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帰
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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to return
kaeru, KI Left: knife刂, right: broom 帚 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds a broom 冖巾)
When you change your knife to a broom you have returned.
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刂
帚
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前
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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before, front portion
mae, ZEN Top: a part 䒑 of the head/horns of a sheep 羊, bottom: flesh 月/肉, knife, cut刂
The horns and the flesh are cut (beginning) at the front position.
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羊
肉
刂
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列
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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line, row, rank
RETSU Left: bare bone 歹 (image of a vertebra), right: knife刂
(At the butcher) The bones are laid bare by a knife and arranged in a row.
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列
歹
刂
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型
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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model, form, pattern, mold, type, shape
kata, KEI Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 uses a knife刂 is punished), below: earth 土
With an open knife and earth (=clay) a model is formed.
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土
开
刂
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刷
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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print, publish
suru, SATSU From left: buttocks in side view 尸, cloth 巾, knife刂 (buttocks + cloths = underpants)
The underpants are cut to be imprinted.
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尸
巾
刂
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側
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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side, vicinty
kawa, gawa, soba, SOKU Left: person 亻/人, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.)
The person with the rules (= the referee) is at the side. (of the play ground)
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亻
則
貝
刂
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副
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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deputy, vice-, secondary, sub-, duplicate
FUKU Left: barrel of sake 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering at the temple, therefore also wealth and luck 福), right: knife 刂 (Here刂 as a variante of two 二)
This sake barrel is the second, as duplicate, as a 'deputy'.
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畐
刂
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別
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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separate, distinction, difference, diverge, special
wakareru, BETSU Left: var. of bone 歹, right: knife 刂
Bones are easy to separate with a knife because they are easy to distinguish.
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歹
刂
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利
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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profit, benefit, gain
kiku, RI Left: rice plant 禾, right: knife 刂
Rice plants cut with a knife bring profit.
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刂
禾
利
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例
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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example, precedent, usage
tatoeru, REI Left: Person 亻/人, right: line/row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.)
People who line up in a row set an example.
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亻
列
歹
刂
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刊
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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publish, issue, engrave
KAN Left: dry 干 (drying rack/stand), right: knife刂. (Here: understand the knife as two printing plates)
Dry printing plates are used for publishing.
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干
刂
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制
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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organization, system, control, structure
SEI Left top: cow 牛, below: cloth 巾, right: knife 刂
A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization!
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牛
巾
刂
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製
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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manufacture
SEI Top: system 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 with a knife刂: what an organization!), below: clothes 衣
A system for clothes' manufacturing.
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牛
刂
衣
巾
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則
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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rule, follow, model
nori, nottoru, SOKU Left: money 貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八), right: knife刂
Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules to follow.
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則
貝
刂
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測
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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measure, fathom
hakaru, SOKU Left: water 氵, right: rule 則 (Money 貝 [= the capital] and knifes刂 [= violence] determine the rules.)
(fair share for irrigation) Water needs rules for measuring.
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氵
則
貝
刂
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判
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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stamp, judge, seal, size
HAN, BAN Left: half 半 (A cake 二 with candles 丷 is cut by knife丨into half), right: knife 刂. (Think of a hanko (= name stamp): a wooden stick that is cut in half to create a face into which the name characters are carved.
Cut in half and engraved with a knife to make: a stamp.
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半
刂
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割
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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ratio, rate, divide
wari, waru, KATSU Left: damage 害 (The roof 宀 has by the growing plant  in a pot 口 been: damaged.), right: knife 刂
The damage by the knife was divided in the ratio (of 10%-steps).
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害
刂
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劇
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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drama, a play
GEKI Left: tiger 虎 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding fangs) and: pig 豕, right: knife 刂
A tiger, pig and knife drama.
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虎
豕
刂
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刻
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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engrave, carving, chop, mince
kizamu, KOKU Left: zodiac boar 亥 (cf. pig 豕/ 豚), right: knife 刂
When a pig is chopped with a knife, you have to cut in, or: to "engrave".
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亥
豕
刂
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創
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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create, genesis, start, wound
hajimeru, SŌ Left: warehouse 倉 (A lid  closes the door 戸 and the entrance 口 of the warehouse), right: knife 刂
From the warehouse came the knife which started the woundings.
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刂
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班
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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squad, group
HAN Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
When kings attack with knifes, then using their squads.
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王
刂
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刈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cut, trim, reap
karu, Left: scissors 㐅, right: knife 刂
Use scissors or knifes for cutting.
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㐅
刂
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刑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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punishment, penalty
KEI Left: open 开 (image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shintō-shrine), right: knife 刂
Who openly uses his knife must be punished.
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开
刂
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剣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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sword, sabre, blade
tsurugi, KEN Left: check carefully  (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口 [ are the mane and eyes 一 ]), right: knife 刂
Check the knife: It could be a sword.
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刂
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剛
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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strength, hard, manly, brave
GŌ Left: hill 岡 (cf. steel 鋼 [= the metal 金, that is produced in a hill-like 岡 oven/furnance for smelting ore], right: knife 刂
This hill (= furnace) makes the knifes: strong and hard.
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岡
刂
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剤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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medicine, chemical, drug, dose
ZAI Left: equal/similar 斉 (For writing a text you need a sheet 亅丨 with lines 二 to make it uniform/similar., right: knife 刂
Similar to a knife is the effect of this medicine.
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斉
刂
文
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削
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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whittle, sharpen, pare, curtail, plane, cut cost
kezuru, SAKU Left: alike, imitate 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月/肉 are alike.), right: knife 刂
Small bodies are cut with a knife, when whittling or paring.
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肖
刂
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刺
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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thorn, pierce, stab, sting, stick, prick
sasu/saru, toge, SHI Left: thorn 朿 (originally tree 木 with a pointed triangle symbolizing a thorn), right: knife刂
A thorn that is knife-like is a thorn for pierceing.
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刂
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剰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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surplus, too much
amatsusae, JŌ Left: get on/ride 乗 (vehicle 車 with open doors: ...get on for a ride.), right: knife 刂
"Get in" with your knife and cut off what is too much. (Or: Understand 乗 as "to use" & when you use a knife, you get a surplus.)
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到
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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finally, ultimately, in the end, arrival (at a decision)
itaru, TŌ Left: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back), right: knife 刂
When you reach the knife, you finally reached it.
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至
刂
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倒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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fall, collapse, overthrow
taoreru/su, TŌ From left: person 亻, reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back), knife 刂
The person reaches the knife and falls into it.
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亻
至
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罰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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punishment, penalty, fine
BATSU, BACHI Top: var. of eye 罒, below: word 言, knife 刂
Use a (deprecating) stare, words and knifes for: punishing.
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罒
言
刂
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剖
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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divide, cut up, cleave
BŌ Left: to spit (To stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit.), right: knife 刂
Spit on the knife when you cut sth.
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咅
刂
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痢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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diarrhea
RI Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: profit 利 (... when rice plant 禾 are cut with a knife刂)
A disease that brings profit (to the doctor) is diarrhea.
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疒
利
禾
刂
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烈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fierce, furious, vehement, intense, extreme
RETSU Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with a knife刂 and lined up.), below: fire 灬
A row of fires is burning fiercely.
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列
歹
刂
灬
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裂
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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tear, split, rip, cut, rend
saku/keru, RETSU Top: row 列 (bones 歹 separated with knife刂 and lined up.), below: clothes 衣
(Tears in clothes run along the direction of weaving) Along the row the clothes will tear.
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衣
列
歹
刂
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刹
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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area, temple, short moment
SATSU, SETSU Left: 杀 (marker/cross 㐅, tree 木), right: knife 刂
The cross on the tree was cut by a knife and marks the area of the temple.
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㐅
木
刂
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煎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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roast, toast, to broil down
iru, SEN Top: front, before 前 (The horns 丷 of the sheep 羊 and the flesh 月 are cut刂 at the front position.), below: fire 灬
The horns 丷 and the meat should separated with a knife, before using fire for: roasting. - Or: (For preservation) Beforehand (= before rotting/decay) take fire to roast it.
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灬
刂
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梨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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Nashi, pear tree
nashi, Top: profit 利 (Rice plants 禾 cut with a knife刂 bring profit.), bottom: tree 木
A profitable tree is the Nashi-pear.
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木
利
禾
刂
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剝
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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uncover, peel off, strip off, come off, reveal
hagasu, HAKU Left top: var. of mutual 互 (intertwined 丩 threads on a spool), below: water 水, right: knife 刂
Mutually, water or a knife can peel off sth. or reveal/uncover.
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丩
水
刂
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