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黒
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| black
kuroi, KOKU
黒
里
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Top: village 里 (here: 里 as cooking pot), bottom: fire 灬
The underside of the cooking pot on fire has been stained black.
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野
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| field, plain, wild
no, YA
里
予
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Left: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.), right: beforehand, prior 予 (To make the bent nail マ into a straight nail 丁 is done: prior.)
The village was previously a field.
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里
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| village, measure of length (3,9km)
sato, RI
里
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Top: field 田, bottom: earth 土
Both fields and earth belong to a village.
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理
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| reason, rational, justice
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Left: king 王, right: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village.)
When the king comes to the village, it has a rational reason.
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重
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| heavy, important, pile up
kasaneru, omoi, -e, JŪ, CHŌ
重
里
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A vehicle 車 (A hand-cart viewed from above, with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二) with further wheels 二
Vehicles with double wheels are for heavy (loads).
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童
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| child, baby
warabe, DŌ
童
立
里
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Top: stand 立, bottom: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
Standing in the village: a child.
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量
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| amount, weight, measure, quantity
hakaru, RYŌ
旦
里
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Top: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一), bottom: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
From sunrise onwards, you do (the work) in the village, of which there is a big amount.
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裏
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| reverse side, inside, rear, back
ura, RI
衣
里
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Top and bottom: clothes 衣, center: village 里
In this village they wear the clothes on the reverse side.
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鐘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| bell
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Left: metal 金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: child 童 (It stands 立 in the village 里)
A metal for children is a bell.
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墨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| ink, ink stick
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Top: black 黒 (The underside 土 of the pot 里 on the fire 灬 is black.), bottom: earth 土
Black earth is used for ink.
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埋
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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u[ zu], maru/meru/moreru, MAI
土
里
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Left: earth/ground 土, right: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village.)
In the ground next to the village we will be buried.
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黙
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| be silent, stop speaking
damaru, MOKU
黒
里
犬
灬
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Left and bottom: black 黒 (The underside 土 of the pot 里 on the fire 灬 is black.), right: dog 犬
(Because it barked too loud:) The village's 里 dog was put into the fire to make it silent.
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糧
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| provision, food
kate, RYŌ, RŌ
米
旦
里
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Left: rice 米, right: measure/weight 量 (At sunrise 旦 [= sun 日 above horizon 一] the village 里 is measured.)
Rice until the sunrise for the whole village: That's our provision.
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厘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| tiny amount
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Left: cliff 厂, below: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
Below the cliff, the village appears: tiny.
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瞳
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| pupil (anat., .. of the eye)
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Left: eye 目, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
The eye has a 'child': The pupil.
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