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dragon 竜
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Used in these characters:
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電
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| electricity
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Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一, that is raining =,=), below: 电 (rice field 田 with an extra stroke 乚 as a lightning arrester/rod)
When it rains in the rice field, you need a lightning arrester because of the electricity. (Or: Thunder 雷 [かみなり] with an arrester 乚)
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襲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| attack, assault, raid
osou, SHŪ
竜
衣
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Top: old form of dragon 龍 (stand 立, body 月, winding body of the dragon) [now: dragon 竜], bottom: clothes 衣
A dragon in clothes/disguise is attacking.
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縄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rope, cord
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Left: thread 糸, right: At the rope maker the rope 乚 is clamped in two holding jaws 臼 for being twisted.
Threads are clamped twice to make/twist a rope.
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竜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dragon
tatsu, RYŪ, RYŌ
竜
田
乚
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Top: stand 立, below: 电 (field 田 with a tail 乚)
It is standing in the field with a huge tail: A dragon.
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滝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| waterfall, cascade, rapids
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Left: water 氵, right: dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with a huge tail 乚: a dragon.)
The "waterdragon" is the waterfall.
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俺
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| I (male language), we
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Left: person 人, right: big 大, lower part of dragon 竜 (It stands 立 in the field 田 with huge tail 乚: the dragon.)
The person who is as (boastful as) a big dragon: that's me. (with my toxic masculinity)
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籠
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| basket, cage, to seclude oneself
kago, komoru, RŌ
竹
竜
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: old form of dragon 龍 (stand 立, body 月, & winding body of dragon) - [now: dragon 竜]
Made of bamboo: the dragon's cage where it can seclude.
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