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music 音
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Explanation |
Stand up 立 with the sun 日 and listen to the sound.
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音
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JLPT 4Joyo 1 |
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| music, sound, noise
oto, ne, ON, IN
音
立
日
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Top: stand, get up 立, bottom: sun/day 日
(My alarm clock makes music:) Get up into the day with music & sounds. |
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暗
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| dark, shady, gloomy, unclear
kurai, AN
日
音
立
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Left: sun/day 日, right: sound, music 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?])
When the sun stands 立 between two days 日,日 it is: dark. |
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意
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| intention, mind, thought
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Top: sound, noise 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with sound/music [of the clock radio?]), bottom: heart 心
Like sounds of my heart: My intentions! |
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億
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| hundred million
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Left: person 亻/人, right: thought 意 (= the sounds 音 of my heart 心)
A (normal) person can only think about having 100 million dollar. |
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識
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| knowledge, consciousness (in buddist sense), thinking
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From left: Word 言, sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]) and halberd 戈
His words on the sound of the halberd prove his knowledge. |
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織
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JLPT 1Joyo 5 |
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| weave, fabric
oru, SHOKU, SHIKI
糸
音
戈
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Left: thread 糸, center: sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]), right: halberd 戈
(Looms are noisy:) Threads cause sounds like halberds when being weaved. |
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職
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| job, employment, work
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Left: ear 耳, center: sound 音 (Stand up 立 in the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]), right: halberd 戈
The ear hears the sound of the halberds and knows there is a job to do. |
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韻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rhyme, tone
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Left: sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]), right: member 員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 貝, can become a member.)
Sounds, that are (mutually) members are the rhymes. |
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憶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| remember, recollection, reminiscence, think
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Left: feeling 忄, right: thought/mind 意 (= the sounds 音 of my heart 心)
Feelings and thoughts will be remembered (= reminiscences). |
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響
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| resound, echo, get known
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Top: home town 郷 (The thread 糸 of the 'husband' 郎 connects to the hometown.) [husband 郎 = the 'good' 良 from the village⻏], bottom: sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?])
(There always remains a reference to the home.) From the home town is sounding an echo. |
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闇
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| dark, darkness
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Outside: gate 門, inside: sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]), (cf. 暗)
The gate stands 立 in the sun 日 and causes (behind it) darkness. |
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