Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 駅


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Meaning

(railway) station

Pronunciation

EKI

Explanation

Left: a horse (image with a mane in the wind, four legs and the tail フ), right: a measure unit (from the body one foot forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)

Mnemonic

(The railway stations were previously relay stations where horses were evaluated (=measured) if they could continue or need to be changed.) - Horses are measured at the station.

Radicals

horse(Picture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs and the tail.)
Shaku
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Vocabulary

駅頭 えきとう place in front of station
えき station
中央駅 ちゅうおうえき Central station
駅前 えきまえ in front of a station​


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