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small forest 林
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林
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| small forest
hayashi, RIN
木
林
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Two trees as a small forest
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歴
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| history, calendar, curriculum, flow of time
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From top: cliff 厂, wood 林, stop 止 [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.]
At the cliff with the wood where we stopped, history was made.
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禁
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| forbid, ban, prohibit
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Top: woods 林, below: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on)
In the wood a "Showing up" is forbidden. - Or: Sacrificing only woods 林 on the altar 示 is: forbidden.
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襟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| collar, lapel, neck
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Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: forbid/prohibit 禁 (= Only putting twice wood 林 on the altar 示 [as a sacrifice] is forbidden.)
Clothes that are forbidden are with collars and lapels.
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礎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| foundation, basis
ishizue, SO
石
林
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Left: stone 石, right: forest 林 (here: two poles of the building), below: correct 正
Stones under both poles are correct as: foundation.
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麻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hemp, flax
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Left: building 广, below: forest 林
(Well protected) in a building is a whole "forest" of hemp.
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摩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: hand 手 (cf. polish 磨)
Take hemp into the hand for: rubbing or polishing.
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磨
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| polish, rub, burnish, clean
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp), below: stone 石
With hemp stones can be polished.
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魔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| demon, devil
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Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp.), below: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
Hemp is a devil: like a demon.
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暦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| calendar, almanac
koyomi, REKI
厂
林
日
麻
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Outside: cliff 厂, below: forest 林, sun 日 [cf. hemp 麻]
A cliff with a forest in the sun: a picture for a calendar.
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麓
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| foot of a mountain
fumoto, ROKU
林
鹿
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Top: small forest 林, below: deer 鹿 (orig. pictograph of a deer)
Forests with deer are at the foot of the mountain.
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