfrogs. |
|
固
|
harden; set; clot; curdle;
|
Someone PENT-IN and OLD is a HARDENED criminal. |
|
孤
|
orphan; alone;
|
A shirley temple-like CHILD left in a MELON patch is a poor ORPHAN who survives on MELONS until she finds a parent. |
|
己
|
self; snake; serpent;
|
Pictograph for SNAKE. |
|
庫
|
warehouse; storehouse;
|
CARS in a CAVE make a garage-like WAREHOUSE. |
|
弧
|
arc; arch; bow;
|
The ARC of a BOW, the ARC of the arrow's flight until it hits a MELON hanging from a target from a tree branc, as well as the path of the MELON as it gently swings in the air afterwards combine to describe an ARC. |
|
戸
|
door;
|
ONE FLAG waves above a DOOR. |
|
故
|
happenstance; especially; intentionally; reason; cause; circumstances; the late; therefore; consequently;
|
In egypt a TOMBSTONE of an ancient TASKMASTER is discovered by HAPPENSTANCE. |
|
枯
|
wither; die; dry up; be seasoned;
|
A TREE beside a TOMBSTONE gets depressed at its company, so it WITHERS and dies. |
|
湖
|
lake;
|
When the MOON got very OLD, it lost all the WATER that it had on its surface to form a huge LAKE on the earth. |
|
虎
|
tiger; drunkard;
|
A MAGIC WAND is waved from a CLIFF overlooking a ZOO to find out who bit off the SEVEN HUMAN LEGS that were found laying about-- fittingly it's a TIGER. |
|
誇
|
boast; be proud; pride; triumphantly;
|
A hunter's BOASTFUL WORDS are overly familiar as he explains how he caught a rabid ST. BERNARD'S DOG with ONE SNARE. |
|
雇
|
employ; hire;
|
Walking in through the DOOR is TURKEY who has just been EMPLOYED. |
|
顧
|
look back; review; examine oneself; turn around;
|
The industrious EMPLOYEE causes discomfort for his superiors, forcing them to turn their HEADS to LOOK BACK and see who is gaining on them. |
|
鼓
|
drum; beat; rouse; muster;
|
In the full kanji for DRUM, we see that a BRANCH is used to beat the DRUM. |
|
五
|
five;
|
KEYS hang by a CANE from a ceiling- FIVE of them |
|
互
|
mutually; reciprocally; together;
|
Two WALLS one right side up, and the other upside down, MUTUALLY support each other. |
|
午
|
noon; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the horse;
|
A lazy horse RECLINES in a bed of NEEDLES until NOON. |
|
呉
|
give; do something for;
|
The CROOKED MOUTH uses as a TOOL to manipulate others insincere complements, easily GIVEN. |
|
吾
|
I; my; our; ones own;
|
FIVE MOUTHS have "I" |
|
娯
|
recreation; pleasure;
|
A WOMAN who GIVES of her talents (a geisha perhaps?), provides a tired samurai with a bit of RECREATION. |
|
後
|
behind; back; later;
|
A LINE of COCOONS improbably wearing STILTS follow one BEHIND the next. |
|
御
|
honorable; manipulate; govern;
|
The LINE of WHOLESALERS insist on conducting an auction in an HONORABLE fashion, avoiding the usual hijinks. |
|
悟
|
enlightenment; perceive; discern; realize; understand;
|
Five-mouthed "I" wears MOOD RINGS to achieve ENLIGHTENMENT. |
|
碁
|
Go;
|
BUSHEL BASKETS filled with ROCKS form an early version of the game GO. |
|
語
|
word; speech; language;
|
Seeing a MICROPHONE, I step up and deliver the WORD. |
|
誤
|
mistake; err; do wrong; mislead;
|
WORDS which are GIVEN too easily often become a MISTAKE. |
|
護
|
safeguard; protect;
|
A MICROPHONE is placed atop a SAFE as an additional SAFEGUARD against noisy intruders. |
|
鯉
|
carp;
|
A FISH with a COMPUTER in its head is a CARP. How else would they figure out how to swim upstream? |
|
交
|
mingle; mixing; association; coming & going;
|
FATHER happily MINGLES with the hooty-tooty crowd while wearing a TOPHAT. |
|
侯
|
marquis; lord; daimyo;
|
To beat the other PERSON in a boxing match, the KEY is to DART in and out, per the instructions of the MARQUIS of queensbury. |
|
候
|
climate; season; weather;
|
When his boxin injuries started to bother him and he needed to walk around with a CANE, the MARQUIS of queesnsbury retired to florida due to the warmer CLIMATE. |
|
光
|
ray; light;
|
SMALL funny looking headress and the HUMAN LEGS represent a medicine man trying to attract the sun's RAYS. |
|
公
|
public; prince; official; governmental;
|
EIGHT ELBOWS is the name of a bar which is a popular meeting place for the PUBLIC. |
|
功
|
achievement; merits; success; honor; credit;
|
The CRAFT of a CIRCUS STRONGMAN is to ACHIEVE amazing feats of strength each night. |
|
効
|
merit; efficacy; efficiency; benefit;
|
Taken to the circus and being allowed to MINGLE with the CIRCUS STRONGMEN is the reward for a boy scout who earns many MERIT badges. |
|
厚
|
thick; heavy; rich; kind; cordial; brazen; shameless;
|
On a CLIFF, getting hot playing under the SUN, a CHILD sheds his THICK jacket |
|
口
|
mouth;
|
This square forms a pictograph of a MOUTH |
|
向
|
yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach;
|
The DROP on the HOOD acts as a kind of pointing antennae, while the MOUTH of the wearer informs you that what you are looking for is over YONDER. |
|
后
|
empress; queen; after; behind; back; later;
|
She would prefer not to get DRAGGED into the debate, but ONE woman who gets listened to when she opens her MOUTH is the EMPRESS. |
|
坑
|
pit; hole;
|
SOIL thrown up by a moving WHIRLWING leaves a huge PIT. |
|
好
|
fond; pleasing; like something;
|
A WOMAN is FOND of her CHILD. |
|
孔
|
cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly;
|
A CHILD fears the HOOK of the dentist probing for a CAVITY. |
|
孝
|
filial piety; childs respect;
|
An OLD MAN is looked up to by a CHILD with FILIAL PIETY. |
|
工
|
craft; construction;
|
Represents a carpenter's square, used in his CRAFT of working with wood. |
|
巧
|
adroit; skilled; ingenuity;
|
A well-CRAFTED SNARE is fashioned by an ADROIT hunter. |
|
幸
|
happiness; blessing; fortune;
|
ONE SPICY ingredient added to an otherwise mundane dish can bring much happiness. |
|
広
|
wide; broad; spacious;
|
ELBOW-room inside a CAVE indicates that the cave is nice and WIDE. |
|
康
|
ease; peace;
|
You slip into your secret CAVE and put a kind of SIEVE at the entrance to keep out intruders, so you can be completely at EASE. |
|
弘
|
vast; broad; wide;
|
A mighty ELBOW bends as it pulls back a BOW, sending an arrow a VAST distance. |
|
恒
|
constancy; always;
|
A STATE OF MIND which SPANS a period of time is known as CONSTANCY. |
|
慌
|
disconcerted; be confused; lose ones head;
|
A concert is canceled due to a flood which LAID WASTE to the concert hall, leaving everyone in a STATE-OF-MIND which can only be described as DISCONCERTED. |
|
抗
|
confront; resist; defy; oppose;
|
A martial artist's FINGERS flash back and forth like a WHIRLWIND as he CONFRONTS his adversaries. |
|
拘
|
arrest; seize; concerned; adhere to; despite;
|
A policeman's FINGERS point to the words of a PHRASE during an ARREST as he reads the rights to the "ARRESTee". |
|
控
|
withdraw; draw in; hold back; refrain from; be moderate;
|
FINGERS which leave your bank account EMPTY WITHDRAW all you funds. |
|
攻
|
aggression; attack;
|
A CARPENTER'S SQUARE is used by a TASKMASTER on his charges as an outlet for his AGGRESSION. |
|
更
|
grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course;
|
When the CEILING of darkness starts to descend, and the SUN is tucked under ONE ARM by the man upstairs, we realize it has started to GROW LATE. |
|
校
|
exam; school; printing; proof; correction;
|
The WOOD here is that of a desk while MINGLE is what happens afterward as students discuss the EXAM. |
|
構
|
posture; build; pretend;
|
A sagging TREE is inserted into a huge FUNNEL to correct its POSTURE. |
|
江
|
creek; inlet; bay;
|
CRAFT-y WATER becomes a CREEK. |
|
洪
|
deluge; flood; vast;
|
WATER comes TOGETHER to form a DELUGE. |
|
港
|
harbor;
|
The curved SNAKE form captures a DELUGE and turns it into a safe HARBOR. |
|
溝
|
gutter; ditch; sewer; drain; 10**32;
|
WATER is FUNNELED by a GUTTER. |
|
甲
|
armor; high (voice); A grade; 1st class; former; instep; carapace;
|
SPROUT reversed is ROOT, which grows downward into the ground and wraps around an old suit of ARMOR. |
|
皇
|
emperor;
|
As the color WHITE is sometimes used to represent enhanced status, here it is used to represent "WHITE KING", I.e. the king in charge of all other kings, thus the EMPEROR. |
|
硬
|
stiff; hard;
|
If you lay on the ROCKS until it GROWS LATE, you'll probably be very STIFF at night. |
|
稿
|
draft; copy; manuscript; straw;
|
Into the TALL WHEAT, a discouraged farmer who wants to be a writer tosses his first rough DRAFT of the great american novel. |
|
紅
|
crimson; deep red;
|
The THREAD of a masterful guitar solo weaves its way through a meticulously CRAFTED song "They call the alabama the CRIMSON tide". |
|
絞
|
strangle; constrict; wring;
|
The boston strangler who used thick THREAD as his weapon of choice, would MINGLE with the horrified crowd after STRANGLING his victim. |
|
綱
|
hawser; class (genus); rope; cord; cable;
|
HAWSER is chosen as the bset rope for an ascent of MOUNT EVEREST. |
|
耕
|
till; plow; cultivate;
|
Recycle-conscious farmer uses a CHRISTMAS TREE to TILL the soil, and then finally throws it out into an old WELL. |
|
考
|
consider; think over;
|
An OLD MAN aiming a SLINGSHOT carefully CONSIDERS the best moment to release it. |
|
肯
|
agreement; consent; comply with;
|
A FOOTPRINT on the MOON shows what can be accomplished when people reach an AGREEMENT to do something. |
|
航
|
navigate; sail; cruise; fly;
|
Steering a BOAT in a WHIRLWIND is a skilled NAVIGATOR. |
|
荒
|
laid waste; rough; rude; wild;
|
FLOWERS PERISH in a FLOOD which LAYS WASTE to everything it touches. |
|
行
|
going; journey;
|
The COLUMN of ONE NAIL which is holding your tailcoat to the floor must be lifted before you can GO anywhere. |
|
衡
|
equilibrium; measuring rod; scale;
|
Down a BOULEVARD, his BRAINS BOUND UP with a bandage, a ST. BERNARD'S DOG stumbles, having completely lost his EQUILIBRIUM. |
|
講
|
lecture; club; association;
|
An inventive professor takes his MICROPHONE and attaches to it an ouward facing FUNNEL to it to make sure the words of his LECTURE are heard. |
|
貢
|
tribute; support; finance;
|
Natives of Polynesian islands use SHELLS to CRAFT a TRIBUTE to the gods. |
|
購
|
subscription; buy;
|
It's like throwing SHELL-CURRENCY down the drain with a FUNNEL if you get too many magazine SUBSCRIPTIONS. |
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郊
|
outskirts; suburbs; rural area;
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People of all types MINGLE freely outside the CITY WALLS in the OUTSKIRTS of town. |
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酵
|
fermentation;
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A WHISKEY BOTTLE treated with FILIAL PIETY achieves FERMENTATION. |
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鉱
|
mineral; ore;
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GOLD which is WIDE is a MINERAL. |
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鋼
|
steel;
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METAL from MOUNT EVEREST is used to create the hardest STEEL in the world. |
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項
|
paragraph; nape of neck; clause; item; term (expression);
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A CARPENTER'S SQUARE is used to create the HEADings of a wooden PARAGRAPH. |
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香
|
incense; smell; perfume;
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WHEAT in the hot summer SUN gets so hot it actually burns and smells like INCENSE. |
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高
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tall; high; expensive;
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The TOPHAT and MOUTH replace the antennae of YONDER to create an image of a TALL person who can see way over YONDER. |
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剛
|
sturdy; strength;
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A STURDY ladder formed from SABRES is used to climb the famed MT. EVEREST. |
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号
|
nickname; number; item; title; pseudonym; name; call;
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Someone uses his MOUTH to SNARE someone by calling out his NICKNAME. |
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合
|
fit; suit; join; 0.1;
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This kanji uses MEETING and MOUTH to draw a picture of two pipes MEETING, with one pipe going into the "MOUTH" of the other, a perfect FIT! |
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拷
|
torture; beat;
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The experienced FINGERS of a torturer "CONSIDER" how to best TORTURE an unfortunate subject. |
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豪
|
overpowering; great; powerful; excelling; Australia;
|
A TALL, CROWNED, SOW OVERPOWERS his opponents on "pig pro wrestling" with his OVERPOWERING stench! |
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克
|
overcome; kindly; skillfully;
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TEN TEENAGERS take over recreation hall by OVERCOMING the attendants. |
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刻
|
engrave; cut fine; chop; hash; mince; time; carving;
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On a tiny ACORN, with the tip of his SABRE, a dying soldier ENGRAVES the name of his loved one. |
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告
|
revelation; tell; inform; announce;
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From a sacred COW'S MOUTH comes a REVELATION. |
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国
|
country;
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A JEWEL PENT-IN describes the crown jewels which represent a COUNTRY. |
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穀
|
cereals; grain;
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On the oover of a new CEREAL appears the CROWNED SAMURAI (see SELL), while on the inside we can find a toy MISSILE. |
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酷
|
cruel; severe; atrocious; unjust;
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WHISKEY lends a certain sense of sourness to this kanji for CRUEL. |
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黒
|
black;
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A COMPUTER tossed onto a CAMPFIRE ends up a charred BLACK color. |
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獄
|
prison; jail;
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In an animal version of "jailhouse rock", WILD DOGS backup a tenor CHIHUAHUA as they sing itno a MICROPHONE at a PRISON show. |
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腰
|
loins; hips; waist; low wainscoting;
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PART OF THE BODY combines with NEED to create a fairly self-evident representation of LOINS. |
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骨
|
skeleton; bone; remains; frame;
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BONE-JOINTS connect PARTS OF THE BODY to form a complete picture of a SKELETON. |
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込
|
crowded; mixture; in bulk; included; (kokuji);
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Too many people ENTERING onto a ROAD make it CROWDED. |
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今
|
now;
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An early morning MEETING at 7 AM; oh no, that's right NOW!! |
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困
|
quandary; become distressed; annoyed;
|
A PENT-IN TREE is in a QUANDARY because it has no place to grow. |
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墾
|
ground-breaking; open up farmland;
|
The SOCIABLE SKUNK is invited to a GROUND-BREAKING ceremony. |
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婚
|
marriage;
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A WOMAN often changes her FAMILY NAME on the DAY of her MARRIAGE. |
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恨
|
regret; bear a grudge; resentment; malice; hatred;
|
The STATE OF MIND where you should look for that SILVER lining is REGRET. |
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懇
|
sociable; kind; courteous; hospitable; cordial;
|
The SOCIABLE SKUNK has a SILVER HEART. |
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昆
|
descendants; elder brother; insect;
|
After our DAYS are over, our living conditions will undoubtedly be COMPARED to their own by our DESCENDANTS. |
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根
|
root; radical; head (pimple);
|
Here we see a magical TREE which has SILVER ROOTS. |
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混
|
mix; blend; confuse;
|
The word MIX conjures up the image of a SPOON, rapidly gyrating in a LIQUID. Now put it outside under the SUN and double up the SPOONS to accommodate the increased size, and you have the world's largest MIX. |
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紺
|
dark blue; navy;
|
To the practical executive, "SWEET THREADS" are a NAVY BLUE suit. |
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魂
|
soul; spirit;
|
RISING CLOUD combines with GHOST to create a picture of a SOUL rising upward. |
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佐
|
assistant; help;
|
The PERSON standing to your LEFT so as not to get in the way of your right hand is your ASSISTANT. |
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唆
|
tempt; seduce; instigate; promote;
|
This MOUTH grants full LICENSE to indulge in the pleasures of the WALKING LEGS of the opposite sex, a TEMPTING proposition. |
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左
|
left;
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By ONE'S SIDE hangs a CARPENTER'S SQUARE, to the LEFT, leaving the right side free to do the main work. |
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差
|
distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance;
|
WOOL which is well-CRAFTED earns an award of great DISTINCTION. |
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査
|
investigate;
|
TREES growing on a kitchen SHELF must be quickly INVESTIGATED. |
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砂
|
sand;
|
ROCKS which are only LITTLE DROPS are shown to be SAND. |
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詐
|
lie; falsehood; deceive; pretend;
|
WORDS which deserve to have a SAW taken to them are those of a LIE. |
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鎖
|
chain; irons; connection;
|
METALLIC links made from SMALL SHELLS form the links of a CHAIN. |
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座
|
squat; seat; cushion; gathering; sit;
|
The first ASSEMBLY LINE extends from a CAVE, as the pre-historic workers SQUAT behind it. |
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債
|
bond; loan; debt;
|
The PERSOn wearing a DUNCE-CAP has issued too many BONDS, and now cannot pay the holders. |
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催
|
sponsor; hold (a meeting); give (a dinner);
|
A PERSON standing on a MOUNTAIN watching the TURKEY race far below wonders if it was such a good idea to SPONSOR such a silly event. |
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再
|
again; twice; second time;
|
A JEWELED BELT is given to a lover- for being there AGAIN and AGAIN. |
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最
|
utmost; most; extreme;
|
To fly to the SUN TAKES the UTMOST of man's capabilities. |
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妻
|
wife; spouse;
|
Doing the job of TEN, including RAKING the yard is an amazing WOMAN we call the modern WIFE. |
|
宰
|
superintend; manager; rule;
|
In a typical apartment HOUSE, the source of all the SPICY gossip is usually the SUPERINTENDENT. |
|
彩
|
coloring; paint; makeup;
|
VENUS FLYTRAP eats the THINKER for trying to draw a COLOR picture of it. |
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才
|
genius; years old;
|
Finger with the third stroke reversed creates an unconventional GENIUS. |
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採
|
pick; take; fetch; take up;
|
FINGERS reaching toward a VENUS FLYTRAP to PICK it are in for a rude surprise. |
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栽
|
plantation; planting;
|
During THANKSGIVING, one gives thanks for the TREES, assuming one lives on a PLANTATION. |
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歳
|
year-end; age; occasion; opportunity;
|
At YEAR-END there are usually many PARADES. Imgagine the biggest PARADE of all coming to a sudden STOP because of ONE SMALL mouse-preventing the completion of the YEAR-END festivities. |
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済
|
finish; come to an end; excusable; need not;
|
WATER is released by loosening a hose nozzle with a WRENCH, and sprayed onto runners to cool them down as they cross the FINISH line. |
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災
|
disaster; calamity; woe; curse; evil;
|
FLOOD and FIRE combine to create a major DISASTER |
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砕
|
smash; break; crush; familiar; popular;
|
A ROCK breaks up into 9 x 10 = 90 pieces when it is properly SMASHED. |
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祭
|
ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship;
|
FLESH, CROTCH, and ALTAR combine to create a picture of an uncomfortable looking RITUAL practiced on newborn males. |
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斎
|
purification; Buddhist food; room; worship; avoid; alike;
|
A SMALL WRENCH is all that is needed to fix the PURIFICATION system for the entire colony. |
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細
|
dainty; get thin; taper; slender; narrow;
|
Three hundred pund linebacker uses THREAD to make a picture of a FIELD of pretty flowers and then shows the DAINTY decoration to his teamates. |
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菜
|
vegetable; side dish; greens;
|
The FLOWER named VENUS FLYTRAP eats VEGETABLES. |
|
裁
|
tailor; judge; decision; cut out (pattern);
|
At the first THANKSGIVING, to ensure they had the very best CLOTHES for the historic occasion, the pilgrims enlisted the services of an accomplished TAILOR. |
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載
|
ride; board; get on; place; spread; 10**44;
|
A VEHICLE on THANKSGIVING carries an enormous LOAD of food to the dinner. |
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際
|
occasion; side; edge; verge; dangerous; adventurous; indecent; time; when;
|
At the ACROPOLIS, a celebratory RITUAL is held on great OCCASIONS. |
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剤
|
dose; medicine; drug;
|
A WRENCH shapes a SABRE into a spoon so that it can be used to give a DOSE of medicine. |
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在
|
exist; outskirts; suburbs; located in;
|
A GENIE IN A BOTTLE living underneath the SOIL leads a boring EXISTENCE. |
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材
|
lumber; log; timber; wood; talent;
|
TREES are cut down by EINSTEIN dressed in a LUMBERJACK'S shirt, in what could have been an avocation. |
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罪
|
guilt; sin; crime; fault; blame; offense;
|
A huge EYE is painted on the ceiling of a JAIL CELL, silently reminding the inhabitant of his GUILT. |
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財
|
property; money; wealth; assets;
|
SHELL-CURRENCY earned by EINSTEIN is invested in very terrestrial PROPERTY. |
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坂
|
slope; incline; hill;
|
Since this SOIL going "ANTI" the level of the ground as it regularly goes, it must be a SLOPE of some sort. |
|
阪
|
heights; slope;
|
A popular activity in the sixties was for the HIPPIES to go up to the PINNACLE on the HEIGHTS and take it over. |
|
咲
|
blossom; bloom;
|
From the MOUTH of a GOLDEN CALF comes a cherry BLOSSOM. |
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崎
|
promontory; cape; spit;
|
A MOUNTAIN which is STRANGE is a PROMONTORY. |
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作
|
make; production; prepare; build;
|
A PERSON holding a SAW busily MAKES something. |
|
削
|
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare;
|
A FIRE-EXTINGUISHER must be used to cool down a SABRE which is overheated due to being used as a PLANE. |
|
搾
|
squeeze;
|
FINGERS fit through a HOLE in SAW and SQUEEZE it. |
|
昨
|
yesterday; previous;
|
This kanji states that the DAY which is SAWED off is YESTERDAY. |
|
策
|
scheme; plan; policy; step; means;
|
BAMBOO replaces the SABRE of THORN in a SCHEME to try to get a more user-friendly rose-bush. |
|
索
|
cord; rope;
|
A parachutist, in an attempt to keep from breaking his CROWN, pulls out a NEEDLE and THREADin a despearate attempt to repair a broken rip-CORD. |
|
錯
|
confused; mix; be in disorder;
|
ONCE UPON A TIME it was easy for people to get CONFUSED between common metal and true GOLD. |
|
桜
|
cherry;
|
A prefessorly OWL an a WOMAN sit under a TREE eating CHERRIES. |
|
笹
|
bamboo grass;
|
A BAMBOO combines with LEAF to create an image of BAMBOO GRASS. |
|
冊
|
tome; counter for books; volume;
|
Similar to a scrapbook, the middle line extends farther out on each side to suggest a larger TOME. |
|
刷
|
printing; print;
|
A SABRE cuts a huge FLAG into smaller TOWELS, to begin the process in an old time PRINTING press. |
|
察
|
guess; presume; surmise; judge; understand;
|
What bizarre RITUALS are going on in the HOUSE next door? One can only GUESS!! |
|
撮
|
snapshot; take pictures;
|
A FINGER, at the UTMOST moment, takes a perfect SNAPSHOT. |
|
擦
|
grate; rub; scratch; scrape; chafe; scour;
|
An escaping prisoner's FINGERS GUESS by scraping against a wall in the darkness where a secret GRATE is. |
|
札
|
tag; paper money; counter for bonds; placard; bid;
|
All the TREES in a preserve have a HOOK attached to them, from which a TAG is hung, identifying it for tourists and scientists. |
|
殺
|
kill; murder; butcher; slice off; split; diminish; reduce; spoil;
|
SHEAVES are launched with MISSEL-like velocity from a TREE, thus KILLING dozens of people. |
|
雑
|
miscellaneous;
|
NINE TURKEYS use WOODEN bats while palying with MISCELLANEOUS teammates in a game of pickup baseball. |
|
皿
|
dish; a helping; plate;
|
Pictograph of a DISH. |
|
三
|
three;
|
three horizontal lines |
|
傘
|
umbrella;
|
We get the point already! Five UMBRELLAS on a NEEDLE show this kanji is a super-UMBRELLA. |
|
参
|
nonplussed; three; going; coming; visiting; visit; be defeated; die; be madly in love;
|
His ELBOW is bitten off by a ST. BERNARD'S DOG, causing the THINKER to lose his train of though and become completely NONPLUSSED. |
|
山
|
mountain;
|
Pictograph of a MOUNTAIN. |
|
惨
|
wretched; disaster; cruelty; harsh;
|
STATE OF MIND combines with NONPLUSSED to create an image of WRETCHED. |
|
散
|
scatter; disperse; spend; squander;
|
Teaching students how to make SALAD with MEAT, as an exacting TASKMASTER advises his students to SCATTER the meat throughout the salad by properly tossing it. |
|
桟
|
scaffold; cleat; frame; jetty; bolt (door);
|
Construction workers wear their kid's swimming pool FLOATS as they work on a crickety wooden SCAFFOLD. |
|
産
|
products; bear; give birth; yield; childbirth; native; property;
|
A LEPRECHAUN'S LIFE IS the PRODUCT of our imagination-- right?? |
|
算
|
calculate; divining; number; abacus; probability;
|
BAMBOO sticks give a visual aid to EYES as they are moved about by the TWO HANDS of an early mathematician trying to CALCULATE the value of "pie". |
|
蚕
|
silkworm;
|
The INSECT who descends from the HEAVENS is the SILKWORM. |
|
賛
|
approve; praise; title or inscription on picture; assist; agree with;
|
In a system to prevent over-spending, TWO HUSBANDS must look over how many SHELLS will be spent and APPROVE a purchase by the other's wife. |
|
酸
|
acid; bitterness; sour; tart;
|
Buying a WHISKEY BOTTLE with a fake LICENSE and wearing STILTS are a couple of underage kids who soon find that the WHISKEY tastes like ACID. |
|
暫
|
temporarily; a while; moment; long time;
|
Taking an AXE to a company CAR, is an office TEMP gone TEMPORARILY insane-for a DAY. |
|
残
|
remainder; leftover; balance;
|
BONES and some old lifejacket FLOATS are the only REMAINDER of a wreck. |
|
仕
|
attend; doing; official; serve;
|
A PERSON who is a SAMURAI needs to ATTEND a lot of boring state functions. |
|
伺
|
pay respects; visit; ask; inquire; question; implore;
|
In hollywood, a PERSON who wants a part in a film will often go to see the DIRECTOR to PAY RESPECTS. |
|
使
|
use;
|
A PERSON who is an OFFICER must learn to USE his resources properly. |
|
刺
|
thorn; pierce; stab; prick; sting; calling card;
|
Attached to a TREE with a BELT is a SABRE, representing a THORN. |
|
司
|
director; official; govt office; rule; administer;
|
After using a CLOTHES HANGER to hang up one of his trademark sports jackets, the ONE MOUTH always being heard on the set is that of the famous hollywood film DIRECTOR. |
|
史
|
history; chronicle;
|
The electronic MOUTH TUCKED UNDER THE ARMS of students is a modern kind of HISTORY book. |
|
嗣
|
heir; succeed;
|
A MOUTHY heiress carries around a SCRAPBOOK of photos of herself with famous DIRECTORS, for which they pose only because she is the HEIR to an enormous fortune. |
|
四
|
four;
|
HUMAN LEGS stick out of a monster's MOUTH- FOUR of them |
|
士
|
gentleman; samurai;
|
Pictograph of a samurai. |
|
始
|
commence; begin;
|
A distinguished WOMAN stands beside a huge PEDESTAL as she addresses the graduating class at COMMENCEMENT ceremonies. |
|
姉
|
elder sister;
|
The WOMAN who sells things at the MARKET is your ELDER SISTER. |
|
姿
|
figure; form; shape;
|
It's projected here that the SECOND WOMAN in a man's life probably has a nice FIGURE. |
|
子
|
child; first sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the rat;
|
Pictograph of a small child. |
|
市
|
market; city; town;
|
All the vendors dress in TOPHATS and wave TOWELS to attract your attention your attention at the local MARKET. |
|
師
|
expert; teacher; master; army; war;
|
A MAESTRO who hangs TOWELS from the CEILING to improve the acoustics is an EXPERT. |
|
志
|
intention; plan; resolve; aspire; motive; hopes; shilling;
|
A SAMURAI'S HEART contains good INENTIONS. |
|
思
|
think;
|
The rational BRAIN combines with the emotional HEART to describe key elements of the THINKING proces. |
|
指
|
finger; point to; indicate; put into; play (chess); measure (ruler);
|
In this full kanji for FINGER we find that the FINGER is pointing to a DELICIOUS treat behind a bakery counter. |
|
支
|
branch; support; sustain;
|
A NEEDLE coming from a CROTCH (of a tree not included) is the kanji representation of a BRANCH. |
|
施
|
alms; apply bandages; admin 1st aid;
|
"ALMS for the poor, ALMS for the poor" goes the familiar plea; in this case, the supplicator poses beneath a BANNER which display the SCORPIONS which are the cuase of his/her malaise. |
|
旨
|
delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert;
|
A SPOON lowers food into a MOUTH WITH WAGGING TOUNGE because it's so DELICIOUS. |
|
枝
|
bough; branch; twig; limb;
|
A TREE BRANCH is a BOUGH. |
|
止
|
stop; halt;
|
Moving arm of signpost drops to say STOP. |
|
死
|
death; die;
|
BONES "SITTING DOWN" slump into DEATH. |
|
氏
|
family name; surname; clan;
|
When FAMILY NAMES were first handed out, it could have been done by a kind of lottery where two DROPS of lines with TWO FISHHOOKS were let down into a pot to select each person's FAMILY NAME. |
|
祉
|
welfare; happiness;
|
Reduced to collecting WELFARE, a down on his luck salesman STOPS at an ALTAR, and thus begins the good fortune. |
|
私
|
private; I; me;
|
A piece of WHEAT attached to the ELBOW marks the single stripe of a PRIVATE in the kanji army. |
|
糸
|
thread;
|
Pictograph of THREAD. |
|
紙
|
paper;
|
A FAMILY NAME is sewn with THREAD onto a piece of PAPER. |
|
紫
|
purple; violet;
|
SNOWSHOES attached with THREAD are so tight, your feet turn PURPLE. |
|
肢
|
limb; arms & legs;
|
A PART OF THE BODY which resembles a BRANCH could be either an arm or a leg, but both are a LIMB. |
|
脂
|
fat; grease; tallow; lard; rosin; gum; tar;
|
FLESH grows FAT if you eat all the delicious FOOD. |
|
至
|
climax; arrive; proceed; reach; attain; result in;
|
The WALL comes tumbling down to the GROUND, at the CLIMAX of a long war. |
|
視
|
inspection; regard as; see; look at;
|
The big EYE with HUMAN LEGS finds a new job INSPECTING newly built ALTARS. |
|
詞
|
part of speech; words; poetry;
|
WORDS which DIRECT the ebb and flow of language are PARTS OF SPEECH. |
|
詩
|
poem; poetry;
|
Reciting in front of a MICROPHONE in a BUDDHIST TEMPLE is someone reciting a sacred POEM. |
|
試
|
test; try; attempt; experiment; ordeal;
|
At an open MICROPHONE the STYLE of aspiring performers is put to the TEST. |
|
誌
|
document; records;
|
WORDS loosely spoken can reveal good INTENTIONS- but the best way to ensure follow-through is to DOCUMENT them. |
|
諮
|
consult with;
|
The NEXT completes the picture of WORDS from the NEXT MOUTH to define CONSULT WITH. |
|
資
|
assets; resources; capital; funds; data; be conducive to; contribute to;
|
On a kanji balance sheet, we find that the SECOND column shows the SHELL-CURRENCY which represents a company's ASSETS. |
|
賜
|
grant; gift; boon; results;
|
EASY SHELL-CURRENCY for a college student or researcher comes in the form of a GRANT. |
|
雌
|
feminine; female;
|
SNOWSHOES are put on TURKEYS who ar FEMININE by breeders so the males can catch them during mating season. |
|
飼
|
domesticate; raise; keep; feed;
|
By using FOOD to modify and DIRECT its behaviour, a hollywood DIRECTOR DOMESTICATES a tiger-cat. Let's hope that the DIRECTOR doesn't become FOOD for the supposedly DOMESTICATED creature! |
|
歯
|
tooth; cog;
|
You can STOP cavities by cleaning out the RICE between your TEETH with a SHOVEL. |
|
事
|
matter; thing; fact; business; reason; possibly;
|
Obviously, TEN RAKES lodged in one's MOUTH is a MATTER of great concern. |
|
似
|
becoming; resemble; counterfeit; imitate; suitable;
|
A PERSON, BY MEANS OF various beauty techniques BECOMES very BECOMING. |
|
侍
|
waiter; samurai; wait upon; serve;
|
A PERSON in a BUDDHIST TEMPLE serves as a WAITER to the gods. |
|
児
|
newborn babe; child; young of animals;
|
In the OLDEN DAYS, when man was changing from a beast to a man, if a NEWBORN BABE had HUMAN LEGS, it was allowed to live. |
|
字
|
character; letter; word; section of village;
|
A CHILD in a HOUSE feverishly studies kanji CHARACTERS. |
|
寺
|
Buddhist temple;
|
Due to a lack of new recruits, SOIL surrounding a BUDDHIST TEMPLE is covered with GLUE to trap unwitting tourists into joining the priesthood, or at least to hear a sales pitch. |
|
慈
|
mercy;
|
A DOUBLY-MYSTERIOUS HEART is the only way this kanji is able to explain that most admirable of human qualities- MERCY. |
|
持
|
hold; have;
|
FINGERS HOLD onto a BUDDHIST TEMPLE in a modern metaphor for a struggling soul trying to HOLD on to his religious beliefs. |
|
時
|
time; hour;
|
In the olden days, looking out at the position of the SUN from the BUDDHIST TEMPLE, was the only way to tell the TIME. |
|
次
|
next; order; sequence;
|
If ICE is LACKING, people will go to the party NEXT door. |
|
治
|
reign; be at peace; calm down; subdue; quell; govt; cure; heal; rule; conserve;
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Majestically tossing WATER from a PEDESTAL, a ruler celebrates his REIGN by "REIGNING" cleansing WATER upon his subjects. |
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磁
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magnet; porcelain;
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MAGNETISM was first discovered in the DOUBLY-MYSTERIOUS behaviour of some unusual STONES. |
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示
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show; indicate; point out; express; display;
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TWO LINES represent the top of a SMALL altar, used to SHOW the path to salvation to the people. |
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耳
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ear;
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EAR resembles EYE in terms of general shape, but contains more strokes and a different stroke order. |
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自
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oneself;
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If you've ever been aroundjapanese people, you know that they point one finger to their own NOSE, I.e. the DROP between the EYES, to indicate ONESELF. |
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辞
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resign; word; term; expression;
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TOUNGUES wag over SPICY gossip, when, as a result of a juicy scandal some high minister RESIGNS. |
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汐
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eventide; tide; salt water; opportunity;
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In this elegant kanji, we see WATER in the EVENING is seen to represent EVENTIDE. |
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鹿
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deer;
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Paintings in a CAVE are DOUBLE LOCKED by anthropologists to protect them from harm-- so they can COMPARE them with previously discovered PAINTINGS OF DEER. |
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式
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style; ceremony; rite; fn; method; system; form; expr;
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An ARROW that is well CRAFTED makes an archer very STYLISH |
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識
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discriminating; know; write;
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If instead of speaking normal WORDS, someone blows constantly on a KAZOO, he may soon be DISCRIMINATED against. |
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軸
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axis; pivot; stem; stalk; counter for book scrolls;
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In your CAR, a piece from an OIL DERRICK functions as the makeshift AXIS. |
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七
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seven;
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Similar to a SPOON, but the horizontal stroke CUTS all the way through |
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叱
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scold; reprove;
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執
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tenacious; take hold; grasp; take to heart;
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It's often said that FAT people are somehow happier than regular-sized people. Perhaps the HAPPINESS of a FAT MAN is due to his TENACITY. |
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失
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lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss;
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Something is DROPPED by a HUSBAND is LOST. |
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室
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room; apartment; chamber; greenhouse; cellar;
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When building a HOUSE the CLIMAX occurs when the final ROOM is made. |
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湿
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damp; wet; moist;
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On a DAMP kind of day, WATER drips from everything, including a DAFODIL. |
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漆
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lacquer; varnish; seven;
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WATER is included here to represent the liquid nature of LACQUER. TREE gives its WOOD-staining qualities. The UMBRELLA of protection it supplies is supplemented by GRAINS OF RICE, which are mixed into the LACQUER to give it consistency. |
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疾
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rapidly;
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SICKNESS caused by poisoned DARTS comes RAPIDLY. |
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質
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substance; quality; matter; temperament;
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It takes TWO AXES to break into a SHELL and ascertain the SUBSTANCE inside. |
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実
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reality; truth;
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An architect's dream of creating a HOUSE from BONSAI trees becomes a REALITY in this kanji. |
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芝
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turf; lawn;
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FLOWERS on top of BUILDING BLOCKS are a new way to formulate astro-TURF. |
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舎
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cottage; inn; hut; house; mansion;
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An UMBRELLA over a LIDDED CROCK forms a makeshift COTTAGE. |
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写
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copy; be photographed; describe;
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A CROWN is BESTOWED on the top flirter at the COPY machine. |
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射
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shoot; shine into; onto; archery;
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SOMEBODY is grabbed by a bad guy, who keeps a gun GLUED to his back, threatening to SHOOT. |
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捨
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discard; throw away; abandon; resign; reject; sacrifice;
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At a COTTAGE, FINGERS to pick up all the stuff laying around and DISCARD it. |
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赦
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pardon; forgiveness;
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Whe the TASKMASTER sees RED, his charges ask his PARDON. |
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斜
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diagonal; slanting; oblique;
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On a SCALE is placed a MEASURING CUP, thus affecting the angle of the DIAGONAL which is made by the scale's indicator. |
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煮
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boil; cook;
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An unfortunate PUPPET, whose food value is needed based on its leather cloth, is BOILED over a CAMPFIRE. |
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社
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company; firm; office; association; shrine;
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The nearly reverent attitude many japanese hold for their COMPANY is reflected in the ALTAR of this kanji. Its material, earthly nature is relfected by the inclusion of SOIL. |
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紗
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gauze; gossamer;
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FIBER under the sideways EYE is used as GAUZE. |
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者
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someone; person;
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An OLD MAN trying to jump over the SUN, when questioned says he is SOMEONE who just wants to have fun (playing with a puppet). |
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謝
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apologize; thank; refuse;
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If you let WORDS SHOOT out of your mouth without thinking about it, you could end up APOLOGIZING for it later. |
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車
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car;
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Pictograph of a car. |
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遮
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intercept; interrupt; obstruct;
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COMMONERS illegaly using the king's ROAD to play touch-football have a pass INTERCEPTED by the king's guard. |
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蛇
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snake; serpent; hard drinker;
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A beleaguered houswife fights off an invasion of INSECTS into her HOUSE with a SPOON, little realizing that the leader is a dastardly SNAKE. |
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邪
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wicked; injustice; wrong;
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Sitting atop an elephant whose TUSKS are thrusting into the CITY WALLS of oz, is the WICKED witch of the west. |
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借
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borrow; rent;
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ONCE UPON A TIME, a PERSON could BORROW enough money to buy at least a shack. |
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勺
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ladle; one tenth of a go; dip;
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BOUND-UP and DROP combine to create an image of a LADLE. |
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尺
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shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule;
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Sitting under a FLAG, an old-time musician plays the SHAKU-HACHI flute (the line hanging from FLAG), which measures about one SHAKU in length. |
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爵
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baron; peerage; court rank;
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Flying with the predatory skills of a VULTURE, with an eagle EYE and SILVER bullets, GLUED murderously to the tail of his aerial opponent- is BARON von richtoven. |
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酌
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bartending; serving sake; the host; draw (water); ladle; scoop; pump;
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Another easy one! WHISKEY BOTTLE combines with LADLE to form an image of an old-time BARTENDER. |
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釈
|
explanation;
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Telltale ANIMAL TRACKS as well as the SHAKU-HACHI FLUTE provide an EXPLANATION as to the fate of the rats led from town by the "pied piper". |
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若
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young; if; perhaps; possibly; low number; immature;
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The FLOWERS leaning to the RIGHT point toward the fountain of YOUTH. |
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寂
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loneliness; quietly; mellow; mature; death of a priest;
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A single UNCLE alone in his HOUSE presents a picture of LONELINESS |
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弱
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weak; frail;
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ICE is fired from two BOWS by waiters into drinks in order to WEAKEN them. |
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主
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lord; chief; master; main thing; principal;
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A DROP of a KING is a LORD. |
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取
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take; fetch; take up;
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In a rare transgression of our standardized usage of a primitave, CROTCH is used here as a variant of HAND , thus giving us the popular image of a HAND TAKING an EAR. |
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守
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guard; protect; defend; obey;
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Using GLUE to catch an intruder heading into a HOUSE is an alert GUARD. |
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手
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hand;
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Pictograph of a six-fingered HAND |
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朱
|
vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody;
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A DROP in a scientific experiment has NOT YET changed color- but if it turns VERMILLION, then the test is positive. |
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殊
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particularly; especially; exceptionally;
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BONES of a VERMILLION color are PARTICULARLY valuable. |
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狩
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hunt; raid; gather;
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WILD DOGS are HUNTED by the palace GUARD. |
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珠
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pearl; gem; jewel;
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KING likes VERMILLION colored PEARLS. |
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種
|
species; kind; class; variety; seed;
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Various SPECIES of WHEAT are loaded into a PICKUP TRUCK for examination in a botanical laboratory. |
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趣
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gist; proceed to; tend; become;
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A busy executive on the RUN TAKES the GIST of a long message from an aid. |
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酒
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sake; alcohol;
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The WATER in a kanji WHISKEY BOTTLE is SAKE. |
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首
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neck;
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ANIMAL HORNS growing out of your NOSE reach down to your NECK. |
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儒
|
Confucian;
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A historical PERSON who created a DEMANDING philosophy was CONFUCIUS. |
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受
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accept; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch; receive;
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A BIRDHOUSE in the CROTCH of a tree ACCEPTS many birds into it's hospitable setting. |
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寿
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longevity; congratulations; ones natural life;
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BUSHES are GLUED together in hopes of increasing their LONGEVITY. |
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授
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impart; instruct; grant; confer;
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FINGERS unto a COLLECTION PLATE IMPART money. |
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樹
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timber trees; wood;
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We find a novel method of cutting down TREES is to attach a huge number of DRUMS to them filled with GLUE- so they snap under the weight and become falling TIMBER-TREES. |
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需
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demand; request; need;
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In this demonstration of supply and DEMAND, an economics professor eschews the typical widget, and uses COMBS as his sample product. He then goes on to show that it will RAIN COMBS if there is enough DEMAND for it. |
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囚
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captured; criminal; arrest; catch;
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The PERSON is PENT UP in his prison after he is CAPTURED. |
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収
|
income; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store;
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Holding a CORNUCOPIA in between his CROTCH as he juggles, is a clever street entertainer who uses this method to collect his INCOME. |
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周
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circumference; circuit; lap;
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The making of a GLASS HOOD involves placing it over a LIDDED CROCK to make sure it has exactly the right CIRCUMFERENCE. |
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宗
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religion; sect; denomination; main point; origin; essence;
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An ALTAR in a HOUSE represents the church of a RELIGION. |
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就
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concerning; settle; take position; depart; study; per;
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In the CAPITAL of the country, all the CHIHUAHUAS start growing HUMAN LEGS which is said to be a matter CONCERNING national security. |
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州
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state; province;
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3 DROPS in a STREAM separate the STATES of a country. |
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修
|
discipline; conduct oneself well; study; master;
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A PERSON is whacked with a CANE by a TASKMASTER attempting to SHAPE behavior with DISCIPLINE. |
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愁
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distress; grieve; lament; be anxious;
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AUTUMN is in the HEART of someone in DISTRESS. |
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拾
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pick up; gather; find; go on foot; ten;
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FINGERS FIT together to PICK-UP something. |
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秀
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excel; excellence; beauty; surpass;
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WHEAT is helf in the FIST of the winner, who EXCELS at his event. |
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秋
|
autumn;
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Leftover WHEAT is burned in FIRE in the AUTUMN. |
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終
|
end; finish;
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Every THREAD has an END. On the other hand, we find that the THREAD of life continues as hibernating animans emerge at WINTER'S END. |
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習
|
learn;
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FEATHERS colored WHITE visually describe the soaring process of LEARNING. |
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臭
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stinking; ill-smelling; suspicious looking; odor; savor; fragrance; be fragrant; stink; glow; be bright;
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People crinkle up their NOSE at an unwashed ST. BERNARD'S DOG, thinking he's STINKING. |
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舟
|
boat; ship;
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Appearing as a mere DROP among all the fancy yachts, with a CANOPY atop is a BOAT named "MAMA". |
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衆
|
masses; great numbers; multitude; populace;
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"Give me your huddled MASSES" says the statue of liberty. BLOOD, and not one but TWO DROPS of sweat, and millions of huddled PERSONS IN RAGS create this picture of the "huddled MASSES". |
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襲
|
attack; advance on; succeed to; pile; heap;
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ATILLA THE HUN rips off his CLOTHES and cries "ATTACK!!!" (vase + meat + slingshot + snake + 3 = ATILLA THE HUN). |
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週
|
week;
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A "LAP" or CIRCUMFERENCE along the ROAD of life is organized by a unit of a WEEK. |
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酬
|
repay; reward; retribution;
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For every WHISKEY BOTTLE collected, the STATE promises to REPAY a nickel. |
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集
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gather; meet; congregate; swarm; flock;
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TURKEYS find that the top of a TREE is a popular place to GATHER. |
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醜
|
ugly; unclean; shame; bad looking;
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Looking as if they've just seen a GHOST, and grabbing for a bottle of WHISKEY is someone who has just seen how UGLY his date is. |
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住
|
dwell; reside; live; inhabit;
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A PERSON carries a CANDLESTICK like a LORD around his DWELLING at night. |
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充
|
allot; fill;
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To each INFANT a pair of HUMAN LEGS (along with "A LOT" of other things) is ALLOTED> |
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十
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ten;
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Turn this character 45 degrees either way, ans it makes the X used for the roman number for 10 |
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従
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accompany; obey; submit to; comply; follow; secondary; incidental; subordinate;
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Movie stars form a LINE as they ACCOMPANY one another to the OSCAR AWARDS. |
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柔
|
tender; weakness; gentleness; softness;
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A HALBERD smashes through TENDER bark of a TREE, negating the TENDER ministrations of the gardner who had nursed it back to health. |
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汁
|
soup; juice; broth; sap; gravy; pus;
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A LIQUID with NEEDLES in it is a booby-trapped SOUP. |
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渋
|
astringent; hesitate; reluctant; have diarrhea;
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A LIQUID which STOPS the blood and feels as if it had SPARKLERS in it is an ASTRINGENT. |
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獣
|
animal; beast;
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The scholarly OWL with the big BRAINS speaks with ONE MOUTH as a representitive of the bird kingdom, while a CHIHUAHUA represents the ANIMAL kingdom. |
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縦
|
vertical; length; height; self-indulgent; wayward;
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A weight is tied to one end of a THREAD allowing it to ACCOMPANY the downward line of the wallpaper in VERTICAL line. |
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重
|
heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold;
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The extra line hellps to support a CAR carrying a HEAVY load. |
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銃
|
gun; arms;
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METAL bullets are ALLOTED to each GUN. |
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叔
|
uncle; youth;
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An UNCLE towers ABOVE a SMALL niece or nephew who only come up to the hight of his CROTCH. |
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宿
|
inn; lodging; relay station; dwell; lodge; be pregnant; home; dwelling;
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A HOUSE into which a HUNDRED PEOPLE can fit is an INN. |
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淑
|
graceful; gentle; pure;
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Down to the WATER, a kindly UNCLE takes you to see the GRACEFUL swans. |
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祝
|
celebrate; congratulate;
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The show-ALTAR and the lively TEENAGER here combine in a CELEBRATION of the teenager's passage into adulthood. |
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縮
|
shrink; contract; shrivel; wrinkle; reduce;
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Using only THREAD, an INN is constructed by the incredible SHRINKING man. |
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粛
|
solemn; quietly; softly;
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A RAKE is used to move RICE in between FENCEPOSTS in a SOLEMN ceremony to mark the start of the harvest season. |
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塾
|
cram school; private school;
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TALL CHILDREN who are FAT must sit on the GROUND at tight-budgeted CRAM SCHOOLS. |
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熟
|
mellow; ripen; mature; acquire skill;
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The TALL FAT CHILD from CRAM SCHOOL takes a hot bath heated by a CAMP-FIRE, and MELLOWS out. |
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出
|
exit; leave;
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Two MOUNTAINS mark the EXIT from the promised land. |
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術
|
art; technique; skill; means; trick; resources; magic;
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Carried down the BOULEVARD, st. michelle during a war evacuation, with a special RESIN, rubbed into the surface of the paintings to protect them, are the finest works of ART in france. |
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述
|
mention; state; speak; relate;
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The inventor of a special RESIN that keeps cars from sliding all over the ROAD doesn't win the nobel prize, but he does get an honorable MENTION. |
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俊
|
sagacious; genius; excellence;
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A cautious PERSON rejects the LICENSE to pursue the lovely WALKING LEGS presented in TEMPT; undoubtedly the SAGACIOUS choice. |
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春
|
springtime; spring (season);
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The SUN shines on a BONSAI tree in the SPRINGTIME. |
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瞬
|
wink; blink; twinkle;
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The EYE of the bird in the BIRDHOUSE, who is wearing SUNGLASSES WINKS at you. |
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准
|
quasi-; semi-; associate;
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A frozen TURKEY packed in ICE makes it only QUASI-fresh. |
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循
|
sequential; fellow;
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A LINE of SHIELDS form an unbroken SEQUENCE as the enemy approaches. |
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旬
|
decameron; 10day period; season (for specific products;
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The standard measure of DAYS in ancient china was 10 days "BOUND UP", thus creating a DECAMERON. |
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殉
|
martyrdom; follow by resigning;
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The BONES of those who died in a march lasting a DECAMERON are revered as those of persons who have achieved MARTYRDOM. |
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準
|
semi-; correspond to; proportionate to; conform; imitate;
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In the WATER of an olympic-sized pool, TURKEYS float on their back. TEN of them, wheezing heavily and only SEMI-conscious, having just swam in the SEMI-finals. |
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潤
|
wet; be watered; profit by; receive benefits; favor; charm; steep;
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A playful joke is played on the KING entering the city GATES in full pageant when someone drops a pail of WATER on him, making him mad as a WET hen. |
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盾
|
shield; escutcheon; pretext;
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DRAGGED behind a retreating soldier, superstitiously painted with 10 EYES as if to spot incoming arrows, is a SHIELD. |
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純
|
genuine; purity; innocence; net (profit);
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Just as a group of monkeys set in front of a type writer for a long enough period of time will create a duplicate of shakespear's hamlet, THREAD trailed together by enough EARTHWORMS combine to create a GENUINE masterpiece. |
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巡
|
patrol; go around; circumference;
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A FLOODED-out ROAD is PATROLLED by police. |
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遵
|
abide by; follow; obey; learn;
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Following the "REVERED ROAD" means you ABIDE BY the rules. |
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順
|
obey; order; turn; right; docility; occasion;
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Floating down a STREAM are chopped-off HEADS, indicating the fate of those who don't OBEY the powers that be. |
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処
|
dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place;
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WALKING LEGS carelessly kick about litter blowing in the WIND which has been improperlly DISPOSED. |
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初
|
first time; beginning;
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When a spy dons a CLOAK AND DAGGER for the FIRST TIME, he is hooked for good on the thrill of "the game". |
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所
|
place;
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Police break down a drug dealer's DOOR with an AXE, and upon seeing all of the drug paraphernelia within, say "we've got the right PLACE." |
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暑
|
sultry; hot; summer heat;
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The SUN shines down on a PUPPET show being performed before tourists in SULTRY weather. |
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渚
|
strand; beach; shore;
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A wet PUPPET crawls from the WATER onto a STRAND, now STRANDED on a desert island. |
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庶
|
commoner; all; bastard;
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Living in CAVERNS, using CAMPFIRES to keep warm, are COMMONERS who have fled the hardship of the king's rule. |
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緒
|
thong; beginning; inception; end; cord; strap;
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Instead of hanging by a THREAD, a wily PUPPET stands on his own with THONG sandals. |
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署
|
signature; govt office; police station;
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Aware that all EYES were on him, john hancock decided to no longer be a PUPPET of the english and thus penned his famous SIGNATURE. |
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書
|
write;
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A WRITING BRUSH drawing the kanji for SUN creates a picture of WRITING. |
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諸
|
various; many; several; together;
|
A skilled ventriloquist succeeds in making the WORDS of a PUPPETS sound like VARIOUS people. |
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助
|
help; rescue; assist;
|
On your top SHELF, you keep a little CIRCUS STRONGMAN to HELP with your duties. |
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叙
|
confer; relate; narrate; describe;
|
Standing on a SCALE, a contestant in a weight gaining contest who hid weights in his CROTCH has the winner's award CONFERRED upon him. |
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女
|
woman; female;
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Here we find the graceful kanji which represents WOMAN. |
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序
|
preface; beginning; order; precedence; occasion; chance; incidentally;
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A pro goes into a CAVE and starts throwing TENNIS RACKETS around to motivate himself as a PREFACE to a tennis match. |
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徐
|
gradually; slowly; deliberately; gently;
|
The indicator LINE on your SCALE goes GRADUALLY downward (but quickly upward). |
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除
|
exclude; division (x/3); remove; abolish; cancel; except;
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A tourist who wants to see the ACROPOLIS is weighed on a SCALE, and if he is too heavy, is EXCLUDED from going inside. |
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傷
|
wound; hurt; injure; impair; pain; injury; cut; gash; scar; weak point;
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A PERSON RECLINES on the ground, hugging his life-savings in a PIGGY BANK, not realizing he has suffered a fatal WOUND. |
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償
|
reparation; make up for; recompense; redeem;
|
With the judicial system in its current state, a PERSON is easily able to seek a PRIZE from the courts, which is given the name of REPARATION. |
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勝
|
victory; win; prevail; excel;
|
A QUARTERBACK MUSCLES his way to VICTORY. |
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匠
|
artisan; workman; carpenter;
|
BOXES are chopped up with AXES for use as material by busy ARTISANS at a country fair. |
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升
|
measuring box; 1.8 liter;
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A THOUSAND bent NEEDLES are kept in an old SEWING BOX |
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召
|
seduce; call; send for; wear; put on; ride in; buy; eat; drink; catch (cold);
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A SWORD-eater as he gingerly places a SWORD in his MOUTH, seems almost to be SEDUCING it. |
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商
|
make a deal; selling; dealing in; merchant;
|
In this las vegas-like image, a VASE/pot of gold sits atop a CANOPY/tent, inside which HUMAN LEGS dance atop a square MOUTH-like table, all of which urge you to go ahead and see if you can MAKE A DEAL with the blackjack dealer. |
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唱
|
chant; recite; call upon; yell;
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A MOUTH, for 2 consecutive DAYS, CHANTS |
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奨
|
exhort; urge; encourage;
|
Taking over as LEADER of an animal farm is a ST. BERNARD'S DOG with dictator-like qualities who like his human counterparts, EXHORTS his followers to sacrifice ever more. |
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宵
|
wee hours; evening; early night;
|
A HOUSE is surrounded by lighted CANDLES, so you can find it in the WEE HOURS. |
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将
|
leader; commander; general; admiral; or; and again; soon; from now on; just about;
|
A TURTLE plays with a VULTURE and wins the game by effective use of GLUE- the game being, "follow the LEADER". |
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小
|
little; small;
|
Three LITTLE drops. |
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少
|
few; little;
|
SMALL with the extra line for emphasis to extend the meaning to FEW. |
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尚
|
esteem; furthermore; still; yet;
|
A very SMALL MOUTH is kept in a GLASS HOOD, as a reminder of an ESTEEMED opponent who came to a sad end. |
|
床
|
bed; floor; padding; tatami;
|
A TREE in a CAVE functions as a pre-historic BED. |
|
彰
|
patent; clear;
|
A good PATENT can change the SHAPE of our world. A BADGE is hung on the THINKER to indicate that is unique shape is PATENTED. |
|
承
|
aquiesce; hear; listen to; be informed; receive;
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THREE STEAM-SHIPS are at loggerheads until one of them decides to ACQUIESCE to the other two and allow them to pass. |
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抄
|
extract; selection; summary; copy; spread thin;
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FINGERS EXTRACT a FEW teeth. |
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招
|
beckon; invite; summon; engage;
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A FINGER SEDUCTIVELY BECKONS. |
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掌
|
manipulate; rule; administer; conduct; palm of hand;
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A HAND MANIPULATES the latch to an OUTHOUSE in a hurried attempt to open it. |
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昇
|
rise up;
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The SUN tries to set on a needly SEWING BOX and immediately must RISE UP again |
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昌
|
prosperous; bright; clear;
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2 SUNS shine on a PROSPEROUS man. |
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昭
|
shining; bright;
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In a celestial romance, the SUN attempts to SEDUCE a SHINING star |
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晶
|
sparkle; clear; crystal;
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SUNS, SUNS, SUNS everywhere reflect off a SPARKLING wine |
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松
|
pine tree;
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The TREE which is most commonly known to the PUBLIC is said to be the PINE TREE. |
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梢
|
treetops; twig;
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You climb a TREE, and find a FIRE-EXTINGUISHER at the TREETOP, kept there in case of a forest fire. |
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沼
|
marsh; lake; bog; swamp; pond;
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A poor tourist, thirsty due to lack of coke is SEDUCED by the WATER of a nearby MARSH, and ends up drowning in the quicksand! |
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消
|
extinguish; blow out; turn off; neutralize; cancel;
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WATER from a FIRE-EXTINGUISHER EXTINGUISHES. |
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渉
|
ford; ferry; port;
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To WALK across the WATER is to FORD it. |
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焼
|
bake; burning;
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Positioned in front of a HEARTH-FIRE a STRAWMAN goes about BAKING a cake. |
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焦
|
char; hurry; impatient; irritate; burn; scorch; singe;
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A TURKEY left too long on the CAMP-FIRE is burnt to a CHAR. |
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照
|
illuminate; shine; compare; bashful;
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An old SHOESHINE BOX is thrown onto a CAMPFIRE to provide some ILLUMINATION for the hobos reading old paperback novels. |
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症
|
symptoms; illness;
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SICKNESS can be CORRECTLY diagnosed by checking the SYMPTOMS. |
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省
|
focus; government ministry; conserve;
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You eliminate all but a FEW things from your line of EYE-sight in order to FOCUS on something. |
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硝
|
nitrate; saltpeter;
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ROCK is melted by a FIRE EXINGUISHER spraying NITRATE. |
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礁
|
reef; sunken rock;
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Through a field of ROCKS runs a TURKEY fleeing a CAMP-FIRE, ultimately finally finding refuge in a coral REEF. |
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祥
|
auspicious; happiness; good omen;
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The show-ALTAR and the good SHEEP here combine to make an AUSPICIOUS kanji. |
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称
|
appellation; praise; admire; name; title; fame;
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A farmer whose WHEAT is RECLINING, and SMALL, gets teased and called by many APPELLATIONS. |
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章
|
badge; chapter; composition; poem; design;
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The first one to put the SUNFLOWER in the VASE wins a BADGE. |
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笑
|
laugh;
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BAMBOO tower built toward HEAVEN makes god LAUGH at the foibles of men. |
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粧
|
cosmetics; adorn (ones person);
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RICE is brought into a CAVE and combined with the SOIL to make the first COSMETICS. |
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紹
|
introduce; inherit; help;
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The THREAD of conversation which leads toward SEDUCTION starts with a simple INTRODUCTION. |
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肖
|
resemblance;
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In a movie star look-a-like contest, in lieu of being a big star, a SMALL MOON is awarded to the contestant with the greatest RESEMBLENCE to a movie star. |
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衝
|
collide; brunt; highway; opposition (astronomy); thrust; pierce; stab; prick;
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PICKUP TRUCKS, on a main BOULEVARD, smash into one another in a head-on COLLISION. |
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訟
|
sue; accuse;
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If you say defamatory WORDS in PUBLIC, you may be SUED. |
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証
|
evidence; proof; certificate;
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WORDS, if spoken by someone who recalls the events CORRECTLY, can be damning EVIDENCE. |
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詔
|
imperial edict;
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In the same way we are interested in a special news bulletin, commoners in the old days were SEDUCED by the prospect of hearing the WORDS of an IMPERIAL EDICT. |
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詳
|
detailed; full; minute; accurate; well-informed;
|
Abundant WORDS of a SHEEP are DETAILED. |
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象
|
elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times);
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The head of a RABBIT and the body of a SOW combine to create a kanji ELEPHANT. |
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賞
|
prize; reward; praise;
|
The campsite with the cleanest OUTHOUSE gets SHELL-MONEY as a PRIZE. |
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鐘
|
bell; gong; chimes;
|
Made from METAL, with the crack put in it when a JUVENILE delinquent tried to steal it is the liberty BELL. |
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障
|
hinder; hurt; harm;
|
On ACROPOLIS men in BADGES HINDER would-be vandals. |
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上
|
above; up;
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A MAGIC WAND stands ABOVE a FLOOR. |
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丈
|
length; 10feet; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; thats all; merely;
|
ONE ARM measure LENGTH. |
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乗
|
ride; power; multiplication; record; counter for vehicles; board; mount; join;
|
WHEAT at first is sotred in an old SILO. Suddenly, the SILO grows wheels and lays lengthwise to become a bus so it can give the WHEAT a RIDE to the depot. |
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冗
|
superfluous; uselessness;
|
The wearer of the CROWN takes too many polls and makes his decisions based on however the WIND is blowing, this causing his opinions to be regarded as SUPERFLUOUS. |
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剰
|
surplus; besides;
|
A BUS takes a load of SABRES to an old army SURPLUS store. |
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城
|
castle;
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Resourceful early architects of incan times were able to take mere SOIL and make it TURN INTO a huge CASTLE. |
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場
|
location; place;
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As we know, "LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION" is the determining factor in valuing property. How much your patch of SOIL will put into your PIGGY BANK is determined by its LOCATION. |
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壌
|
lot; earth; soil;
|
In tahiti, the amount of GROUND covered by a GRASS SKIRT is the standard for measuring a LOT. |
|
嬢
|
lass; girl; Miss; daughter;
|
A happy irishman washed up on a tahitian island, marries a WOMAN wearing a GRASS SKIRT, and he always calls her "LASS". |
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常
|
usual; ordinary; normal; regular;
|
When you visit an OUTHOUSE, a TOWEL is USUALLY not there to wash up with, so it's USUALLY a good idea to bring your own. |
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情
|
feelings; emotion; passion; sympathy; circumstances; facts;
|
Wearing a MOOD RING, a BLUES singer crrons "FEELINGS, ooh,ooh,ooh, FEELINGS". |
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条
|
article; clause; item; stripe; streak; TWIG
|
STILTS used to climb a TREE suddenly break like a TWIG |
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浄
|
clean; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu Dynasty;
|
WATER CONTENDS with dirt and dust to keep everything CLEAN. |
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状
|
status quo; conditions; circumstances; form; appearance;
|
A TURTLE, by having a race with a CHIHUAHUA, instead of a hare, upsets the STATUS QUO. |
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畳
|
tatami mat; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with;
|
Resembling a miniature RICE FIELD, kept in a special room with royal CROWNS on a SHELF, is a humble TATAMI MAT. |
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蒸
|
steam; heat; sultry; foment; get musty;
|
FLOWERS are thrown at a STEAMSHIP, while under its FLOOR burn the COOKING-FIRES, already running to feed the guests. |
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譲
|
defer; turnover; transfer; convey;
|
Whooping it up in front of a MICROPHONE is the emcee of a hawaiian barbecue wearing a GRASS SKIRT, who then graciously DEFERS the mike to the guest of honor. |
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醸
|
brew; cause;
|
In a tahitian verson of moonshining, WHISKEY BOTTLES are hidden underneath a GRASS SKIRT, the substance therein being a fine tahitian BREW. |
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錠
|
lock; fetters; shackles;
|
DETERMINED METAL is a LOCK!! |
|
嘱
|
entrust; request; send a message;
|
The MOUTH offers proof that you BELONG when you are ENTRUSTED with the secret password. |
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飾
|
decorate; ornament; adorn; embellish;
|
A famous interior DECORATOR RECLINES on a TOWEL while eating FOOD in luxury, contemplating the marvelous DECORATIONS he will make to a roman bath. |
|
植
|
plant;
|
A TREE growing STRAIGHTAWAY is a fast growing PLANT. |
|
殖
|
augment; increase; multiply; raise;
|
BONES were created STRAIGHTAWAY by god to AUGMENT the heretofore flabby physical structure of man. |
|
織
|
weave; fabric;
|
Instead of the usual swaying snake, THREAD sways to the music of a KAZOO as it's WOVEN into a carpet in mid-air. |
|
職
|
post; employment; work;
|
In a variation of the "squeaky wheel gets the oil" theme, here we find that if you blow your own KAZOO into enough EARS, sooner or later someone will offer you a POST. |
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色
|
color;
|
BOUND UP in a bright inner city MOSAIC are all the COLORS of the spectrum. |
|
触
|
contact; touch; feel; hit; proclaim; announce; conflict;
|
Carefully measuring the ANGLE with a sextant, an INSECT dive-bombs his victim at which point he radios back to say that CONTACT has been established. |
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食
|
eat; food;
|
SAINT underneath an UMBRELLA EATS. |
|
辱
|
embarrass; humiliate; shame;
|
A poor woman caught at a surprise party feels she looks like a DRAGON, and the moment sticks with her like GLUE because she is so EMBARRASSED about it. |
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伸
|
expand; stretch; extend; lengthen; increase;
|
A PERSON with a pet MONKEY stands on a street corner, selling balloons which he EXPANDS by letting the MONKEY blow them up. |
|
信
|
faith; truth; fidelity; trust;
|
In this optimistic kanji, we are told we can have FAITH in a PERSON'S WORDS. |
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侵
|
encroach; invade; raid; trespass; violate;
|
A PERSON thinks that just because he employs a MAID that he can ENCROACH on her personal space. |
|
唇
|
lips;
|
A lady DRAGON sits before a vanity and draws LIPS on her MOUTH with some lipstick. |
|
娠
|
with child; pregnancy;
|
In a wry commentary, a WOMAN sometimes feels like a DRAGON when she is WITH CHILD. |
|
寝
|
lie down; sleep; rest; bed; remain unsold;
|
A crazed TURTLE breaks into a HOUSE and is whacked by a MAID and so has to LIE DOWN. |
|
審
|
hearing; judge; trial;
|
A HOUSE of DICE is the wry characterization of a criminal HEARING in america. |
|
心
|
heart; mind; spirit;
|
Pictograph of a HEART. At the left in three stroke form= STATE OF MIND. At the bottom in a squashed form, this becomes a VALENTINE. |
|
慎
|
humility; be careful; discrete; prudent;
|
The STATE OF MIND which is TRUTHFUL with itself gives one a feeling of HUMILITY. |
|
振
|
shake; wave; wag; swing;
|
The FINGERS of a DRAGON shake you up and down like a milk-SHAKE. |
|
新
|
new;
|
All the RED PEPPERS in town are chopped up by a rampaging madman with an AXE, thus making the evening NEWS. |
|
森
|
forest; woods;
|
Three TREES make a forest. |
|
浸
|
immersed; soak; dip; steep; moisten; wet; dunk;
|
After a long days work, inot bath-WATER, a MAID IMMERSES herself. |
|
深
|
deep; heighten; intensify; strengthen;
|
DEEP in the WATER, divers use a high-tech PAPER PUNCH to make holes in the WOODEN hull of an old ship. |
|
申
|
speaketh; have the honor to; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac; sign of the monkey;
|
A TOUNGUE WAGGING IN MOUTH, with a CANE sticking trough it, makes it difficult to SPEAKETH. |
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真
|
true; reality; Buddhist sect;
|
The TEN EYES of "straightaway" here are used as a TOOL to see the TRUTH. |
|
神
|
gods; mind; soul;
|
A MONKEY on an ALTAR is worshipped as a GOD. |
|
紳
|
sire; good belt; gentleman;
|
Tarzan returns to england and is captured and tied up by a thick THREAD, and called half-man, half-MONKEY. Of course, later on, they call him SIRE. |
|
臣
|
retainer; subject;
|
Pictograph of a RETAINER, which is similar to GIANT, with two extra lines to support the "popping out" eye of the RETAINER. |
|
薪
|
fuel; firewood; kindling;
|
During the final stages of a brutal war, FLOWERS are used to create a completely NEW kind of FUEL. |
|
親
|
parent; intimacy; relative; familiarity; dealer (cards);
|
When the PARENT SEES the teenager sneaking in late, he starts throwing RED-PEPPERS at him. |
|
診
|
checkup; seeing; diagnose; examine;
|
The UMBRELLA SHAPE combination is familiar from RARE. Added to that are the WORDS urging us to get a RARE CHECK-UP. |
|
身
|
somebody; person; ones station in life;
|
Distorted NOSE of self-- with a diagonal line to fill out the BODY of SOMEBODY. |
|
辛
|
spicy; bitter; hot; acrid;
|
STANDING UP in alarm after eating a meatball that is so SPICY it seems to contain hundred of little NEEDLES, a surprised kiner exclaims "mama mia, that's a SPICY meatball". |
|
進
|
advance; proceed; progress; promote;
|
A monster TURKEY coming down the ROAD slowly ADVANCES toward you. |
|
針
|
needle; pin; staple; stinger;
|
METAL is used to make NEEDLES. |
|
震
|
quake; shake; tremble; quiver; shiver;
|
If it RAINS DRAGONS, the earth QUAKES. |
|
人
|
person;
|
Pictograph of a PERSON. |
|
仁
|
humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel;
|
When one PERSON becomes aware of hos obligations to others, the TWO of this kanji, he is starting to understand what HUMANITY means. |
|
刃
|
blade; sword; edge;
|
A DROP of blood drips from the BLADE of your SWORD. |
|
尋
|
inquire; fathom; look for;
|
His CRAFTY MOUTH having failed him, GLUE is attached to the end of a BROOM to obtain scraps of trash from a celebrity's house whose gleanings will be revealed in the INQUIRER. |
|
甚
|
tremendously; very; great; exceedingly;
|
A famous astronomer who is apt to use this word finds that to allocate the contents of all the BUSHEL BASKETS in an EQUAL manner is a TREMENDOUSLY difficult undertaking. |
|
尽
|
exhaust; use up; run out of; befriend; serve;
|
In cold weather, a SHAKU-HACHI flute doubling as an EXHAUST pipe on a car, spits out ICE cubes instead of carbon-monoxide. |
|
迅
|
swift; fast;
|
At a race which finishes at a CROSSING, a FISHOOK swoops down to take the winner to the victory stand as the SWIFTEST of all. |
|
陣
|
camp; battle array; ranks; position;
|
Proving just how touristy the ACROPOLIS has become, we see next to it are a bunch of CARS in a CAMPGROUND called "CAR CAMP ACROPOLIS" |
|
須
|
ought; by all means; necessarily;
|
The THINKER by the way he rests his HEAD on his fist, seems to be thinking of what he OUGHT to be doing. |
|
酢
|
vinegar; sour; acid; tart;
|
A WHISKEY BOTTLE with its top SAWed off is used to pour VINEGAR into your salad. |
|
図
|
map; drawing; plan; unexpected; accidentally;
|
This PENT IN BIG DIPPER represents an astronomical MAP. |
|
吹
|
blow; breathe; puff; emit; smoke;
|
A MOUTH YAWNS, first taking in and then BLOWING out some air. |
|
垂
|
droop; suspend; hang; slouch;
|
At first appearing as a DROP from the sky, its downward trajectory represented by the vertical CANE, landing on the FLOOR of the earth is a rocket-like SILO, now DROOPING from the impact. |
|
帥
|
commander; leading troops; governor;
|
A COMMANDER conducts his forces like a MAESTRO, waving a TOWEL to signal his commands. |
|
推
|
conjecture; infer; guess; suppose; support;
|
The origins of a TURKEY who has FINGERS instead of wings is the subject of much CONJECTURE. |
|
水
|
water;
|
Pictograph of CANE falling into the WATER, with a katakana FU on the left and a RAG on the right representing the splashing WATER. |
|
炊
|
cook; boil;
|
COOK cooks by means of YAWNING FIRE. |
|
睡
|
drowsy; sleep; die;
|
EYES DROOP when they are DROWSY. |
|
粋
|
chic; style; purity; essence; pith; cream; elite; choice;
|
Eating RICE, a BASEBALL TEAM is using NEEDLE-like chopsticks, trying to look chic. |
|
衰
|
decline; wane; weaken;
|
The DECLINE and fall of the roman empire was marked by ONE PATHETIC attempt after another to revive it. |
|
遂
|
consummate; accomplish; attain; commit (suicide);
|
The perfect crime is CONSUMMATED by a BOAR now slipping away down the ROAD. |
|
酔
|
drunk; feel sick; poisoned; elated; spellbound;
|
If you drink from 9 X 10 WHISKEY BOTTLES , you will become very DRUNK. |
|
錘
|
weight; plumb bob; sinker; SPINDLE
|
METAL is DROOPING because the SPINDLE is turning too quickly. |
|
随
|
follow; though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all; obey; submit to; comply; at the mercy of (the waves);
|
All the way to the ACROPOLIS goes the HITCHHIKER, just FOLLOWING the ROAD. |
|
髄
|
marrow; pith;
|
The path throughout the MARROW of this SKELETON is traveled by a hoary HITCHHIKER. |
|
崇
|
adore; respect; revere; worship;
|
The faithful must travel to a holy MOUNTAIN in some RELIGIONS in order to offer up their ADORATION. |
|
数
|
number; strength; fate; law; figures;
|
RICE-carrying WOMEN who are watched over by the TASKMASTER who counts the NUMBER of bags they carry. |
|
枢
|
hinge; pivot; door;
|
A TREE is used by a WARDEN as the HINGE for the huge front door to his prison. |
|
据
|
set; lay a foundation; install; equip; squat down; sit down;
|
FINGERS in the famed RESIDENCE (flag + old)for old soldiers, SET the table each night. |
|
杉
|
cedar; cryptomeria;
|
TREES growing around the THINKER are CEDAR TREES, planted there because they have a restorative effect on the old statue. |
|
澄
|
lucidity; be clear; clear; clarify; settle; strain; look grave;
|
After being given a bath in warm WATER a madman's insanity ASCENDS out of his mind and he momentarily speaks with great LUCIDITY. |
|
寸
|
measurement; foot/10;
|
Using a special HOOKED NEEDLE, DROPS are carefully MEASURED out by a chemist. |
|
世
|
generation; world; society; public;
|
3 TENS add oup to the 30 years of a given GENERATION |
|
瀬
|
rapids; current; torrent; shallows; shoal;
|
A BUNDLE is carried on a HEAD to keep it from falling into the WATER of the RAPIDS. |
|
畝
|
furrow; 30 tsubo; ridge; rib;
|
A long forgotten TOP-HAT lays in a RICE-FIELD for a LONG TIME because it's in a FURROW. |
|
是
|
just so; this; right; justice;
|
A DAY is spend MENDING clothes JUST SO you have something decent to wear that night. |
|
制
|
system; law; rule;
|
COWS put on BELTS to carry SABRES as they undertake a revolt against the cruel SYSTEM of slaughter. |
|
勢
|
forces; energy; military strength;
|
DARTH VADAR and a CIRCUS STRONGMAN pit their FORCES against one another in a fearsome battle. |
|
姓
|
surname;
|
A WOMAN'S LIFE changes greatly at the point of marriage, which traditionally has been when she changes her SURNAME. |
|
征
|
subjugate; attack the rebellious; collect taxes;
|
A fearsome COLUMN of CORRECTION in the town square is used to SUBJUGATE the populace. |
|
性
|
sex; gender; nature;
|
A MOOD RING reflects a SEXY mood, which in the natural pregression of things could lead to a new LIFE coming into being. |
|
成
|
turn into; become; get; grow; elapse; reach;
|
A PARADE of men marching and shaving with razor BLADES TURNS INTO a dark alley because the leaders were so busy shaving they lost their way. |
|
政
|
politics; government;
|
A politically CORRECT TASKMASTER shows you the error of your ways if you deviate from the proscribed POLITICS. |
|
整
|
organize; arranging; tune; tone; meter; key (music);
|
A TASKMASTER who ensures that everyone is carrying their BUNDLES CORRECTLY is very ORGANIZED. |
|
星
|
star; spot; dot; mark;
|
A SUN which looks like a tiny CELL of light in the nightly sky is in reality an enormous STAR. |
|
晴
|
clear up;
|
The SUN shines clearly in a BLUE sky after the clouds have CLEARED UP. |
|
正
|
correct; justice; righteous; 10**40;
|
This pictograph represents a FOOTPRINT "toeing the line" in an example of correct behavior. |
|
清
|
pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty;
|
WATER that is BLUE is PURE. |
|
牲
|
animal sacrifice; offering;
|
A COW'S LIFE comes to an end during an ANIMAL SACRIFICE. |
|
生
|
life; genuine; birth;
|
Examine a DROP under a MAGNIFYING GLASS and see a cell teaming with LIFE. |
|
盛
|
boom; prosper; copulate;
|
This recalls the famed gospel where a DISH filled with a few bits of food was TURNED INTO enough to feed the crowd, which in turn caused jesus' popularity to BOOM. |
|
精
|
refined; ghost; fairy; energy; vitality; semen; excellence; purity; skill;
|
Similar to blue-blooded bostonians, RICE which has a slightly BLUE tinge to it is highly REFINED. |
|
聖
|
holy; saint; sage; master; priest;
|
With his MOUTH to the EAR of the KING, a machiavellian HOLY man rules from behind the scenes. |
|
声
|
voice;
|
In ancient japan, after winning a battle, a SAMURAI might rip the opposing FLAG down the middle (represented by the vertical line of flag), and bellow a victory cry in his loudest VOICE. |
|
製
|
made in...; manufacture;
|
The SYSTEM for marketing CLOTHES to the very rich insists that they be MADE IN the best fashion houses. |
|
西
|
west; Spain;
|
The empty WHISKY BOTTLE demonstrates the fondness of the settlers in the WEST for whiskey. |
|
誠
|
sincerity; admonish; warn; prohibit; truth; fidelity;
|
At an alcoholics anonymous meeting the act of standing in front of a MICROPHONE oftern TURNS INTO a SINCERE resolution to break an addiction. |
|
誓
|
vow; swear; pledge;
|
FOLDED into a sealed envelope for prosperity are the WORDS of a sacred VOW. |
|
請
|
solicit; invite; ask;
|
WORDS of BLUE are used to SOLICIT customers into a seedy nightclub. |
|
逝
|
departed; die;
|
A circus which has FOLDED up its tents and taken to the ROAD is dearly DEPARTED. |
|
青
|
blue; green;
|
A MAGNIFYING GLASS held closely to the MOON reveals that it is BLUE. |
|
静
|
quiet;
|
The calm and peaceful color of BLUE CONTENDS with the other noisier colors for some peace and QUIET. |
|
斉
|
adjusted; alike; equal; similar variety of;
|
TWO PLAID FENCEPOSTS are ADJUSTED (with a wrench). |
|
税
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tax; duty;
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WHEAT must be handed over as the DEVIL gets his due- I.e the TAX man. |
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隻
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vessels; counter for ships; fish; birds; arrows; one of a pair;
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Enormous TURKEYS lay floating while people enter through the CROTCH, thus creating a sort of VESSEL. |
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席
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seat; mat; occasion; place;
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On a tour of the CAVERNS, a TOWEL brought along makes a nice SEAT when taking a break. |
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