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alcohol 酉
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Wine jug, possibly also to be understood as a simplification of the sake barrel 畐.
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酒
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| alcohol, sake
sake, saka-, SHU
氵
酉
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Left: water 氵, right: wine jar 酉
The liquid in the wine jar is sake.
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配
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| distribute, deliver
kubaru, HAI
酉
己
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
A mug of wine for myself, the rest can be distributed.
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酸
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| sour, acid, bitter
suppai, sui, SAN
酉
夋
夂
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Left: wine jar 酉, right: 夋 (nose ム, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂 [= sitting cross-legged])
Wine that smells in the nose like legs and feet is sour.
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尊
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| honor, esteem, revered, value
tattoi/bu, tōtoi, SON
丷
酉
寸
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From top: out of 丷, wine mug 酉, skillful hand 寸
If something is poured out 丷 of the wine mug with a skillful hand, it appears honorable.
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酵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fermentation, yeast
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Left: wine jar 酉, tight: filial duty 孝 (An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子)
In the wine jar, with filial duty, yeast is set into fermentation.
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酷
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cruel, severe, dreadful
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: proclaim, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)
After a mug of wine, he proclaimed about the cruelties. (Or: Another mug of wine is announced: How dreadful!)
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酢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| vinegar, sour
su, suppai, SAKU
酉
乍
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: while, during 乍 (image of a saw 乍; (cf. 作 where a person 亻uses it 乍 to make 作 sth.)
Using wine you can make this: sour vinegar!
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酌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| serve wine, bartending, pouring alcohol
kumu, SHAKU
酉
勺
勹
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: one Shaku 勺 (old measure of volume - 18 ml: image of a ladle 勹 with sth. in it 丶)
Wine in a portion of a 'shaku' is served.
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酬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| reward, retribution, recompense, repay
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: province 州 (river 川 with sandbanks 丶) But here a variation of three persons 人 or 亻
The mug of wine is for the three persons as reward.
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醜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| ugly, dishonorable, shameful, bad looking
minikui, SHŪ
酉
鬼
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
(Consequence of alcohol abuse:) The wine jug makes the devil appear: how ugly!
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遵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| obedience, follow rules, abide by, obey (a law)
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Left: movement 辶, right: esteem, honor 尊 (Serving out of 丷 the wine mug 酉 with a skillful hand 寸 is honorific.)
Honorific movements show your obedience.
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醸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| brew (beer/sake), cause
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Left: wine mug 酉, right:  (six 六, well 井, clothes 衣)
A wine mug, six wells and (appropriate) clothes are needed when: brewing.
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酔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| drunk, tipsy, dizzy
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: nine 九 out of ten 十
Alcohol with 90% makes you drunk.
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猶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| still, deferment, furthermore, moreover, hesitate
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Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: out of 丷, wine mug 酉
The wild animal out of the wine mug (= alcoholic intoxication) is still causing deferments.
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酪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| dairy products
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: everybody 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
It comes in mugs and is suitable for everybody (including children): Diary products!
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醒
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| be disillusioned, to sober up
sameru, SEI
酉
生
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: star 星 (= Suns 日 that live 生)
After the mug of wine, you wake up under the stars and need to sober up.
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酎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| Shōchū, strong sake
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Left: wine mug 酉, right: length/measure 寸 (as radical: skillful hand)
(Good distillation is difficult:) For this wine you need a skillful hand: the (distilled) Shōchū.
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