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cloth, fabric 布
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希
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| rare, scarce, desire, unusual
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Top: cross-stitch 㐅, bottom: cloth 布 (The hand  checks the width 巾 of the cloth.)
A cross-stich on a cloth is rare.
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布
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| cloth, fabric
nuno, FU
巾
布
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Left: hand , right: cloth/width 巾
The hand checks the width of the cloth.
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怖
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| fear, afraid, scary, dreadful
kowai, FU
忄
布
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Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂) [cf. shoulders 肩]
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is: fear.
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