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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| institute
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Left: hill 阝, right: perfect 完 (The roof 宀 as the origin 元 [of the house] should be perfect [against rain?])
This hill is perfect for: an institute.
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階
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| floor, story/storey, grade
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Left: a hill 阝, right: every 皆 (I compare 比 [= two sitting persons 匕匕], but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!)
(If buildings are built on a steep slope, they have e.g. 1 floor on the hillside and 2 floors on the valley side) At a hill they all have floors.
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陽
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| sunlight, positive, male = yang
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Left: hill 阝, right: sunrise 旦/易 (sun 日 over horizon 一), rays 勿
At the hill the rising sun shows its rays: Sunlight is positive.
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隊
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| troop, unit, corps, group
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Left: hill 阝, right: out of 丷, pig 豕
Out of the hills like pigs rushes the troops.
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陸
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| land, shore, continent
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Left: hill 阝, right: 坴 (earth 土 and eightfold 八 earth 土)
A "hill" where you go from earth to eight-fold earth is a continent.
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険
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| steep, precipitous, severe, steeply sloping
kewashii, KEN
阝
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Left: hill 阝, right: examine carefully  (originally two people 兄 discussing under a roof. Better in respect to 'examine' 験: a person 人 examining the horse's 馬 mouth 口. [ are the mane and eyes 一 ])
(To avoid rockfalls:) The hill is examined carefully because it is steep and precipitous.
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限
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| limit, bound, restrict
kagiru, GEN
阝
艮
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Left: hill 阝, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is limiting.
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際
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| edge, brink, occasion, verge
kiwa, SAI
阝
祭
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Left: hill 阝, right: festival 祭 (Meat 月/肉 is put by hand  /又 on the altar 示 at the festival of sacrifice.)
(If the party is too loud, shouldn't you celebrate in the center:) We're having the party on the hill because the occasion is at the edge.
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除
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| exclude, remove, cancel
nozoku, JO, JI
阝
余
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Left: hill 阝, right: excess, remain 余 (A heap  is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
A hill is in excess: let's remove it.
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防
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JLPT 2Joyo 5 |
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| protect, prevent, guard against, mole, dike
fusegu, BŌ
阝
方
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Left: hill 阝, right: side, direction 方
A hill along a direction is: a dam (dike), that protects you.
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降
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| fall (rain), descend
oriru/rosu, furu, KŌ
阝
夂
舛
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Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged 夂 (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop 止
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.
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障
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| hinder, hurt, block
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Left: hill 阝, right: medal, chapter 章 (Stand 立 up early 早 and you'll get a medal.) [early 早 = When the rising 旦 sun 日 is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon 一 it is still early]
On the hill you will get a medal for your hindrance.
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陛
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| highness, majesty, throne
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Left: hill 阝, right: compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕, who are compared), and: earth 土
Like a hill compared to the (flat) earth/ground is his highness on the throne.
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陰
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| shadow, negative = Yin(female)
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Left: hill 阝, right: now 今 (lid and corner フ) and: fog/mist 云 (cf. cloud 雲)
The hill is now in the fog, thus in the shadow.
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隠
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hide, conceal, suppress
kakureru, IN
阝
爫
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Left: hill 阝, right: a hand reaches down 爫, hand ナ/ヨ, heart 心
Behind a hill or two hands, the heart can hide.
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隔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| separate, isolate, part, distance
hedataru/teru, KAKU
阝
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Left: hill 阝 (here: wall), right: pictograph of a cooking pot 鬲 on a frame 冂 with support
The wall and the pot on the stove should be separated by a distance.
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陥
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fall into, entrap, pitfall, subsidence
ochiiru, KAN
阝
⺈
旧
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Left: hill 阝, right: crooked person ⺈, past times 旧 (One 丨 day 日 has passed) - developed from 陷, which comprises a pitfall 臼
By the hill is a tumbling ⺈ person falling into the mortar-臼-like pitfall.
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隅
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| corner, nook
sumi, GŪ
阝
禺
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Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (Pictogram of a scorpion with a body 田, long legs 冂, and the stinger ム)
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.
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陣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| (military) position, camp
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Left: hill 阝, right: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二)
(Protected on) the hill the vehicles are in: a military camp.
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随
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| follow, comply, notwithstanding
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From left: hill 阝, movement 辶, have, exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!)
(It is the gravity:) At the hill exists a (downward) movement, which (everything) follows.
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堕
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Left: hill 阝, right: be/have/exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!), below: earth 土
A hill that exists but turns into (flat) earth/ground, is: degenerating.
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陳
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| exhibition, state, to express, show, old, remarkable
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Left: hill 阝, right: east 東 (...where the sun 日 rises behind a tree 木)
"The Hills in the East" is an exhibition, that it remarkable.
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墜
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| crash, fall, crumble
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Top: unit/party/corps 隊 (Out of 丷 the hills 阝like pigs 豕 rushes the troops.), below: earth 土
The unit/corps is on the ground: It has fallen / crashed.
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陶
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| pottery, porcelain, ceramic
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Left: hill 阝, right: wrapping 勹 and a can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Take it from the hill (as clay), and make a "wrapping" such as a can: It is pottery.
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陪
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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Left: hill 阝, right: to spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
At the hill, he stood with open mouth: in obeisance.
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附
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| attached, be affixed, stick
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Left: hill 阝, right: attach 付 (Person 亻 with skillful hand 寸 attaches sth.)
At the hill, sth. is attached.
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阻
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| obstruct, thwart, block, retard
habamu, SO
阝
且
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Left: hill 阝, right: besides/moreover 且 (a pile of stones with more stones added)
A hill and a pile of stones can (each) be an obstacle.
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隆
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| prosper, high, peak
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Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot 夂, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant  stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with cross-legged feet and life looks: prosperous.
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| imperial tomb, mausoleum, mound
misasagi, RYŌ
阝
夂
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Left: hill 阝, right: 夌 (earth 土, two legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
The hill where there are under the earth (at least) two legs and an upturned foot, is an imperial tomb.
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隣
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| neighbor, the next door
tonari, RIN
阝
米
舛
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Left: hill 阝, right: rice 米, 舛 (two var. of foot 夕/止, as used at: to dance 舞)
At the hill they have their rice but different feet: The neighbors.
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隙
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| fissure, gap, free space, free time
suki, GEKI
阝
莫
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Left: hill 阝, right: vari. of sunset 莫 (small 小, day/sun 日, small 小 [= the sun becomes smaller and smaller = sunset]
Let's go to the hill at sunset, we have space and time.
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阪
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| hill, heights, slope, incline
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Left: hill 阝, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!) (cf.坂)
The hill has opposition, because it is a hill.
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