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29 Cards in this Set
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study
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学
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child in little red schoolhouse is there for one reason: to study |
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memorize
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覚
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just like Heisig's book.....the idea of memorizing involves seeing things that are not really there |
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flourish, to bud, burst into bloom(much as a tree does)
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栄
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the botanical connotations of flourishing(blooming,etc) are a part of the ideal of the school house as well |
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write
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書
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sage talks rapidly with his tongue wagging in his mouth while the brush of the scribe runs apace to write down the master's words |
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haven
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津
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seeing the tiny boats of poor mortals tossed about in a stormy sea like so many corks, the All-Merciful took its brush and drew little inlets of water where the hapless creatures might seek shelter. |
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breed
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牧
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taskmaster forcing(perhaps by whipping) a cow into a comprosing position to commence mating |
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aggression
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攻
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special craft of the successful taskmaster...never allowing underlings a moment to ponder a counter-aggression of their own |
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failure
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敗
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taskmaster ackowledging the failure of a clam to make the grade(in some marine school) |
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a sheet of (counter for thin flat objects)
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枚
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taskmaster whipping a tree into producing sheets against its will |
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happenstance
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故
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call it fate or providence or plain old Lady luck, happenstance is the oldest taskmaster we known. It nearly always has its way |
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awe
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敬
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standing in awe of someone, you get self-conscious and try to speak flowery phrases out of veneration or fear. The taskmaster is drilling you in the practice of honorifics |
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say (saying, speech, words)
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言
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four sound waves indicating the complexity of speech |
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admonish
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警
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being admonished suggests superior inferior relationship between you and the person you're standing in awe of. While you're restricted to honorifics only, the superior can use straightforward and ordinary words |
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plot
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計
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words and a meter's needle combine to form a plot (or maybe weaving 10 words into a plot) |
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prison
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獄
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pack of wild dogs into which the poor chihuahua has been cast. the only thing to protect him are his shrill and frightened words |
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revise
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訂
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after completing your first words, nailing down your words and hammering them into shape |
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chastise
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討
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words spoken to chastise us stick to us like glue in a way no other words can |
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instruction
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訓
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personalism of the word instruction as opposed to "teaching" or "discipline". Words guiding one's progress like the gentle flowing of a stream. |
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imperial edict
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詔
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spoken with the force of unquestionable law, made up of words intended to seduce the masses -- be it through fear or respect -- to follow obediently |
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packed
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詰
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piece of writing pregnant with meaning that needs to be reread several times to understand.. words sealed tightly inside an aerosol can |
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tale
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話
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words of the tongue....a tale is something talked, not read from a book |
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recitation
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詠
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listening to the words of poets reciting their poetry is like being transported for a moment into eternity where the rules of everyday life have been suspended |
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poem
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詩
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silence is treasured at Buddhist temples. therefore words must be chosen carefully. perhaps this is why the records of monks read more like poems |
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word
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語
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"say" focused on actual talking...words stress the fact "although it is I who say them, the words of a language are not my own" |
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read
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読
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in the age of advertising, most "words" are "read" out to "sell" some product or point of view |
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tune
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調
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a complete "tune" not only composed of a succession of notes, but also a "lap" of words to go with it |
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discuss
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談
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heated argument where one's convictions come to surface anf creates an inflammation of words(the "cuss" in "discuss") |
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consent
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諾
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words of the young do not have legal validity until backed up by parental consent |
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rebuke
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諭
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words spoken at a meeting of butchers, waving their choppers, and "cutting one another down" verbally |
