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県
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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prefecture
KEN From top: eye 目, corner ∟ & small 小
The eye sees in the corner (of a map) a small prefecture.
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県
目
小
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植
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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to plant, plantation
ueru, SHOKU Left: tree 木, right: immediately, direct, repair 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the corner ∟: repair it immediately!)
The trees are planted immediately (after purchase) in a plantation.
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木
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目
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世
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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world, generation, age
yo, SEI, SE Left: corner ∟, right: twenty 廿 (here: a bucket)
In the corner is a bucket from another world and since generations.
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一
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廿
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直
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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immediately, repair, improve
naoru/su, sugu, tadachi, CHOKU, JIKI Left: corner ∟, right: ten 十 and eye 目
Ten eyes watch the corner which shall immediately be repaired.
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目
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置
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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put, place, set
oku, CHI Top: eye 罒, bottom: direct, immediate, repair 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the corner ∟: repair it immediately!)
The eye sees immediately what has been put there.
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罒
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目
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断
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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refuse, judge, disconnect, decline, decision
kotowaru, tatsu, DAN From left: corner ∟, rice 米, axe 斤
To make corner-cut rice with an axe? - Refused!
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米
斤
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値
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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value, price, worth
atai, ne, CHI Left: person 人, right: direct, repair 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the corner ∟ : Repair it immediately!)
This person understands directly the value.
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亻
直
目
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亡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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deceased, to die, perish, lose
nai/kunaru, BŌ, MŌ Originally a corner ∟ at the left and a person 人, who changed over the times to a "lid" 亠
A coffin in cross-sectional view as symbol for deceasing.
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亡
亠
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継
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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patch (at cloth), inherit, follow
tsugu, mama-, KEI From left: thread 糸, corner ∟, rice 米
With the thread onto the corner-like tear ∟ [at the clothes] a patch 米 is added as a layer to follow.
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糸
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米
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懸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attach, hang, suspend
kakaru/keru, KEN, KE Top: prefecture 県 (The eye 目 sees in the corner ∟ [of a map] a small 小 prefecture) and system 系 (A stroke ノ as the thread 糸 of the lineage.), bottom: heart 心
The prefectural system is what, the hearts are attached to.
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県
系
心
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殖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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increase, augment, multiply, raise (animal)
fueru/yasu, SHOKU 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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歹
直
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目
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葛
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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kudzu (Pueraria montana), arrowroot
kuzu, katsu Top: plant 艹, below: Variant of 'good' 易 (sun 日 with rays 勿, with: person 人, angle ∟
The plant which the person planted in a sunny corner is this climbing vines: kudzu.
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曷
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