Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 昨


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Meaning

yesterday, last, ago

Pronunciation

SAKU

Explanation

Left: Sun/day , right: while, during (image of a saw ; cf. where a person used it to make sth.)

Mnemonic

(At midnight:) The (present) day is cut by the saw into: yesterday.

Radicals

person(This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.)
saw
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Vocabulary

昨夜 ゆうべ last night
一昨年 おととし year before last
一昨日 おととい day before yesterday
さく last (year), yesterday
昨秋 さくしゅう autumn of last year, fall of last year
昨日 きのう yesterday
一昨日 いっさくじつ day before yesterday
一昨年 いっさくねん year before last

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