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mutual, Minister 相
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相
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| mutual, inter-.., aspect, look, Minister
ai-, SŌ, SHŌ
相
木
目
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Left: tree 木, right: eye 目 (here pragmatically: bookshelf)
(shelves are made from trees:) Trees and shelves refer mutually to each other in terms of their external appearance, just as ministers appear in public.
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想
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| concept, thought, idea
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Top: mutual, minister 相 (Trees 木 and book shelves 目 refer mutually to each other in terms of their external appearance, just as ministers appear in public.), below: heart 心
The minister has in his heart a concept.
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霜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| frost
shimo, SŌ
雨
目
相
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Top: rain 雨 (View out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 from which it is raining =,=), below: mutual, minister 相 (tree 木, eye 目)
(Sometimes hoar frost makes the trees white) This 'rain' in the trees can be seen, because it is: frost.
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箱
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| box, case
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: mutual, minister 相 (tree 木, eye 目) [here: box 目 with two separators]
It's made of bamboo or wood and looks like a box: A box.
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