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会
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| to meet
au, KAI, E
ム
云
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Top: person 人, bottom: to say, fog 云 (two 二, nose/private ム)
A person and "two noses" have a meeting. (Or: When the persons want to say sth. they meet.)
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全
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| all, whole, complete
mattaku, ZEN
全
王
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Top: roof  , below: king 王
Under the roof the king owns all and completely.
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倉
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| warehouse, storehouse
kura, SŌ
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From top: lid  , door 戸, entrance 口
(The simple sliding doors were not enough:) A lid closes the door and entrance of the warehouse.
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令
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| order, rule, command, decree
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Top: lid , below: bent person マ
To put a lid on the bent person, that's the order.
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冷
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| cool, freeze, cold
tsumetai, hieru, REI
令
冫
マ
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Left: ice 冫, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person マ. That is the order.)
Ice is "ordered" to cool.
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舎
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| house, accommodation, quarters
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From top: roof earth/ground 土 and entrance 口
A roof above the ground with an entrance: that's an accommodation.
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余
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| in excess, ample, rest, remain
amari/ru/su, YO
余
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Top: roof, below: variation of to show 示 (a table/altar 丁 on which something is in excess.)
What is remaining (= ) on the altar is in excess.
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捨
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| throw away, abandon, discard
suteru, SHA
扌
舎
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Left: hand 扌, right: accommodation 舎 (A roof above the ground 土 with an entrance 口: that's an accommodation.)
Use your hand 扌to remove the cover and put the garbage 土 into the can 口 to throw it away.
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介
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| shell, intervene, mediate
KAI|
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Top: person 人, below: armor ノ丨(bucklers front and back)
The man jammed in this armor looks like a shell, sb. should intervene.
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企
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| plan, intend, enterprise
kuwadateru, KI
止
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Top: person 人, below: to stop 止 (止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
A person should stop for planning the enterprise.
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傘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| umbrella
kasa, SAN
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Image of an umbrella.
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斜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| slant, tilted, diagonal, oblique
naname, SHA
余
斗
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Left: excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on the variant of altar 示 (= to show), thus there in excess.), right: measure of volume 斗 (1 TO = 18 L; stylized ladle with sth. in it)
Too much in the ladle makes it slant.
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途
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| route, road, way
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Left: movement 辶, right: excess, rest, remain 余 (A heap is on an altar 示 [=to show] in excess.)
Movement in abundance on this route.
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舗
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shop, store, pave
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Left: lodge, accommodation 舎 (...with a roof over the ground 土 and an entrance 口), right: to begin 甫 (The hand  takes the tool 丶 to use 用, when beginning sth.)
With a lodge began that shop.
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