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ri (computer)
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里
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rice field....land....land division based on the size of a rice field |
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computer
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黒
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flames pouring out of computer, charring the keyboard, monitor, and your desk a sooty black color |
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black ink
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墨
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used in kanji for string taut and snapped to mark a surface, just like a chalked string...imagine marking dirt with black lines for a football game(presumably on a white field) |
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carp
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鯉
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same carp in japan's famous carp srteamers....computer or two stung on the line father made for his son who has courage and determination of a carp swimming upstream, and also the efficiency and memory of a computer |
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quantity
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量
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quantity as measuring time and distance....a quantity in the new day that begins with nightbreak, and a quantity of distance in the rural ri |
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rin
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厘
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1/1000th of yen...came to mean very, very tiny....computer at the bottom of a cliff by someone fed up with it....total market value...one rin |
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bury
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埋
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burying our beloved computer that has served us so well these past years |
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same
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同
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one...mouth...under a hood..monks cowl covering face so you can only see their mouth.....monks speak their prayers in common....one mouth under a hood as the kanji for the samness of monastic life |
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den
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洞
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animal lair hollowed out in the side of a mountain..den of wild beasts dressed up in habits and live the common life in a mountain cavern...sacred puddle in the center of the den |
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trunk
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胴
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part of the body left when we have truncated all of the limbs..lumberjacking corpses and having them all properly pruning so that they can be floated downstream without causing a body jam |
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yonder
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向
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wee drop in the distance... transparent helment with no eyes or nose, but a prominent mouth under it, obviously an alien...and what is it jabbering about..well his spaceship over yonder with its empty fuel tank |
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esteem
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尚
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little...glass canopy...mouth... littleness is important.. shrunken,stuffed, mounted mouth of an esteemed ancestor.. |
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character
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字
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child...house... child born to a japanese house is given a character |
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guard
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守
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reason to have a guard is to stick to like glue to your house to protect it from unwanted prowler |
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perfect
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完
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house...beginnings....house that has been made perfectly from its beginnings in the foundation to the roof to the top |
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proclaim
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宣
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house...span...proclaiming the good news to all nations... shouting it from the housetops |
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wee hours
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宵
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house..candle...burning the candle at both ends late at night to do work |
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relax
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安
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woman's place in the house...after a hard day's work...scruffy, weary woman of the house slouched asleep in living room chair, her hair in curlers and a duster lying in her lap |
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banquet
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宴
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house...day...woman....entire day of work that comes between a woman and her house in preparing for a dinner banquet, pictorally "interrupting" her relaxation |
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draw near
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寄
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house...strange..something eerie or dangerous is approaching....a strange house... haunted house of usher...edgar allan poe...gingerbread house that lured hansel and gretel to draw near |
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wealth
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富
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all wealth is kept under the roof of the same house |
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savings
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貯
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shells...house..nail.. shells as currency....nail under the roof points to a hiding place where ones stores shells for safekeeping |
