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minute 分
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分
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| share, divide, minute, understand
wakaru, BUN, FUN, BU
刀
分
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Top: eight 八, below: sword 刀
Eight swords to divide the time into minutes and to understand. |
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粉
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| flour, powder
kona, ko, FUN
米
分
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Left: Rice 米, right: divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀)
Rice is divided and becomes: flour. |
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貧
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| poor, meager, needy
mazushii, HIN, BIN
分
貝
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Top: to divide, share, minute 分 (... with eight 八 swords 刀), bottom: money 貝
If you only have a part of the money, you are poor. |
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寡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| widow, few, slightly
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From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, share, divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀)
Under the roof according to the head(-count) [the inheritance] is divided. A little remains for the widow. |
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頒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| distribute, partition, divide, disseminate
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Left: to share/divide 分 (.. with eight 八 swords 刀), right: head/forehead 頁
Divide the head and distribute it. |
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紛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| distract, confusion, stray, be diverted, be mistaken for, go astray
magireru/rasu/rawashii, FUN
糸
分
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Left: thread 糸, right: divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀)
Threads that were divided can easily be confused. |
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雰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| atmosphere, ambience, mood
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Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: divide 分 (.. with eight 八 swords 刀)
The rain is only a part of the atmosphere. |
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盆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tray, Bon-festival
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Top: divide 分 (with eight 八 swords 刀), below: plate 皿
Divided plates (=shared = commonly used) are like a tray, specially at the Bon festival. |
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