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fortune telling 占
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店
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| shop, store, booth, kiosk
mise, tana, TEN
广
占
卜
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Top: building 广, below: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. - Here: a key with the teeth 卜 and the handle 口)
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.
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点
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| point, dot, spot
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Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told) bottom: fire 灬
Fortune telling over the fire: There you get to the point!
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占
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| fortune-telling, divine, occupy, hold
uranau, shi meru, SEN
卜
占
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Crack ト in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination.
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卓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| eminent, excellent, table
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Top: divination 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早 (When the (rising 旦) sun 日 is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon 一, it is still early.)
(Already at breakfast he realized the problem:) The divination came up early that a table would be excellent.
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粘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sticky, adhesive, viscosity, glutinous
nebaru, NEN
米
占
卜
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Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 of a turtle shell 口 used for divination)
(Making the very sticky and sweet mochi 餅) The rice 米 is pounded with a pestle 卜 in a mortar 口/臼 until it becomes sticky.
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貼
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| sticky, paste, adhere
haru, CHŪ
貝
占
卜
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Left: shell/money 貝 (here: snail), right: fortune telling 占 (compare sticky 粘, where sticky mochi 餅 is made by pounding rice 米 with a pestle 卜 in a mortar 口/臼.
The trail of a snail and also the contents of the mortar are sticky.
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