Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 去


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Meaning

leave, go away, quit, finish

Pronunciation

KYO, KO
saru

Explanation

Top: earth , bottom: a nose (in side view)

Mnemonic

When the nose is below the earth, it has gone away - it is finished.

Radicals

leave, go away(When the nose is below the earth , it has gone away - it is finished.)
earth(ground, soil)
nose(Is typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to the left.)
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Vocabulary

去る さる to leave/to go away
去年 きょねん last year
過去 かこ the past/bygone days/the previous
消去 しょうきょ elimination, erasing, dying out, melting away
立ち去る たちさる to leave, to depart, to take one's leave

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