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vehicle 車
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A hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. |
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車
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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vehicle, car
kuruma, SHA
A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二.
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車
丨
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運
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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transport, luck, fortune, chance
hakobu, UN Left: movement 辶, right: army 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage) [cf. accompany 連]
An army that moves needs: luck at the transport.
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辶
軍
車
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軽
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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easy, light, flippant
karui, KEI Left: a vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
Pulling a vehicle by hand over the flat earth (=aligned to the vertical) is easy.
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車
圣
又
土
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庫
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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warehouse, storehouse
KO Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
A building with a vehicle is a warehouse.
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广
車
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乗
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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get on, ride, take part
noru, JŌ Kind of combination of a vehicle 車 and a tree 木 - Or better: a vehicle 車 with open doors
A vehicle with open doors: ... get on for a ride.
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ノ
車
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転
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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roll, turn, tumble
korogeru, TEN Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: fog 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
With a vehicle in the fog you only can roll, or you will tumble.
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車
云
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軍
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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military, troops
GUN Top: cover 冖 (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the military.
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軍
冖
車
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輪
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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wheel, ring, hoop
wa, RIN Left: vehicle 車, right: (Chinese only) line-up 侖 (lid  and a bundle of bamboo tablets 冊) Here: See the tablets as four wheels leaning upright against each-others
They belong to a vehicle but now they stand upright under a cover: The wheels.
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車
侖
冊
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連
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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accompany, line up, join, group, clique
tsureru, tsuraneru, REN Left: movement 辶, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
In a moving vehicle I accompany the group of my clique.
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辶
車
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輸
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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transport, send
YU Left: vehicle 車, right: (Chinese only) transport, convey 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put the lid on and ready for the transport.)
A vehicle for transport.
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車
俞
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揮
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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swing, brandish, wield, shake, wave, wag, volatile
KI Left: hand 扌, right: military/troops 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage)
The hands of the military are swung/brandished. [when marching]
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扌
軍
冖
車
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較
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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comparison, contrast
KAKU, KŌ Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: exchange/crossing 交 (from a pictograph of a person with crossed legs)
Vehicles at a crossing are in a comparison. (i.e. of their speed)
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車
交
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轄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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wedge, control, manage
kusabi, KATSU Left: vehicle 車, right. damage 害 (The roof 宀 has by the growing plant  in a pot 口 been: damaged.)
(A wedge behind a wheel as protection against rolling away:) Such that the vehicle is not damaged: With a wedge it is under control.
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車
害
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軌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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track, rut, course
KI Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: nine 九 [here: two rails 儿 connected with a tie/sleeper 一]
For the vehicle are the rails as its track or path.
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車
九
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輝
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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shine, radiance, sparkle, luminance, glitter
kagayaku/kashii, KI Left: light 光 (fire 火 on legs 儿), right: military 軍 (... with covered 冖 vehicles 車 = camouflage)
(Signal fires in ancient China) The lights at the military are shining.
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車
冖
軍
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撃
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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attack, strike, beat, dash
utsu, GEKI Top: vehicle 車 and weapon 几 in a hand 又, bottom: hand 手
In a vehicles, with a weapons in your hand and another hand: For the attack!
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車
殳
扌
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軒
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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eaves, counter for houses
noki, KEN Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)
The vehicle stays dry under the eaves.
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車
干
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載
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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load (luggage), put on, carry, publish
noru/seru, SAI Outside: halberd 戈, ten 十, below: vehicle 車
With ten halberds the vehicle was loaded and sth. about it was published.
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十
車
戈
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暫
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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a short while, temporarily, briefly, a while
shibaraku, ZAN Top: kill by slicing 斬 ([An accident] with a car 車 or an axe 斤 can kill by slicing), below: sun/day 日
If you wanted to make a vehicle with an axe in only one day, this would be a short duration.
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斬
日
車
斤
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漸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gradually, little by little
yōyaku, ZEN Left: water 氵, right kill by slicing 斬 ([An accident] with a car 車 or an axe 斤can kill by slicing.)
(due to rust:) Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little.
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斬
車
斤
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軸
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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axle, shaft, spindle, pivot
JIKU Left: vehicle 車, right: reason 由 (... for seedling丨in the rice field 田) Here: see 由 as axle-bearing 臼 with axle 丨
A vehicle has the axle-bearing for the axle.
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車
由
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陣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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(military) position, camp
JIN Left: hill 阝, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
(Protected by) a hill the vehicles are in: a military camp.
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車
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軟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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soft, elastic, tender, gentle, flexible
yawarakai, NAN Left: vehicle 車, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [.. good manners])
(The first vehicles had no suspension) These vehicles lacked softness and elasticity.
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車
欠
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輩
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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comrade, fellow, person, companion
HAI Top: not/error 非 (opposite wings 羽), bottom: vehicle 車 (Here: 非 as two seats in this vehicle)
On these seats 非 of the vehicle sits first the senpai (先 輩), then together with the kouhai ( 後 輩): my comrade.
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車
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範
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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example, model, example, pattern, norm
HAN Top: bamboo 竹, below: vehicle 車, slumped person 㔾
The bamboo vehicle overran a slumped person: That gives a bad example.
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竹
車
㔾
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斬
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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kill by slicing with a sword
kiru, ZAN Left: vehicle 車 (cart from above with丨as axis), right: axe 斤
(An accident) with a car or an axe can slice and kill.
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斬
車
斤
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