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			|  | 屋 |  |  | JLPT 4Joyo 3 | 
 |  | building, shop | 
| Outside: buttocks 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to the ground 土: falling back) His buttocks reaches the shop.
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			|  | 局 |  |  | JLPT 3Joyo 3 | 
 |  | office, situation, bureau, department | 
| Top: buttocks in side view 尸, below: phrase/clause 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口) When the 'butt' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.
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			|  | 刷 |  |  | JLPT 3Joyo 4 | 
 |  | print, publish suru, SATSU 尸 
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| From left: buttocks in side view 尸, cloth 巾, knife刂 (buttocks + cloths = underpants) The underpants are cut to be imprinted.
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			|  | 民 |  |  | JLPT 4Joyo 4 | 
 |  | people, nation, population tami, MIN 民 
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氏   |  | 
| Left: buttock in side view 尸 and a plus + Many buttocks with the “plus +” as a multiplier form a people.
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			|  | 居 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 5 | 
 |  | residence, inhabit, exist, stay iru, oru , KYO 居 
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古   |  | 
| Top: buttocks in side view 尸, below: old 古 (= originally a skull, but more helpful: the image of a tomb stone) When the buttocks gets old, he stays at his residence.
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			|  | 属 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 5 | 
 |  | species, genus, to belong to | 
| Side-view of buttocks 尸 and 禹 (= accent ノ and insect 虫 with additional long legs 冂) The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?
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			|  | 后 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 6 | 
 |  | an empress, queen, behind kisaki, KŌ, GO 尸 
口   |  | 
| Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.) The one following 'behind' is the empress.
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			|  | 層 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 6 | 
 |  | class, stratum, layer | 
| Top: buttock seen from the side 尸, below: formerly/before 曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.) These buttocks were formerly in this (upper) class.
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			|  | 展 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 6 | 
 |  | exhibit, display, expand | 
| From top: buttock seen from the side 尸, grass/plant 艹, var. of clothes 衣 For the buttocks he used grass to make clothes, and this should be in an exhibition.
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			|  | 届 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 6 | 
 |  | report, deliver, receive todoku/keru,  尸 
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| Left: buttocks in side view 尸, right: cause 由 (... for seedling丨in the rice field 田) These buttocks are the cause for the report that was delivered!
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			|  | 握 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | grasp, grip, hold | 
| Left: hand 扌, right: building, shop 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸 and: reach-a-target 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back]) The hand is in the shop to grasp. (the goods). OR: When the hand reached the buttocks, it grasped.
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			|  | 尉 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | military officer | 
| From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, show 示, skillful hand 寸 A 'buttocks' shows his skillful hand: that's the military officer.
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			|  | 慰 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | comfort, console, amuse nagusami/mu/meru, I 心 
尸 
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| Top: military officer 尉 (A buttock 尸 shows 示 his skillful hand 寸: that's an officer), below: heart 心 An officer with a heart knows how to comfort.
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			|  | 屈 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | stoop, bending, to bow, crouch, yield | 
| Top: buttock from the side 尸, rest: come, go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other) ("plumber's crack or smile", refers to the visible butt-crack if sb. with a too short shirt crouches) The buttock (=the crack) comes out when stooping (=bowing).
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			|  | 掘 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 7 | 
 |  | dig, excavate, delve | 
| Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"]) You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
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			|  | 嘱 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | entrust, confidence, request, ask | 
| Left: mouth 口, right: species, genus 属 (The rear part 尸 belongs to an insect 禹/虫 with long legs 冂, but which species?) To the mouth of this species, it can be entrusted.
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			|  | 尽 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | depleted, exhausted, use up, exert, run out of tsukiru/kusu, JIN 尸 
尺   |  | 
| Outside: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm), below: two 二 Even two Shaku are eventually used up.
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			|  | 据 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | lay a foundation, set, place, fix, install, equip | 
| Left: hand 扌, right: reside, residence 居 (Where your buttocks 尸 gets old 古, is your residence.) My hand lays for my residence: the foundation.
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			|  | 遅 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 7 | 
 |  | slow, late, tardy, later okureru, osoi , CHI 辶 
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| Left: movement 辶, right: buttock from the side 尸, sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 is laterally protruding due to thick wool 三) You move like the buttock of a sheep: too late and so slow.
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			|  | 泥 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 7 | 
 |  | mud, dirt, mire, adhere to doro, nazumu, DEI 氵 
尸 
匕   |  | 
| Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (On her buttocks 尸 is sitting 匕 the nun.) The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.
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			|  | 殿 |  |  | JLPT 2Joyo 7 | 
 |  | Mister ..., palace, mansion, hall, lord | 
| Left: buttock from the side 尸 and together 共, right: weapon 几 in a hand 又 Buttocks together with armed hands are in the palace of Mister ....
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			|  | 尼 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | nun, priestess ama, NI 尸 
匕   |  | 
| Top: buttock from the side 尸, rest: sitting person 匕 Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.
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			|  | 尿 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | urine, pee | 
| Left: buttock 尸 in side view, below: water 水 The buttock's water is urine.
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			|  | 尾 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | tail, brush | 
| Top: buttock from the side 尸, below: hair 毛 At the back the hair changes into a tail.
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			|  | 塀 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | wall, fence | 
| Left: earth 土, right: buttocks in side view 尸, to unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (= image of a toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united) Made of earth to unite the buttocks within: The wall or the fence.
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			|  | 堀 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | moat, ditch, canal | 
| Left: earth 土, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping. = "plumber's crack or smile") It is in the ground and you need to crouch into: a moat or ditch.
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			|  | 履 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | wear (on foot), put on | 
| Top: buttock from the side 尸, below: repeat, again 復 (to go 彳 with a reverse 复) [reverse = Who first lies  on the tatami mat 日 and then sits cross-legged 夂, has "reversed"] For the buttock it is a repetition when shoes are put on.
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			|  | 漏 |  |  | JLPT 1Joyo 7 | 
 |  | leak, escape moru/reru/rasu, RŌ 氵 
尸 
雨   |  | 
| Left: water 氵, right: buttock from the side 尸, rain 雨 The water on the buttock is rain, but is leaking down.
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			|  | 窟 |  |  | JLPT -Joyo 7 | 
 |  | cave, cavern | 
| Top: cave/hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping: = "plumber's crack or smile") A hole where you have to stoop is a cave.
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			|  | 尻 |  |  | JLPT -Joyo 7 | 
 |  | buttocks, butt, hips | 
| Left: Buttocks in side view 尸, below: nine 九 (Here: 九 as pelvic bone - with hip sockets or leg base) The butt with the pelvis stands for: buttocks.
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			|  | 裾 |  |  | JLPT -Joyo 7 | 
 |  | hem, cuff (of trousers), foot of a mountain | 
| Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: exist, residence 居 (Where your buttocks 尸 gets old 古, is your residence.) Clothes have/exist-only with hems and cuffs.
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			|  | 眉 |  |  | JLPT -Joyo 7 | 
 |  | eyebrow mayu, BI, MI 尸 
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| Image of an eye 目 framed by an eyebrow 尸.
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