海
JLPT 4Joyo 2

umi, KAI
Left: water 氵, right: every 毎 (Persons 人 = have mothers 母, namely: everybody!) [mother 母 = woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]
Water is in every sea.

	毎
JLPT 5Joyo 2

goto, MAI
Top: a lying person (= variation of 人), below: a variation of mother 母 (= breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts [= the two points :] )
A person has a mother, and indeed: EVERYBODY!

	族
JLPT 4Joyo 3

ZOKU
Left: side, direction 方, right: lying person and arrow 矢 - Better right: Two lying persons and big 大
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a family.

	遊
JLPT 3Joyo 3

asobu, YŪ, YU
From left: Movement 辶, direction 方, lying person and a child 子
In (various) directions you can lie and be a child when moving, while: playing!

	旅
JLPT 4Joyo 3

tabi, RYO
Left: square/direction 方, right: originally two persons 人 assembling under a banner - (alternatively: see it as a variation of clothes 衣?)
Arranged in one direction the people are under the banner ready for the journey.

	塩
JLPT 3Joyo 4

shio, EN
Left: earth/soil 土, right: horizontal person , mouth 口, plate 皿
It comes from the ground and the lying person takes it into the mouth. On the plate is: salt.

	観
JLPT 3Joyo 4

KAN
Left: The bird 隹 with a bird's comb and cover ( and 一) is understood as a proud cock/rooster; right: see/watch 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around)
The proud cock sees, that he is observed because of his appearance.

	旗
JLPT 3Joyo 4

hata, KI
Left: Side/direction: 方, right: lying person (here: waving banner in the wind) and a grain scoop 其 =shovel that was used to separate the grain from the husk
In one direction blows the banner at the end of the grain scoop: Our flag!

	歓
JLPT 1Joyo 7

yorokobu, KAN
Left: bird 隹 with comb /一, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
A bird (i.e. in a cage) is lacking joy.

	称
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SHŌ
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 尔 (horizontal person , small 小)
In the rice plants lies a small person: Does he has a name or title?

	復
JLPT 2Joyo 5

FUKU
Left: to go 彳, right: reversible, return 复 (Who first lies on the tatami mat 日 and then sits cross-legged 夂, has "reversed".)
Go with a reverse and it will happen again.

	複
JLPT 2Joyo 5

FUKU
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: reversible 复 (Who first lies on the tatami mat 日 and then cross-legged 夂, has "reversed".)
Clothes that are reversible can be used again / double.

	勧
JLPT 1Joyo 7

susumeru, KAN
Left: bird 隹 with double cockscomb 一 as a proud rooster; right: force/strength 力 (hand/arm ナ with biceps ノ)
The proud rooster has the strength to persuade me.

	権
JLPT 2Joyo 6

KEN, GON
Left: tree 木, right: bird 隹 with comb /一 like i.e. a proud rooster
At the tree there is a combed bird that claims authority.

	傷
JLPT 1Joyo 6

kizu, itami/mu/meru, SHŌ
Left: person 亻, right: horizontal person, sunrise 旦/ 易 (sun 日 above horizon 一 with sunrays 勿)
The upright 亻 turns into a lying person at the sunrise because he wounded painfully.

	腹
JLPT 2Joyo 6

hara, FUKU
Left: part of the body 月/肉, right: reversible 复 (Who first lies on the tatami mat 日 and then cross-legged 夂, has "reversed")
A body part that is reversible is the belly.

	覧
JLPT 1Joyo 6

RAN
Top: retainer 臣 (watchful eye), horizontal person , one 一, bottom: to see, watch 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around)
(A peeping Tom (voyeur) is observing a bed scene:) His watchful eyes see a lying person and a second one underneath with his eyes when he is observing carefully.

	臨
JLPT 1Joyo 6

nozomu, RIN
Left: retainer 臣 (watchful eye), right: horizontal person , merchandise 品
A retainer and a further person are at the merchandise: They are attending, and have a look at it.

	悔
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kuyama, kuyashii, kuiru, KAI
Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 毎 (A [horizontal] person 人 = has a mother 母, namely: every)
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.

	缶
JLPT 2Joyo 7

kama, KAN
From top: opened lid , can opener 十 and a can 凵 (At the introduction of the metal cans this kanji was selected because it fits phonetically)
Image of a can.

	乾
JLPT 2Joyo 7

kawaku, KAN
Left: sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹), right: horizontal person , odd/2nd: 乙 (two 二, written quickly, without pen's lifting)
By the sunrise the two odd persons get dry.

	監
JLPT 1Joyo 7

KAN
Top: retainer 臣 (watchful eye), right: horizontal person looking at a surface of water/mirror 一, below: a plate 皿
A retainer and a lying person are mirrored in the plate they supervise / observe.

	艦
JLPT 1Joyo 7

KAN
Left: boat/ship 舟, right: supervise 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in a plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
A ship that supervises is a warship.

	鑑
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kangamiru, KAN
Left: metal/gold 金, right: watch, supervise 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in the plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
Due to its value its inventory is constantly monitored:) The way the gold is supervised is exemplary.

	施
JLPT 1Joyo 7

hodokosu, SHI, SE
Left: direction 方, right: lying person and a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
Only in one direction can be a change for the lying person: by charity and alms.

	飾
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kazaru, SHOKU
Left: vari. of food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: horizontal person , cloth 巾
(A nice table decoration:) For the food the person uses cloth as decoration.

	旋
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SEN
Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.)
The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn.

	濫
JLPT 1Joyo 7

RAN
Left: water 氵, right: supervise, observe 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in a plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
The water has to be supervised to avoid floodings.

	梅
JLPT 3Joyo 4

ume, BAI
Left: tree 木, right: every 毎 (A lying person 人 = has a mother 母, namely every!) [mother 母 = breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts :]
The tree for everybody is the plum tree.

	敏
JLPT 1Joyo 7

BIN
Left: each/every 毎 (A person 人 = has a mother 母 namely: every!), right: strike 攵 (Hand 又 with stick 卜)
(Think of the revenge of the inferior:) Every strike must be with cleverness.

	侮
JLPT 1Joyo 7

anadoru, BU
Left: person 亻/人 (= standing persion), right: every, each 毎 (A [lying] person has a mother 母, namely: every!)
A standing person will do it with every-毎-thing, like a lying person or a [untidy written] mother 母. He will: despise it.

	乞
JLPT -Joyo 7

kou,
Top: horizontal, thus lying person , below: odd, 2nd, elegant 乙 (Shows the number two 二, written quickly without lifting the pen.)
There lies sb. oddly elegant, but he is begging.

	弥
JLPT -Joyo 7

ya, MI
Left: bow 弓, right: 尔 (lying person and small 小, together: small person)
Bows are also used by small persons, and they become more and more.

	藍
JLPT -Joyo 7

RAN, ai
Top: plant 艹, bottom: to watch, supervise 監 (The retainer 臣 and a lying person are mirrored 一 in the plate 皿 they supervise / observe.)
(It's used for dyeing:) The plant that "supervises" is the: indigo blue.