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tool, ingredients 具
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具
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| tool, ingredients
sonaeru, GU
具
目
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Top: eye 目, bottom: table 
Have an eye on the table, because of the tools on it.
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真
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| truth, reality, quintessence
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Top: ten 十, below: tool 具 (the eyes 目 see it on the table .)
What is seen by ten eyes on the table is truely real.
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慎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| self-control, refrain, careful, abstain, be discreet, prudent
tsutsushimu, SHIN
忄
真
十
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Left: feeling 忄, right: truth 真 (What is seen by ten 十 eyes 目 on the table is truely real.)
Combine the feelings for the truth with: self-control!
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鎮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tranquilize, calm, suppress
shizumaru/meru, CHIN
金
真
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Left: gold/metal 金, right: truth 真 (What is seen by ten 十 eyes 目 on the table is truely real.) [Tool 具 = eye 目, table ]
Gold is truly tranquilizing or can (by its weight) suppress.
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惧
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| fear, dread, be afraid of
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Left: feelings 忄, right: tool 具 (The eyes 目 see it on the table )
The feeling when the eye is lying on the table is fear and dread.
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