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bundle, sheaf 束
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(Things 木,禾 bound with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)
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整
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| arrange, put in order, prepare
totonou/eru, SEI
束
攵
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Top: bundle 束 (Things 木,禾 strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle.) and strike 攵 (a hand 又 with a stickノ), bottom: correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct)
(In linen production, the flax fibers are aligned by beating:) The bundle needs strikes, but correctly for (good) arrangement.
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速
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| fast, quick, speed
hayai, sumiyaka, SOKU
辶
束
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Left: movement 辶, right: bundle 束 (Plants 木,禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼) are bound with a ribbon 口 to a bundle 束)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.
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瀬
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| rapids, current, torrent, shallows
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Left: water 氵, right: rely, request 頼 (bundle 束 [= things 木,禾 are strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle 束], head/forehead 頁)
The water, in which bundles float like heads, are the rapids!
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束
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| bundle, bunch
tabaneru, tsukaneru, SOKU
木
束
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In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, that are lashed with a ribbon 口
'Trees' are bound to a bundle.
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疎
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| alienate, neglect, scattered, sparse
utoi/mu, SO
正
束
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Left: var. of correct 正 (At the line 一 to stop 止 is correct.), right: bundle 束 (Things 木,禾 strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)
(When you form a group, you no longer care about the individual:) If you tie it up properly into a bundle, (each individual) is neglected / alienated.
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勅
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| imperial edict
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Left: bundle 束 (Things 木,禾 strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle), right: strength/effort 力
A bundle of strength is the imperial edict.
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頼
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| request, rely, ask, beg
tanomu/moshii, tayoru, RAI
束
頁
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Left: bundle 束 (Things 木/禾 that are strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle.), right: head/forehead 頁
(You'd better remember this:) Make a mental note (= bundle) of this in your head, that's my request.
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辣
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| bitter, harsh
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Left: hot, bitter 辛 (needle for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Things 木,禾 strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)
(The bitter taste is dominant:) When the bitterness comes in a bundle (with other tastes) it remains bitter.
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