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The Japanese Radical: 甘
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sweet 甘
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Used in these characters:
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甘
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| sweet
amai, KAN
甘
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Variation of mouth 口 with sth. inside 一
In her mouth is sth. sweet. |
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勘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| consideration, intuition, perception, investigate, sense
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Left: extreme, excessive 甚 (sweets 甘 [mouth with sth. in] and 'equal' 匹 [box with two identical bales] are extraordinary.), right: strength/effort 力 (hand/arm ナ with biceps ノ)
Make extreme efforts in your considerations. |
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堪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| endure, bear, withstand
taeru, tamaru, KAN, TAN
土
甚
甘
匹
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Left: earth 土, right: extreme, excessive 甚 (= sweets 甘 [= mouth with sth. in] and 'equals' 匹 [= box with two identical bales] are extraordinary.)
The earth has extreme endurance. |
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棋
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Shogi (=Japanese chess)
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Left: tree 木, right: 其 =grain shovel/scoop used for threshing by rhythmically throwing up the grain in certain periods (cf. 期)
It is made of wood and looks like a grain shovel: the Shogi play field. |
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紺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dark blue, navy-blue
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Left: thread 糸, right: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth)
The thread is sweet and dark blue. |
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甚
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| extraordinary, extreme, excessive
hanahada, JIN
甚
甘
匹
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Top: var. of sweet 甘 (mouth with sth. in it), bottom: 'equal with' 匹 (box with two identical bales)
Sweets and equals are extraordinary. |
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媒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| mediator, intermediary
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Left: woman 女, right: a certain 某 (Sweets 甘 from the tree 木 for a certain person) [sweet 甘 = mouth with sth. in]
The women go to the "sweet tree", that is an intermediary (matchmaker). |
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某
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| a certain, so-and-so, that person, unspecified
nanigashi, BŌ, BAI
某
甘
木
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Top: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth), below: tree 木
When he has his mouth widely open as big as a tree, he is a certain person. |
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謀
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| conspire, plot, scheme, strategy, stratagem
hakaru, hakarigoto, BŌ, MU
言
某
甘
木
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of mouth 口), right: a certain 某 (Sweets 甘 from the tree 木 for a certain person) [sweet = 甘 = a mouth with sth. in]
The words that sweets are in that tree are a conspiracy. |
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