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being, have, own 有
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I have a hand  and a body 月: I am existing!
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| being, have, own
aru, YŪ, U
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肉
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Upper left: hand ナ/ヨ, below: body 肉/月
I have a hand and a body: I'm existing!
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随
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| follow, comply, notwithstanding
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From left: hill 阝, movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand  and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
(It is the gravity:) At the hill exists a (downward) movement, which (everything) follows.
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髄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| marrow (inside a bone), medulla, inner core
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From left: bone 骨 (from top: pictograph of a vertebra, body/flesh 肉/月), movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
Within the bones it exists and it can be "moved" out: the marrow.
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堕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| degenerate, deteriorate, descend to
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Left: hill 阝, right: be/have/exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!), below: earth 土
A hill that exists but turns into (flat) earth/ground, is: degenerating.
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賄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bribe, pay, provide
makanau, WAI
貝
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Left: shell/money 貝, right: have/be 有 (I have a hand and a body 月: I'm existing!)
'Money' is what you have, thus you have to pay the bribe.
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