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to go down, to set 莫
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The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical  stands for the sunrise.
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墓
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| grave, tomb
haka, BO
莫
土
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Top: sunset, disappear 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: earth 土 [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or  ]
Sinking among plants into the earth: into the grave.
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幕
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| curtain, act
MAKU, BAKU|
艹
莫
巾
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Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: cloth 巾 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
It is "sinking" (= hanging down): This cloth is a curtain.
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模
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| pattern, imitate, figure, copy, model
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Left: tree 木, right: sink, go down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or ]
The tree shows in the sunset (by the long shadow) its pattern.
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葬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bury, funeral, interment
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Top & bottom: plant 艹, middle: death 死 (Below the earth 一 are the bare bones 歹 of a sitting person 匕)
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset 莫 of the dead 死 is the: funeral.)
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漠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| desert, vague, vast, wide
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Left: water 氵, right: sink, go down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or ]
Where the water has 'sunk', it is now a desert.
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募
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| recruit (employees), enlisting, raise (funds)
tsunoru, BO
莫
艹
力
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Top: sinking, going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: strength/effort 力 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
With sinking strength we need (more) recruiting.
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慕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| yearn for, adore, pine, love dearly
shitau, BO
莫
心
艹
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Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: heart 心 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]
Like a sinking heart: That's yearning.
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暮
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| live, sunset, end, life circumstances
kureru/rasu, BO
莫
日
艹
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Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: sun 日 [Notice: means sunrise such as in 'morning 朝']
The sinking sun means sunset. [OR: The plants 艹 needed from one sun 日 to the next big 大 sun 日 are the life circumstances.]
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膜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| membrane
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Left: part of body 月/肉, right: sink, go down 莫 (Here: 艹 =2x10, 日 = image of a membrane and 大 = big part)
The body's part, that separates 20 parts by a membrane from the big part is a: membrane.
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隙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| fissure, gap, free space, free time
suki, GEKI
阝
莫
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Left: hill 阝, right: vari. of sunset 莫 (small 小, day/sun 日, small 小 [= the sun becomes smaller and smaller = sunset]
Let's go to the hill at sunset, we have space and time.
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