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woman 女
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| Explanation |
The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja. |
Used in these Kanji:
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女
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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woman, female
onna, me, JO, NYŌ, NYO A ku-no-ichi くノ一 is a female ninja.
Image of a sitting woman with crossed legs and spread arms.
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女
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数
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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count, number
kazu, kazoeru, SŪ, SU Left: 娄 (rice 米, woman 女), right: hit, strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick in her hand: for counting.
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米
女
攵
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母
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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mother
haha, BO A variation of woman 女 with emphasized breasts indicated by the two dots :
(When breastfeeding:) A woman with swollen breasts is a mother.
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母
女
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妹
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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younger sister
imōto, MAI Left: woman 女, right: immature 未 (The tree's 木 upper branch is shorter, hence: young/immature)
The woman, who is still immature, is my younger sister.
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女
未
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安
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JLPT 5Joyo 3 |
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peaceful, cheap, low
yasui, AN Top: a roof 宀, bottom: woman 女
With a woman under our roof everything will be peaceful (.. and cheaper??)
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宀
女
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始
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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start, begin
hajimeru, SHI Left: woman 女, right: platform 台 (= nose ム over the mouth 口)
The lady on the platform begins.
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女
台
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案
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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idea, proposal, scheme, plan
AN Top: cheap, peaceful 安 (Under our roof 宀 a woman 女, then everything will be peaceful (...and cheaper??), bottom: tree 木
Peace in the trees: That is my plan.
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宀
女
木
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委
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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entrust
yudaneru, I Top: rice plant 禾, below: woman 女:
Rice plants can women be entrusted.
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禾
女
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姉
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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elder sister
ane, SHI Left: woman 女, right: city/marketplace 市
The woman in the city is my elder sister.
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女
市
巾
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要
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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need, necessity, essence, point, pivot
kaname, iru, YŌ Top: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west), below: woman 女. (Here: 西 as a handbag with big handle)
A handbag is for a woman: a need.
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西
女
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妻
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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wife
tsuma, SAI Top: broom 十 with hand ナ/ヨ (cf.:brush/pen 筆 or broom 帚), bottom: woman 女
With a broom in her hand is this woman: my wife.
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女
聿
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接
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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to touch, contact, connected, join
tsugu, SETSU Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to touch.
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扌
立
女
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婦
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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wife, woman
FU Left: woman 女, right: broom 帚 (hand ナ/ヨ, holding a broom)
The woman with the broom in her hand is my wife.
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女
帚
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好
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JLPT 4Joyo 4 |
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like, good, love
suku, konomu/mashi, KŌ Left: woman 女, right: child 子
Women and children is what I like.
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女
子
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姿
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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figure, shape, appearance
sugata, SHI Top: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?), below: woman 女
My next woman should have a great figure.
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次
女
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威
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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authority, intimidate, dignity, threaten
odosu, I From top: halberd 戈, person 人 (= ノ+一), woman 女
If a person with a halberd is above a woman, he has a threatening authority.
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戈
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姻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marriage, matrimony
IN Left: woman 女, right: cause 因 (For the fence 囗 around the big person 大 is a reason.)
Women are the cause of marriages. (OR: The woman becomes an enclosed 'big' person by marriage.)
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女
因
囗
大
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宴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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banquet, party
utage, EN From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女
Below the roof, the sunny woman hosts a banquet.
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宀
女
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桜
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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cherry blossom
sakura, Ō Left: tree 木, right: rays  and: woman 女
A tree sending out its rays (of delight) like a woman during cherry blossom.
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木
女
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嫁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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marry, bride
yome, totsugu, KA Left: woman 女, right: house 家 (= below a roof 宀 together with the pigs 豕/ 豚)
The woman (coming) into the house is the bride.
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女
家
豕
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嫌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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dislike, hate, detest, aversion
kirau/i, iya, KEN, GEN Left: woman 女, right: combine, concurrently 兼 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants 禾: combined or concurrently)
(She wants a monogamous partnership:) If women do it in combination, she dislikes it.
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兼
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娯
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pleasure, amuse, enjoy
GO Left: woman 女, right: Wu-dynasty, to give 呉 (Person 口 leaning back in a relaxing armchair.)
With a woman and when I lean back in my armchair, I enjoy pleasure.
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女
呉
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婚
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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marriage
KON Left: woman 女, right: family/clan 氏, sun 日
The woman comes into the family at the day of the marriage.
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氏
日
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如
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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similar, like, compare, such as, equal
gotoku, JO, NYO Left: woman 女, right: mouth 口
These women's mouths are that similar, that they are comparable.
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口
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嬢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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young lady, missy, daughter
JŌ Left: woman 女, right:  (six 六, well 井, clothes 衣)
This young lady could fill six wells with her clothes: It's my missy, my daughter.
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六
井
衣
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娠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pregnancy, with child
SHIN Left: woman 女, right: to plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农 = Chinese for farmer])
Women who were "plowed" are in pregnancy.
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辰
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姓
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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surname
SEI, SHŌ Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life)
The woman lives under her surname.
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生
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婿
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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son-in-law
muko, SEI Left: woman 女, right: var. of correct/proper 正 (At the line 一 to stop 止 is correct.), body 月/肉
That woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.
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正
肉
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妥
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gentle, compromise, peace, settle
DA Top: hand reaching down 爫 (here in the sense of: 'to care for sb', like at milk or brest feeding 乳), below: woman 女
The (caring) hand of a woman symbolizes a gentle compromise.
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女
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嫡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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heir, legitimate birth
CHAKU Left: woman 女, right: old emperor (mélange of emperor 帝 and old 古)
The woman bore the old emperor a heir.
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帝
古
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奴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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slave, servant, footman, guy
yatsu, yakko, -me, DO Left: woman 女, right: hand 又
Women's hands made me to a guy, but also to a slave.
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奴
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又
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妊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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pregnant
haramu, NIN Left: woman 女, right: 壬 burden (samurai 士 with hat ノ, originally 壬 as a spindle on which a thread is wound up)
The woman (of the samurai) has the burden of pregnancy.
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壬
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婆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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old woman
baba, BA Top: wave 波 (= the water's 氵skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], bottom: woman 女
With waves (= with wrinkled skin) is this woman: an old woman.
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皮
女
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媒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mediator, intermediary
BAI Left: woman 女, right: a certain 某 (Sweets 甘 from the tree 木 for a certain person) [sweet 甘 = mouth with sth. in]
The women go to the "sweet tree", that is an intermediary (matchmaker).
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某
甘
木
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妃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Queen, princess
HI
Left: woman 女, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself)
(In a good relationship you should treat them like this:) A woman is in "herself" (= her ego) a queen.
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己
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姫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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princess, lady
hime, KI Left: woman 女, right: retainer 臣 (wide open eye, representing the attentiveness of a retainer)
The woman as a retainer is a princess.
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臣
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妨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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obstruct, disturb, hamper, prevent
samatageru, BŌ Left: woman 女, right: side 方
A woman at my side would be obstructing???
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方
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妙
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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mysterious, excellent, exquisite, odd, curious, queer
MYŌ Left: woman 女, right: few/little 少
Among women are few who are mysterious and also excellent??
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少
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娘
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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daughter
musume, JŌ Left: woman 女, right: good 良
Like a woman who is good, that is how my daughter should be.
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良
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妄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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reckless, irrational, delusion, rash, nonsense
midari, MŌ, BŌ Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross section), below: woman 女
The death of his woman made him reckless.
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亡
女
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腰
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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hip, lower back, loins
koshi, YŌ Left: part of body 月/肉, right: necessity 要 (Hand bags 覀 are for women 女 a necessity.)
(Asian women have less 'butt') A body part of western 西 women are the hips.
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西
女
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楼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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watchtower, turret, belvedere, high building
RŌ Left: tree 木, right: 娄 (rice 米, woman 女)
Wood and rice for the women (is stored) in the tower.
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木
米
女
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萎
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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wither, weaken, wilt, droop
naeru, I Top: plant 艹, bottom: to entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)
The plants I entrusted you, are all withered.
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禾
女
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媛
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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princess, a noble lady
EN Left: woman 女, right: (Chinese only) to help 爰 (A hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
The woman who is that helpful is my 'princess'.
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爰
爫
友
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嫉
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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be jealous, envy
SHITSU Left: woman 女, right: illness, quick 疾 (The disease 疒 caused by an arrow 矢 is a quick illness.)
The woman has a disease, as if caused by an arrow: jealousy.
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疒
矢
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凄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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superb, brillant, uncanny, marvelous, horrible
sugoi, SUI Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (= with broom 十 in a hand ナ/ヨ, this woman 女)
The ice cream of my wife is superb.
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冫
女
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妬
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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jealousy, envy, to begrudge
netamu, TO Left: woman 女, right: stone 石
When a woman acts "like a stone", she is jealous.
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石
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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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