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liability, responsibility 責
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Growing plants  and money 貝 mean liabilities
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積
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| pile, stack, product
tsumu, SEKI
禾
責
貝
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: responsibility 責 (... for growing plants  and money 貝)
Rice plants and growing plants and money: These are things to pile.
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責
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| responsibility, liability, blame
semeru, SEKI
貝
責
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Top: growing plant , below: shell/money 貝
Growing plants and money mean responsibility ..and liability.
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績
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| to spin (a textile) achievement, technique
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Left: thread 糸, right: liability, responsibility 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
Threads have the "responsibility" to be used for spinning.
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債
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| debt, loan, credit
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Left: person 人, right: liability, blame 責 (... for growing plants and money 貝)
A person bears the liability for his debt.
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漬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| to pickle (food), soak
tsukaru/keru, SHI
氵
責
貝
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Left: water 氵, right: liability/blame 責 (for growing plants and money 貝)
Water is necessary (= has a liability), when the pickles get soaked.
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噴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| eruption, emit, spout, flush out
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Left: mouth, opening 口, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Out of the opening, ten plants and money were flushed out at the eruption.
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墳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| (burial-)mound, grave, tomb
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Left: earth 土, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Earth, ten plants and money are needed for: a burial mound.
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憤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rage, aroused, indignant, anger
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Left: feeling 忄, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
He has feelings about the 10 plants costing that (much) money: He is in rage.
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