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feelings 忄
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Radical name: risshin |
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快
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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pleasant, delight, comfortable, cheerful
kokoroyoi, KAI Left: feelings 忄, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ
(It's easier to carry your load:) The feeling of the person with a backpack is: pleasant.
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忄
央
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慣
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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become used to, be accustomed
nareru, KAN Left: feelings 忄, right: to pierce 貫 (Mother's 母 money 貝 is pierced.)
My feelings were pierced, but I get used to it.
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母
貝
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情
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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passion, sympathy, feeling, emotion, fact
nasake, JŌ, SEI Left: feeling 忄, right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)
The feeling of the youth is passion.
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忄
青
月
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性
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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personality, nature
SEI, SHŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: life, birth 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life)
The feeling of your life: That is your personality.
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忄
生
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悦
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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ecstasy, joy, delight
ETSU Left: feeling 忄, right: coming out 丷, elder brother 兄
The feeling out of my elder brother is ecstasy.
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忄
丷
兄
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憶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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remember, recollection, reminiscence, think
OKU 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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忄
意
音
立
日
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怪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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suspicious, weird, doubtful, dubious, mystery
ayashii/shimu, KAI, KE Left: feeling 忄, right: upright, vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
Feelings so upright are suspicious.
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忄
圣
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悔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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regret, repent, vexing
kuyama, kuyashii, kuiru, KAI Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 毎 (A [horizontal] person 人 =  has a mother 母, namely: every)
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.
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毎
母
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懐
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bosom, chest, long for, tame
futokoro, natsukashii, KAI Left: feeling 忄, right from top: ten 十, eye 罒, clothes 衣
I have the feeling that ten eyes are looking at my clothes: At my chest and bosom.
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忄
罒
衣
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慨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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deplore, lament, grieve, be sad, sigh
GAI Left: feeling 忄, right: already, before 既 (It's 'not good' 艮 that the tusk 牙 is so crooked, but it's already happened that way.)
(He has a toothache:) The feelings at a not-good tusk 牙 are deploring.
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忄
既
艮
牙
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憾
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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regret, remorse, be sorry
uramu, KAN Left: feeling 忄, right: feeling 感 (When I have a "salty" 咸 heart 心" it is a: feeling.) [salty 咸 = The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such: salty.]
Twice feelings of regret.
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咸
心
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悟
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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enlightment, perceive, realize, understand
satoru, GO Left: feeling 忄, right: I, me 吾 (Five 五 mouths 口 stand for the five paths of buddhistic enlightment.)
(etymologically not correct:) The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths lead to enlightment.
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忄
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恒
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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constant, always, permanent
tsune, KŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: span/range 亘 (= from sunrise 旦 [= the sun 日 above the horizon 一] to sunset [= under the horizon])
My feelings from sunrise to sunset are constant.
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亘
旦
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慌
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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be confused, be flustered
awateru/tadashii, KŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: wild/rough/violent 荒 (Plants 艹 are dying 亡 when the river 川 is so violent.)
My feeling when the plants are floating dead in the river is confusion. (Or: My feelings are that wild, that I am confused.)
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艹
亡
川
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恨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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bitterness, resentment, rancor, malice, rueful, regret
uramu, KON Left: feeling 忄, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
The feeling is not good if it is: bitterness.
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忄
艮
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惨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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miserable, wretched, harsh, cruel, sad
mugoi, mijime, SAN, ZAN Left: feeling 忄, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified/kneeling woman ム with the 'big' 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.
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ム
彡
大
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慎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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self-control, refrain, careful, abstain, be discreet, prudent
tsutsushimu, SHIN Left: feeling 忄, right: truth 真 (The ten 十 tools 具 are really true.)
Combine the feelings for the truth with: self-control!
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忄
真
十
具
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惜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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regret, pity, lament, frugal, stingy
oshii/shimu, SEKI Left: feeling 忄, right: old days 昔 (together 共 in the sun 日 we think of earlier days.)
(An unhappy early love?) My feelings about the old days are regrets.
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忄
昔
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憎
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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hate, loathe, detest
nikumu/i/shimi, ZŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: before/formerly 曽 build up (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)
A feeling that I formerly had was hate.
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丷
曽
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惰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lazy, idle, indolent
DA Left: feeling 忄, right: left 左, body 月/肉
(When you are a right-handed person:) I feel that my left body (= left body's half) is lazy.
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左
肉
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悼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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grieve, mourn
itamu, TŌ Left: feeling 忄 right: table, excellent 卓 (It was divined 卜 early 早, that a table would be excellent)
Feelings are 'on the table' when sb. is mourning.
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卜
早
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悩
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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worry, trouble, in pain, distress
nayamu/masu/mashii, NŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: light  (here: overflowingly full), bad luck/disaster 凶 (container 凵 with a mark X, that indicates that it is empty = bad luck)
The feelings with the overflowing container of bad luck were worries.
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凶
凵
㐅
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怖
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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fear, afraid, scary, dreadful
kowai, FU Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand  and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂) [cf. shoulders 肩]
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear.
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布
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憤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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rage, aroused, indignant, anger
ikidōru, FUN Left: feeling 忄, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
He has feelings about the 10 plants costing that (much) money: He is in rage.
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責
卉
艹
貝
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忙
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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busy, restless
isogashii, BŌ Left: feeling 忄, right: dead 亡 (coffin in cross section)
(emotional blunting by too much work:) The feelings are dead from being too busy.
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亡
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慢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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lazy, rude, ridicule, boastful, chronic (disease)
MAN Left: feeling 忄, right: beautiful 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
The feelings that she was such beautiful made her lazy and boastful.
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冒
罒
又
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愉
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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joy, pleasure, happiness, rejoice
YU Left: feeling 忄, right: (Chinese only:) transport 俞 (Cut something off the body 月/肉 with the knife 刂, put the lid  on and ready for the transport.) [cf. transport 輸]
Feelings transport joy and pleasure.
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忄
俞
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惧
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fear, dread, be afraid of
GU Left: feelings 忄, right: tool 具 (The eyes 目 see it on the table  )
The feeling when the eye is lying on the table is fear and dread.
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忄
具
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憬
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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yearn, long for, aspire to
KEI Left: feelings 忄, right: scenery, view 景 (The sun 日 over the capital 京)
Feelings at this view: yearning and longing.
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景
京
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憧
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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desire, long for, yearn after, be attracted by
akogareru, SHŌ Left: feelings 忄, right: child 童 (is standing 立 in the village 里)
The feelings of a child are: desires and longings.
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童
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慄
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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fear, horrified, shudder
RITSU Left: feeling 忄, right: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west), tree 木
(It gets dark quickly in the forest:) The feelings at sunset in the trees were: Fear and terror.
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忄
西
木
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