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now 今
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今
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| now
ima, KON, KIN
今
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Top: a cover  , below: corner フ
Put the cover into the corner! Now!
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念
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| thought, feeling, desire, wish
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Top: now 今 (The lid into the corner フ: Now!), bottom: heart 心
What now is in my heart, are thoughts and desires.
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陰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shadow, negative = Yin(female)
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Left: hill 阝, right: now 今 (lid and corner フ) and: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
The hill is now in the fog, thus in the shadow.
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含
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| contain, include, hold
fukumu/meru, GAN
今
口
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Top: now 今, bottom: mouth 口
What is now in the mouth is contained there.
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琴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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koto, KIN
王
今
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Top: tuning pegs 王 (= for tensioning the strings of the harp), bottom: now 今 (body of the harp)
The strings are now on the koto.
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吟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| versify, recital, recite, singing
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Left: mouth 口, right: now 今
The mouth will now start reciting.
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貪
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| crave, covet, desire
musaboru, DON
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貝
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Top: now 今, below: shell/money 貝
Now I need the money! I'm craving for it!
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捻
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| twist, twirl
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Left: Hand 扌, right: thought 念 (Now 今 I have in my heart 心 a thought.)
(If you are inattentive, you will injure yourself:) It happens to your hand when you are in thoughts: you will twist it.
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