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evening 夕
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Simplified version of moon: 月, which has not yet fully risen in the evening.
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夕
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| Evening
yū, SEKI
夕
月
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Image of a crescent moon 夕, similar to moon 月
When the moon is not yet full (one stroke is missing) it's only evening.
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名
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| name, fame
na, MEI, MYŌ
夕
口
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Evening 夕 (If the moon 月 is not yet complete [a stroke is missing], it is only evening 夕.) and mouth 口
In the evening, you talk about people with name and fame.
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外
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| outside, other, undo
soto, hoka, hazusu, GAI, GE
夕
卜
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Left: evening 夕 (= crescent moon 月) right: forking/parting of the ways 卜
If you are (alone) in the evening at a fork of the road, you are an outsider.
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多
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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ōi, TA
夕
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Twice evening 夕 (If the moon 月 is not yet complete [a stroke is missing], it is only evening 夕.)
Two evenings can be too many.
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夜
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| night
yo, yoru, YA
亠
人
夕
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Top: cover 亠 (here: cap or beret), below: person 人 and a variation of moon 月 or evening 夕
With a cap a person is observing the moon: in the night.
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移
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| move, transfer, shift
utsuru, I
禾
夕
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: many 多 (twice evening 夕) [If the moon 月 is not yet complete (a stroke is missing), it is only evening 夕.]
Rice plants are so many, we have to move them.
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夢
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| dream, vision
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From top: plant 艹, eye 罒, cover 冖, evening 夕
With plants the eyes are covered in the evening and then come the dreams.
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拶
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| be imminent, approach
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Left: hand 扌, right: var. of river 川, evening 夕
(The action of) the hand, (the flow of) the river and (the arrival of) the evening: All this is imminent.
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