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heaven, sky 天
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天
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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heaven, sky, paradise
ame, ama-, TEN A big 大 person with the sky 一 above him
As wide as the spread arms of the big 大 person is: the sky.
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大
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送
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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send, dispatch
okuru, SŌ Left: movement 辶, right: sth. coming out 丷 (e.g. steam) and sky, heaven 天
Out of heaven, this movement was sent.
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丷
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蚕
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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silkworm
kaiko, SAN Top: sky/heaven 天, bottom: insect 虫
What a heavenly insect is: the silkworm!
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天
虫
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巻
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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roll, scroll, reel, coil
maki, maku, KAN Top: the border guard 龹 known from "checkpoint" 関 (= person 人 with raised arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二, [here: two rolls], bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself)
The person 人 with the raised arms 丷 has rolled himself 己 the two rolls 二. (Maki-Sushi? 巻き 寿司)
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龹
己
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丷
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笑
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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laugh, smile
warau, emu, SHŌ Top: bamboo 竹, below: early-death 夭 (here: sky, heaven 天)
Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh!
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竹
天
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奏
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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play music, perform, report
kanaderu, SŌ From top: three 三, person 人, sky/heaven 天
Three persons over the sky play music.
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大
天
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矢
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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arrow
ya, SHI Upper left: an accent/emphasis ノ which here is seen as an arrow. Rest: heaven/sky: 天
The stroke ノ in the sky is an arrow.
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矢
ノ
天
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咲
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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bloom, blossom
saku, Left: mouth 口, right: out of 丷, heaven/sky 天
Like a mouth out of heaven looks this blossom.
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丷
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疾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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illness, speed, quick, swift
SHITSU Outside: illness 疒(An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes you sick.), below: arrow 矢 (an arrow ノ in the sky 天)
Illnesses caused by arrows are illnesses that come quickly.
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矢
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朕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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(royal) we
CHIN Left: body 月/肉, right: 关 (coming out of 丷, heaven/sky 天)
A body, out of the heaven: that's Us.
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肉
朕
丷
龹
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添
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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add, append, attach, annexed, accompany, garnish
sou/eru, TEN Top: fertility 沃 (.. by the water 氵from the sky 天), bottom right: heart 心
(New babies are born?) With fertility in the heart we will add some.
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天
心
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謄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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copy, transcribe
TŌ Left + top: imperial WE 朕 (A body 月/肉 out of 丷 the heaven 天: that's Us), below: word 言
Our imperial word is copied (= widely distributed).
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朕
龹
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騰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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jumping up, inflation, rise
TŌ Left + top: imperial WE 朕 (A body 月 out of 丷 the heaven 天: that's Us), below: horse 馬 (flying mane, galopping legs 灬 and tail フ)
Monthly 月 we 龹 [= two 二 persons 人 with lifted arms 丷] are frightend about the horse(-price) inflation.
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馬
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藤
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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wisteria (bot.)
fuji, TŌ From top: plant 艹, imperial WE 朕 (A body 月 out of 丷 the heaven 天: that is Us), water 水
The plant that is imperial and appears like flowing water: the wisteria.
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艹
朕
龹
水
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妖
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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bewitching, attractive
ayashii, YŌ Left: woman 女, right: early-death 夭 (here understood as heaven 天)
Women are like heaven: attractive and bewitching.
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天
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沃
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fertility
YOKU Left: water 氵, right: early-death 夭 (here understood as: heaven 天)
The water from heaven (= the rain) brings fertility.
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