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bare bone 歹
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Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
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死
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| death, die
shinu, SHI
歹
匕
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Left: Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: sitting person 匕 under the ground 一
Under the earth are already the bones of a sitting person. This means death. |
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列
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| line, row, rank
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Left: bare bone 歹 (image of a vertebra), right: knife刂
(At the butcher) The bones are laid bare by a knife and arranged in a row. |
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残
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| remain, remainder, leave, rest, leftover
nokoru, ZAN
歹
戈
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Left: bare bone 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: two 二 and halberd 戈
Only bones and two halberds remained. |
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別
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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| separate, distinction, difference, diverge, special
wakareru, BETSU
歹
刂
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Left: var. of bone 歹, right: knife 刂
Bones are easy to separate with a knife because they are easy to distinguish. |
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例
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| example, precedent, usage
tatoeru, REI
亻
列
歹
刂
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Left: Person 亻/人, right: line/row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.)
People who line up in a row set an example. |
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殊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| especially, particular
koto, SHU
歹
朱
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Left: bare bone 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young tree 未 has sth. red ノ)
Bare bones that turned vermilion, are very particular. |
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殉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dutiful death, martyrdom
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Left: bare bone 歹 (rib or vertebrae), right: period of 10 days 旬 (wrapped 勹 sun 日 = cloudy for 10 days)
Up to the bare bones he fought for ten more days, until his dutiful death. |
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殖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| increase, augment, multiply, raise (animal)
fueru/yasu, SHOKU
歹
直
∟
目
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Left: bare bone 歹 (vertebrae or rib) - Here as a variation of many: 多, right: immediately, repair 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the corner ∟: repair it immediately!)
Many things can immediately be increased. |
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葬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bury, funeral, interment
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Top & bottom: plant 艹, middle: death 死 (Below the earth 一 are the bare bones 歹 of a sitting person 匕)
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset 莫 of the dead 死 is the: funeral.) |
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烈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fierce, furious, vehement, intense, extreme
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Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.), below: fire 灬
A row of fires is burning fiercely. |
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裂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tear, split, rip, cut, rend
saku/keru, RETSU
衣
列
歹
刂
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Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with knife刂 and lined up.), below: clothes 衣
(Tears in clothes run along the direction of weaving) Along the row the clothes will tear. |
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