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歌
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| sing, song
uta, utau, KA
可
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Left: 2x possible 可 (A nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.
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飲
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JLPT 5Joyo 3 |
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| drink, swallow
nomu, IN
食
欠
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Left: food/eat 食 (cover  on good 良 food), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
If food is lacking, you should drink (instead).
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次
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| next, following
tsugi, tsugu, JI, SHI
欠
次
冫
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Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
Ice is lacking, what comes next?
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欠
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| deficiency, lack
kaku, KETSU
欠
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Top: gaping (yawning) mouth ⺈, below: the corresponding person 人
(perhaps related to a lack of manners?) With this yawning mouth the person shows his: deficiencies.
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歓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| joy, delight, rejoice, jubilant
yorokobu, KAN
隹
欠
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Left: bird 隹 with comb  /一, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
A bird (i.e. in a cage) is lacking joy.
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欲
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| desire, longing, want
hoshii, YOKU
谷
欠
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Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the wants and desires.
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欧
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| Europe, EU-..
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Left: district/ward 区, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining coastal line 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.
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款
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| goodwill, friendship, article of agreement
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Left: samurai 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (= The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
The samurai show his lack of goodwill to an agreement.
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欺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cheat, fox, deceive
azamuku, GI
其
欠
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Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing, by throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods {thus used in period 期} to separate the grain from the husk), right: lack/fault 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
A grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated!
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吹
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| blow, breathe out
fuku, SUI
口
欠
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Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
If out of the mouth a "nothing" (= a "lacking") is coming, then it is "blowing".
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炊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| to cook, boil, kitchen work
taku, SUI
火
欠
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Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.) - 炊飯器 (すいはんき) means rice cooker.
(Think of the rice stove:) The fire is lacking and yet it cooks.
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軟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| soft, elastic, tender, gentle, flexible
yawarakai, NAN
車
欠
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Left: vehicle 車, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [.. good manners])
(The first vehicles had no suspension) These vehicles lacked softness and elasticity.
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茨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| thorn, spine
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Top: plant 艹, below: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?)
If a plant has those, I (or better the goats) go to the next: Those are the thorns.
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恣
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| arbitrarily, self-indulgent, selfish
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Top: next 次 (Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.], bottom: heart 心
(My cocktail never without ice!) If ice is lacking, my heart becomes arbitrary and selfish.
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羨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| envy, be jealous, covet
urayamu, urayamashii, SEN
羊
次
欠
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Top: var. of sheep 羊, below: water 氵, to lack 欠 (to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking good manners) [next 次 = Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?]
If the sheep are lacking water, you are not envied.
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