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death 亡
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Picture of a coffin in cross section view
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望
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| wish, hope, desire, gaze
nozomu, BŌ, MŌ
亡
肉
王
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section) and body 月/肉, below: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our wishes.
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祖
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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Left: altar, to show 示/礻, right: besides/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.) - Here 且 as three coffins piled over each others seen from the end.
At the altar the coffins are piled: of our ancestors.
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亡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| deceased, to die, perish, lose
nai/kunaru, BŌ, MŌ
亡
亠
∟
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Originally a corner ∟ at the left and a person 人, who changed over the times to a "lid" 亠
A coffin in cross-sectional view as symbol for deceasing.
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忘
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| forget, oblivious
wasureru, BŌ
亡
心
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Top: dead 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: heart 心
A dead heart is forgot.
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荒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| violent, wild, lay waste, rough
arai, areru/rasu, KŌ
艹
亡
川
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From top: plant 艹, dead 亡 (coffin in cross section), river 川
Plants are dying because the river is so violent.
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慌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| be confused, be flustered
awateru/tadashii, KŌ
忄
艹
亡
川
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Left: feeling 忄, right: wild/rough/violent 荒 (Plants 艹 are dying 亡 when the river 川 is so violent.)
My feeling when the plants are floating dead in the river is confusion. (Or: My feelings are that wild, that I am confused.)
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忙
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| busy, restless
isogashii, BŌ
忄
亡
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Left: feeling 忄, right: dead 亡 (coffin in cross section)
(emotional blunting by too much work:) The feelings are dead from being too busy.
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妄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| reckless, irrational, delusion, rash, nonsense
midari, MŌ, BŌ
亡
女
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: woman 女
The death of his woman made him reckless.
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盲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| blind
mekura, MŌ
亡
目
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Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: eye 目
If you have "dead eyes" you are blind.
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網
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| net, network, dragnet
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Left: thread 糸, right: image of a trawl/dragnet 岡 (net 罒 with a pull lines 冂), inside: death 亡 (= coffin in cross section)
With threads a dragnet for 'dead fishing' is made, which stands in general for: a net.
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