1 | Mnemonics for Kanji not in Heisig's RTK1 or RTK3 by "thecite" | ||||||||
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2 | No. | Kanji | HIRAGANA | KATAKANA | ExampleQuestion | ExampleAnswer | Key word | Story/Image | |
3 | 1 | 應 | おう | 慶○大学 | 慶應大学 | apply [old] | The wild geese apply their knowledge and withdraw from the cliffs into the caves, where their little hearts won’t get a shock from predators. | ||
4 | 2 | 軈 | やがて | ○て | 軈て(やがて) | before long | If somebody applies their self, before long they’ll achieve their goal. | ||
5 | 3 | 儘 | まま | 我○ | 我儘(わがまま)な子供 | at this rate | The person has accidentally snapped their brush, and at this rate will not be able to complete the firing of their dish. | ||
6 | 4 | 魘 | うなされる | ○される | 魘(うな)される | nightmare | At the bottom of a cliff, the sun blares down on the flesh of a dead Chihuahua; its ghost haunts the area. | ||
7 | 5 | 薔 | バ | ○薇 | 薔薇(バラ) | rose | The number of times the assembly line workers have dropped their work and toiled over the soil to produce the beloved flowers in season, is uncountable. | ||
8 | 6 | 薇 | ラ | 薔○ | 薔薇(バラ) | royal fern | The royal fern can often be found growing in the ground in patches on nature treks etcetera. | ||
9 | 7 | 恪 | かく | 精励○勤 | 精励恪勤(せいれいかっきん) | try hard | In order to try hard each and every time, you need to have a very determined state of mind. | ||
10 | 8 | 籠 | かご、こもる | 灯○、魚○ | 灯籠(とうろう)魚籠(びく) | cage [old] | A bamboo cage can’t even hold an old, aging dragon. | ||
11 | 9 | 罠 | わな | ○網 | 罠網(わなみ) | trap | Eyes watch over the person as they wait for them to walk straight into the trap they’ve set. | ||
12 | 10 | 埃 | ほこり | アイ | 塵○、土○ | 塵埃(じんあい)土埃(つちぼこり) | dusty | You wipe the dirt off the surface with your elbow, throwing dust everywhere. It stings like darts (in your wounds). | |
13 | 11 | 脾 | ヒ | ○臓 | 脾臓(ひぞう) | swollen spleen | Flesh that is lowly and beaten up is a lowly, swollen spleen. | ||
14 | 12 | 臟 | ゾウ | 脾○ | 脾臓(ひぞう) | entrails [old] | Even in the old days, your organs etc would be placed in a storehouse. | ||
15 | 13 | 拉 | らっ(する)、ひし(ぐ)、くだ(く) | ラツ、ラ、ロウ | 拉○ | 拉致(らち) | kidnapper | The kidnapper wraps his fingers around the vase and then smashes it on the kid’s head. They carry him away. He’s been kidnapped. | |
16 | 14 | 儂 | わし | 儂(わし)自分のこと | Mois | Mr.T won’t take any crap from his agricultural workers, “If you go’n complain, leave it all up to mois, fool!” | |||
17 | 15 | 釧 | くしろ | セン | ○路 | 釧路(くしろ)--地名 | Kushiro | There’s a river of gold in Kushiro. | |
18 | 16 | 煌 | うでわ | コウ | ○めく、 | 煌(きら)めく、煌煌(こうこう)と、 | glittering | The disturbed emperor stares straight into the glittering fire. | |
19 | 17 | 鬯 | チョウ | 部首のひとつ | primitive (top half): | salt shaker (rock salt +spoon) | |||
20 | 18 | 鬱 | うっ(する)、ふさ(ぐ)、しげ(る) | ウツ | 憂○ | 憂鬱(ゆううつ) | sulky | The kid in the restaurant is sulky when the salt shaker and can of coke spills all over his paper (wooden) birthday crown, creating a massively shaped sticky puddle all over the floor. | |
21 | 19 | 屹 | そばだ(つ) | キツ | ○立、○然 | 屹立(きつりつ)屹然(きつぜん) | Towering mountains | You are being held over the edge of huge, towering mountains by two burley men, you beg for your life. | |
22 | 20 | 泄 | も(れる) | セツ、エイ | 排○ | 排泄(はいせつ) | Emission | Water that spreads over a generation will emit into the atmosphere and rain back down many times. | |
23 | 21 | 喘 | あえぐ | ゼン | ○ぐ、○息、 | 喘(あえ)ぐ、喘息(ぜんそく) | panting | When the dog has finally made it up to the top of the edge of the mountain, he’ll most likely be panting from his mouth in exhaustion. | |
24 | 22 | 涌 | わく | ○き起こる | 涌き起こる(わきおこる) | gush | Someone utilises chop-seals to make a sort of wall to stop the gushing water. | ||
25 | 23 | 蘊 | ウン | ○奥 | 蘊奥(うんのう) | profound | A captured guy undergoes a profound change of mind; he starts making dishes by threading together flowers in the (prison) yard, and sells them to give the money to charity. Even the bad can do something nice. | ||
26 | 24 | 薀 | ウン | ○蓄 | 薀蓄(うんちく) | profoundly | The captured guy starts washing dishes instead. Profoundly changing his bad guy image. | ||
27 | 25 | 藪 | やぶ | ソウ | 竹○ | 竹藪(たけやぶ) | quack [old] | The old quack forced his housewife to pick flowers all day in the back yard for his florist shop. | |
28 | 26 | 崗 | コウ | 花○岩 | 花崗岩(かこうがん) | granite | It is a well known fact that mount everest is nothing more than a mountain of granite. | ||
29 | 27 | 瘡 | かさ | ソウ | 水疱○ | 水疱瘡(みずぼうそう) | syphilis | The sickness that spreads when people are shoved into godowns (slavery), is syphilis. | |
30 | 28 | 瘍 | ヨウ | 腫○ | 腫瘍(しゅよう) | lymphoma | The piggy bank is suddenly struck down with lymphoma; lumps start appearing all over and inside its body. | ||
31 | 29 | 躁 | ソウ | ○うつ病 | 躁うつ病(そううつびょう) | manic depression | When the old man with the wooden leg is told he has to drag all the goods to the top of the tree, he spirals into manic depression. | ||
32 | 30 | 賽 | サイ | ○銭 | 賽銭(さいせん) | temple visit | On a temple visit, instead of drinking his cold ice tea, the tourist stops and indulges in some clams for lunch. | ||
33 | 31 | 駝 | ダ | 駱○ | 駱駝(らくだ) | ostrich | The horse tries to barge into the house to get at the ostrich that’s sitting on the ground laughing at it inside. | ||
34 | 32 | 呟 | つぶやく | ○く | 呟く(つぶやく) | murmur | A mouth speaking mysterious words is one that murmurs. | ||
35 | 33 | 顰 | ひそ(める)、しか(める) | ヒン | ○める、 | 顰める(しかめる、ひそめる) | scowl | Repeatedly scowling at everything you here is a sign of the lowly. | |
36 | 34 | 黶 | あざ | bruising | Under the cliff the bruised, black flesh of a dead Chihuahua rots under the sun. | ||||
37 | 35 | 痣 | あざ | 青○ | 青痣(あおあざ) | bruise | The sickness that comes from those with bad intentions, is bruising. | ||
38 | 36 | 餞 | セン | ○別 | 餞別(せんべつ) | farewell gift | The king throws two parades before he leaves. He presents a farewell gift of a ravish food feast at each. | ||
39 | 37 | 拿 | つか(む)、ひ(く) | ダ、ナ | ○捕 | 拿捕(だほ) | take into custody | The policeman fits the criminal into his hand and drags him into custody. | |
40 | 38 | 與 | あた(える)、あずか(る)、くみ(する)、ともに | ヨ | ○論 | 輿論(よろん) | bestow [old] | After winning on the spinning wheel of fortune, the lucky kid is bestowed with a walking stick and slingshot. | |
41 | 39 | 嶼 | しま | ショ | 島○ | 島嶼(とうしょ) | big island | If an island is bestowed with a big mountain, the entire island will generally be deemed a 'big island'. | |
42 | 40 | 襁 | むつき | キョウ | ○褓 | 襁褓(おしめ、むつき) | diaper | There’s no stronger cloak than a diaper. | |
43 | 41 | 褓 | むつき | ホ、ホウ | 襁○ | 襁褓(おしめ、むつき) | nappy | A cloak to protect the baby from embarrassment. | |
44 | 42 | 舐 | ねぶ(る) | シ | ○める、 | 舐める(なめる) | licking | The man says his more than odd family name, which consist entirely of licking sounds. | |
45 | 43 | 磔 | な(める) | タク | ○刑 | 磔刑(たっけい) | crucifixion | Spectators throws stones at the shade-wearing man being crucified on the wooden cross. | |
46 | 44 | 哺 | はぐく(む)、ふく(む) | ホ | 握髪吐○、○乳 | 握髪吐哺(あくはつとほ)哺乳(ほにゅう) | nurse | The nurse staples dog tags to the patients’ mouths. | |
47 | 45 | 齎 | もた(らす) | セイ,サイ,シ | ○す | 齎す(もたらす) | bring about | Wearing a top-hat, a shirt with a ‘Y’ on it (his family name), holding a dagger in his hand, the young punk brings about a trouble as he walks through the front fence posts, going to steal some money. | |
48 | 46 | 嗜 | たしなむ | シ | ○好 | 嗜好(しこう) | tastes | The elderly man likes to shove food in his mouth and experience some different tastes before he hits the grave. | |
49 | 47 | 涵 | ひた(す) | カン | ○養 | 涵養(かんよう) | nurture | A man so in love with his bins that he washes them every day and nurtures them. | |
50 | 48 | 頸 | くび | ケイ | ○椎 | 頸椎(けいつい) | Carotid | One crafty patrol grabs a man by the head and smashes his carotid with a metal sewer pipe. | |
51 | 49 | 囀 | さえず(る) | テン | ○る | 囀る(さえずる) | tweet | The bird opens its mouth and tweets furiously at the car driving through the ten rice fields. The man slams his elbow on the horn and glues it there. | |
52 | 50 | 嘴 | くちばし | シ | 鴨の○、砂○ | 鴨の嘴(カモノハシ)砂嘴(さし) | beak | The bird stops and sits down on an angled branch, opens its beaky mouth and grooms itself. | |
53 | 51 | 髻 | たぶさ,みずら,もとどり | ケイ,キツ | 髻(たぶさ) | 髻(もとどり、たきふさ)とも読む | samurai top knot | In the old times, hair used to be tied in the shape of a samurai top knot、for good luck. | |
54 | 52 | 腿 | もも | タイ | 太○、大○骨 | 太腿(ふともも)大腿骨(だいたいこつ) | thigh [old] | The flesh that gets injured from walking on tough, silver roads in the old days is your thigh. | |
55 | 53 | 髀 | ヒ | ○肉の嘆を託つ | 髀肉の嘆を託つ(ひにくのたんをかこつ) | thigh bone | A lowly skeleton is a thigh bone. | ||
56 | 54 | 彅 | なぎ | 草○くん | スマップの草彅くん | kusanagi | Kusanagi from SMAP uses a bow for pruning on Ninkyo Helper. | ||
57 | 55 | 盧 | ロ | ○溝橋事件 | 盧溝橋事件(ろこうきょうじけん) | hut | The tigers kept in the field surround the hut to get their dish of food. | ||
58 | 56 | 衍 | あまり、しく、はびこ(る) | エン | 敷○ | 敷衍(ふえん) | overflowing | Water that goes and goes will be overflowing anything. | |
59 | 57 | 鞦 | シュウ | ○韆 | 鞦韆(ぶらんこ) | push swing | With the nice weather in autumn, many kids sit on that leather seat and have a push swing. | ||
60 | 58 | 韆 | セン | 鞦○ | 鞦韆(ぶらんこ) | swings | Swings have undergone a transition from being crappy leather straps to sturdy plastic seats. | ||
61 | 59 | 褄 | つま | 辻○ | 辻褄(つじつま)が合う | dress | The cloak that your wife wears is a dress. | ||
62 | 60 | 愕 | おどろく | ガク | ○然 | 愕然(がくぜん)とする | amazement | The state of mind when your chin falls off. | |
63 | 61 | 匍 | は・う | ホ | ○匐前進 | 匍匐前進(ほふくぜんしん) | crawling | Offspring bound up in diapers crawling around. | |
64 | 62 | 匐 | ホク、フク | 匍○前進 | 匍匐前進(ほふくぜんしん) | creeping | Thieves creeping up to still the wealth man’s bundle of treasures. | ||
65 | 63 | 訝 | いぶか(る) | ガ、ゲ | 怪○ | 怪訝(けげん)な顔をする | misunderstood | Words taken like tusks into the heart have been misunderstood. | |
66 | 64 | 頷 | うなず(く)、あご | ガン、カン | ○く | 頷く(うなずく) | nod approval | A nod of approval includes a movement of the head. | |
67 | 65 | 熾 | おこ(る)、おこ(す)、さかん | シ | ○烈 | 熾烈(しれつ)な戦い | raging | A raging flame emerges from the Kazoo, killing the spectators. | |
68 | 66 | 揉 | も(む)、も(める) | ジュウ | ○む、○事 | 揉む(もむ)、揉事(もめごと) | debating | The weak debater points a soft finger at the opposition and gives soft, weak insults. | |
69 | 67 | 亂 | みだ(れる)、みだ(る)、みだ(す)、みだ(れ)、おさ(める)、わた(る) | ラン、ロン | 乱 | riot [old] | The invaders unleash their vultures and even chuck chop seals at the glass case that the defenders hold up with their elbows and crotches leaning against the glass. The riot prevails when the defenders come out and start hooking the invaders. | ||
70 | 68 | 疇 | うね、たぐい、ひと(しい) | チュウ | 範○ | 範疇(はんちゅう) | category | A rice field perfectly fits the category of longevity. They’ve been around for ages. | |
71 | 69 | 黽 | あおが(える)、つと(める) | ボウ、ビン、ベン、ミン、メン | ○便 | 黽便(びんべん) | old eel | The mouth and sun shaped shell of an old eel is split down the middle. | |
72 | 70 | 蜥 | とかげ | シャク、セキ | ○蜴 | 蜥蜴(とかげ) | lizard | The lizard chops the insects head off with its mouth and sucks its juices out. | |
73 | 71 | 蜴 | エキ | 蜥○ | 蜥蜴(とかげ) | skink | A skink can catch insects very easily.. .and eat them. | ||
74 | 72 | 爬 | か(く) | ハ | ○虫類 | 爬虫類(はちゅうるい) | reptile | Reptiles are much hunted; their claws are wantedfor making valuable mosaics. | |
75 | 73 | 斃 | たおす | ヘイ | ○死 | 斃死(へいし)、凶弾に斃れる | bloody death | A man has a shredder shoved on top of his head. Needless to say, he dies a bloody death. | |
76 | 74 | 璧 | たま | ヘキ | 完○ | 完璧(かんぺき) | perfection | The tomatoes the size of balls were perfection for creating ketchup. | |
77 | 75 | 聊 | いささか | リョウ | 無為無○ | 無為無聊(むいぶりょう) | slightly | The ears of the hare are slightly bent. Just slightly. | |
78 | 76 | 癇 | ひきつけ | カン | ○癪 | 癇癪(かんしゃく) | irritable | The sickness when you’re flesh is rearing the gate, ready to smash someone, is irritableness. | |
79 | 77 | 癪 | しゃく | 癇○ | 癇癪(かんしゃく) | spasm | The sickness that takes a large volume of energy is spasm. | ||
80 | 78 | 几 | きにょう | キ | ○帳面 | 几帳面(きちょうめん)な性格 | gale | Use your imagination. | |
81 | 79 | 旁 | つくり | ○ら | 旁ら(かたわら)、散歩旁(さんぽかたがた) | right side of character | If you stand on top of your crown holding your compass, you’re likely to miss the right side of a character, (on your crown), covered by your feet. | ||
82 | 80 | 茫 | ボウ、モウ | 蒼○ | 蒼茫(そうぼう)、茫々(ぼうぼう、もうもう) | expansive | The dead flowers hanging over the river fall off, floating away in the vast expanse of rushing water. | ||
83 | 81 | 韋 | そむ(く) | イ | ○駄天 | 韋駄天(いだてん) | tanned leather | The locket came with a tanned leather strap to be worn around the neck. | |
84 | 82 | 聳 | そびえる | ショウ | ○え立つ | 聳え立つ(そびえたつ) | escalate upwards | When escalating upwards too quickly, your ears become blocked and seem almost as if they’re no longer there. (not accompanying you) | |
85 | 83 | 靄 | もや | アイ | 朝○、和気○○ | 朝靄(あさもや)和気靄靄(わきあいあい) | mist | The light mist washes in like rain, freezing the muchacho to death and muffling his pitiful words. | |
86 | 84 | 霍 | カク | ○乱 | 霍乱(かくらん) | all of a sudden | The turkey’s out in the field when all of a sudden it starts raining, he’s struck by lightning. | ||
87 | 85 | 謳 | うたう | オウ | ○歌 | 青春を謳歌(おうか)する | singsong | The mouth that ate the box of goods cracks out in singsong out of satisfaction. | |
88 | 86 | 瀉 | くだ(す)、は(く) | シャ | 吐○ | 吐瀉(としゃ) | have diarrhoea | Stuck in your house as the lagoon flows out of you. | |
89 | 87 | 叟 | ソウ | 北叟笑む | ほくそえむ | respectable old man | The respectable old man still cooked his own food with his mortar and walking stick, but required assistance when emptying has crotch at the lavatory. | ||
90 | 88 | 踪 | あと | ソウ、ショウ | 失○ | 失踪(しっそう) | lost tracks | The wooden leg was the last remaining item of the religion, all other tracks had been lost. | |
91 | 89 | 蛆 | うじ | ソ、ショ | ○虫 | 蛆虫(うじむし) | maggot | The flies that gathered on your shelves to eat the rotting meat left a present. | |
92 | 90 | 蚯 | みみず | キュウ | ○蚓 | 蚯蚓(みみず) | earthworm | Earthworms live in hills of dirt. | |
93 | 91 | 蚓 | みみず | ズ、イン | 蚯○ | 蚯蚓(みみず) | worm | Worms are an insect you can really pull on. | |
94 | 92 | 撥 | は(ねる)、おさ(める) | ハツ、バチ | 反○ | 反撥(はんぱつ)する | collide with | In the teepee, the bowman and missile bearer collided with each other, rousing some eye gouging, and explosions. | |
95 | 93 | 獪 | わるがしこ(い) | カイ | 老○ | 老獪(ろうかい)な人物 | evil genius | The meeting of wild dogs is sure to produce some sort of evil genius plan to take over the world, and destroy the arch enemy – cat. | |
96 | 94 | 蜘 | くも | チ | ○蛛 | 蜘蛛(くも) | spider | The insect that knows how to hunt (spider web) | |
97 | 95 | 蛛 | チュ、シュ | 蜘○ | 蜘蛛(くも) | arachnid | The arachnid is a vermillion beast. It stays still, like a dead tree, then pounces when no one’s looking. | ||
98 | 96 | 拗 | すねる | ヨウ | 執○ | 執拗(しつよう)につきまとう | obstinate | In their infancy, kids are obstinate, and often give people the finger. | |
99 | 97 | 傲 | おごる | ゴウ | ○慢 | 傲慢(ごうまん)なふるまい | arrogant | Mr.T, the arrogant taskmaster he is, assures the group he’s leading them in the right direction. Until he realises his compass is filled with dirt. | |
100 | 98 | 嚥 | の(む) | エン | 誤○ | 誤嚥(ごえん)嚥下障害(えんげしょうがい) | swallowing | The mouth that swallows Swallows is swallowing them whole. | |
101 | 99 | 瑣 | ちいさ(い)、くさり | サ | ○事 | 瑣事(さじ)、 | trivial | The king, being the trivial bastard he is, requested a large order of small, freshly prepared shellfish for his dinner. | |
102 | 100 | 疵 | きず | 瑕○ | 瑕疵(かし) | injury | The sickness that forces you to stop and sit down is an injury. | ||
103 | 101 | 敲 | たたく、はたく | コウ | 推○ | 推敲(すいこう) | re-edit | You pull out your wand from your crotch and kill the tall beast. This is later re-edited to be your pocket. | |
104 | 102 | 睨 | にらむ | ゲイ | 藪○み | 藪睨み | look closely | Newborn babes often open their eyes very, very wide, as if they’re looking closely. However, their brain is unable to process anything they see. | |
105 | 103 | 貶 | けなす、さげすむ | 毀誉褒○ | 毀誉褒貶(きよほうへん)貶(おとし)める | put down | No money and in complete destitution. You’re easy to put down. | ||
106 | 104 | 侘 | わび | ○しい | 侘しい(わびしい) | alone | Mr. T, alone in his house, every night after a tough day at work. He really does have a sad life away from the A. Team. | ||
107 | 105 | 拮 | はた(らく) | カツ、ケツ、キツ | ○抗 | 勢力が拮抗(きっこう)する | Duel | You give your opponent in the duel the finger, for good luck, you know. | |
108 | 106 | 捲 | まくる、めくる | ケン | 席○ | 席捲(せっけん) | roll up | (That fingerprint is actually a snake) I use my fingers to roll up a scroll. | |
109 | 107 | 僥 | ギョウ | ○倖 | 僥倖(ぎょうこう) | serendipity | Mr.T falls over and gets a lot of dirt all over his human legs, soiling his new Denim jeans. However, after finding a hundred dollar bill in the spot he fell, he knew it was just serendipity | ||
110 | 108 | 瓊 | たま | ケイ | beautiful jewel | The excavators find what they are looking for; a massive stockpile of beautiful ancient jewels, bound up in sacks. Their eyes glare, and their walking legs tense, ready to grab their bounty and run. | |||
111 | 109 | 貪 | むさぼる | ドン | ○慾 | 貪欲(どんよく) | coveted | The prized jewel studded clock. Coveted by all. | |
112 | 110 | 焙 | ほうじる | バイ | ○煎 | 焙煎(ばいせん) | scorch | You put a muzzle on the slave and scorch them on the fire. Get back in line. | |
113 | 111 | 踵 | かかと、きびす | ショウ | ○を返す、○骨 | 踵(きびす)を返す、踵骨(しょうこつ) | heel of leg | Your heavy wooden leg breaks off at the heel, leaving you with a peg leg. | |
114 | 112 | 疆 | キョウ | ○域 | 彊域(きょういき) | border | At the border between North and South Korea, there is an extreme strengthening of armed forces. | ||
115 | 113 | 檻 | おり | カン | 折○ | 折檻(せっかん) | holding cell | In the olden days, prisoners were overlooked in a bamboo holding cell. | |
116 | 114 | 瞼 | まぶた | ケン | 二重○ | 二重瞼(ふたえまぶた) | eyelids | Eyelids are a piece of skin that protect your eyes from sharp particles that could awl your eyes. The right part of this kanji is actually the old form of awl, as in 検 etc. It'll come in handy for 舊字 | |
117 | 115 | 楚 | しもと | ソ | 清○ | 清楚(せいそ) | raw | The animals at the zoo always had a grove to roam in and fresh, raw leaves to eat. | |
118 | 116 | 蹂 | ジュウ | 人権○躙 | 人権蹂躙(じんけんじゅうりん) | step onwards | Your tough wooden leg digs into your soft flesh, but you step onwards. | ||
119 | 117 | 躙 | リン | 人権蹂○ | 人権蹂躙(じんけんじゅうりん) | edge forward | You edge forward slowly on your loud clapping wooden legs, so you can catch the escaped Turkey in front of the gates. | ||
120 | 118 | 躪 | にじり、にじる | ○り口 | trample | You edge forward, but trample over some dried flowers, the crunching alerting the turkey. | |||
121 | 119 | 毚 | うさぎ | サン、ゼン | Wild rabbit (primitive) | Two wild rabbits hold a food eating competition to compare who can eat the most cabbage. The top rabbit has its mouth bound up in a heap of cabbage. | |||
122 | 120 | 纔 | ひたた、わずか | a tad | Due to drought, the wild rabbit is forced to eating a tad of thread tied to a fence. | ||||
123 | 121 | 饂 | うどん | ウン | ○飩 | 饂飩(うどん) | udon | Udon is a profoundly good tasting food often had in take-away cups. | |
124 | 122 | 飩 | ドン、トン | 饂○ | 饂飩(うどん) | Japanese noodles | In your takeaway noodles you find an actual earthworm. This is a true Japanese noodle dish: noodles and earthworms. | ||
125 | 123 | 膠 | コウ | ○原病 | 膠原病(こうげんびょう) | stick back on | You stick the rare feathers back on to the bird’s flesh. | ||
126 | 124 | 餡 | あん | 小倉○ | 小倉餡(おぐらあん) | jam | They throw a bunch of berries in the mortar, mush it up, and stick it in the take-away box for you to take home. | ||
127 | 125 | 餃 | ギョウ、キョウ、コウ | ○子 | 餃子(ぎょうざ) | Gyoza | Everyone mingles around the Gyoza take-away shop. It’s such a popular food. | ||
128 | 126 | 羹 | あつもの | カン | 羊○ | 羊羹(ようかん) | hot soup | They roast the beautiful sheep on the fire and turn it into hot soup. | |
129 | 127 | 膾 | なます | カイ | 羹に懲りて○を吹く | 羹に懲りて膾を吹く | fish salad | A meeting of all the old, weak fish spells their capture, and fish salad. | |
130 | 128 | 悃 | コン | ○願 | 悃願(こんがん)=懇願に同じ | thoughtful | One who is thoughtful of others even when they are in a state of mind of quandary, is a good person. | ||
131 | 129 | 喩 | たとえ | ユ | 比○ | 比喩(ひゆ) | metaphor | The animal activist’s mouth spits out ethical metaphors at the meeting of butchers like a ridden flood. In return, a saber comes flying in your direction (therefore missing here) | |
132 | 130 | 蠟 | ろう | ○燭 | 蠟燭(ろうそく) | candle | An insect flees into a box from the flood that is rain, unfortunately there’s already a mouse in there eating a sheaf of cheese. The insect hides behind a candle while the mouse chases its meal. | ||
133 | 131 | 憮 | ブ | ○然 | 憮然(ぶぜん)とする | disappointment | The state of mind when there’s nothing but bitter disappointment left in the tank. | ||
134 | 132 | 鬢 | ビン | 鬢○ | 鬢髪(びんぱつ) | hair on side of temples | The hair on the side of your templesare a hair shape that can make you look like some sort of cool VIP. | ||
135 | 133 | 辟 | ヘキ | ○易 | 辟易(へきえき)する | crushed | If you had to eat a bowl of ketchup, you’d be crushed. | ||
136 | 134 | 娩 | ベン | 分○ | 分娩(ぶんべん) | bear children | A normal woman bears children. This woman bore a rabbit. | ||
137 | 135 | 卦 | ケ、ケイ | 八○ | 当たるも八卦(はっけ)当たらぬも八卦 | divination sign | The vines bore the divination sign and transformed into a magic wand. | ||
138 | 136 | 鵟 | のすり | ワシタカ科の鳥 | buzzard | The common buzzard is a tough bird. It flows over the wild dogs like the king of the sky. | |||
139 | 137 | 詹 | セン | danger (primitive) | They warned him with their words that it was dangerous, but he went near the cliff anyway, and there are his walking legs at the bottom. | ||||
140 | 138 | 澹 | タン | ○然 | 澹然と(たんぜん)と | unrevealing | The FBI throws a bucket of water over the dangerous terrorist’s head, but even then he’s unrevealing. He won’t say a thing about the next dangerous bomb he’s planted. | ||
141 | 139 | 鬥 | トウ、ドウ | 闘争すること | struggling | The two kings have a struggling fight at the gates, and they break. | |||
142 | 140 | 鬨 | とき | ○の声 | 鬨の声(ときのこえ) | battle cry | The army bands together, forge a battle cry and break down the gates. | ||
143 | 141 | 彷 | さまよう | ホウ | ○徨 | 彷徨(ほうこう) | stroll | Going around with no direction. | |
144 | 142 | 徨 | コウ | 彷○ | 彷徨(ほうこう) | wander around | When you’re going to see the emperor, it’s nice to have a wander around the castle first. | ||
145 | 143 | 弼 | ひつ | 輔佐すること | help out | With two bows, you help out with mowing down the opposing army of one hundred men. | |||
146 | 144 | 燗 | カン | 熱○ | 熱燗(あつかん) | warming saké | The homeless men gather around a fire at the gates to warm their flesh, and warm up their saké. | ||
147 | 145 | 敖 | あそ(ぶ)、おご(る) | ゴウ | leisurely | A leisurely day lost in the jungle: The taskmaster’s compass becomes filled with dirt, and you’re unable to find the direction home. | |||
148 | 146 | 贅 | ゼイ | ○沢 | 贅沢(ぜいたく) | excess | A leisurely life of using money in excess. | ||
149 | 147 | 嗅 | かぐ | キュウ | ○覚 | 嗅覚(きゅうかく) | scent | You open your mouth and gasp for air, that stinking scent is too much. | |
150 | 148 | 窩 | カ | 眼○ | 眼窩(がんか)に見える | cleavage (more accurately, the sink between the ribs) | In an accident, a rock stabs through your neck and makes a whole in your jawbone. Anything you put in your mouth sinks leaks onto your cleavage. | ||
151 | 149 | 慄 | リツ | 戦○ | 戦慄(せんりつ) | shudder | You’re in the state of mind of shuddering with fear when the chestnut tree is falling over towards you. | ||
152 | 150 | 憚 | はばかる | タン | 忌○ | 忌憚(きたん)ない意見 | reluctant | If you had two mouths, then something as simple as going out in public would put you in the state of mind of reluctance. | |
153 | 151 | 膣 | ちつ | vagina | The vagina is generally plugged up with a certain piece of flesh. | ||||
154 | 152 | 戟 | ほこり | ゲキ | 剣○、刺○ | 剣戟(けんげき)、刺戟(しげき) | irritation | If you kept falling over on the misty road during a parade, you’d get irritated too. | |
155 | 153 | 啖 | タン | ○呵 | 啖呵(たんか)をきる | declaration | Your red hot, inflamed mouth shouts out the powerful declarations. | ||
156 | 154 | 呵 | カ | 啖○ | 啖呵(たんか)をきる | strong words | With strong words blazing out of his mouth, he assures the collapsed runner that yes, he can. | ||
157 | 155 | 滔 | トウ | ○々と | 滔々(とうとう)と流れる | flowing | The calm flowing stream is disturbed by the sound of a vulture overhead, and then a mortar hits the ground. The entire city is destroyed. | ||
158 | 156 | 晰 | セキ | 頭脳明○ | 頭脳明晰(ずのうめいせき) | clear | When the sun chops through a problem and reveals light on it, things become clear. | ||
159 | 157 | 褻 | セツ | 猥○ | 猥褻(わいせつ) | filthy | Posing as an upper-class gentleman in hat and scarf, the filthy man forces himself onto the woman. | ||
160 | 158 | 傀 | カイ | ○儡 | 傀儡政権(かいらいせいけん) | puppet | Mr. T is actually a puppet controlled by a guest. His true personality is a tea drinking, church-going accountant. | ||
161 | 159 | 儡 | ライ | 傀○ | 傀儡政権(かいらいせいけん) | puppet master | Mr T. runs around many rice fields chasing after the puppet master, the evil villain. “I pity the fool who flees from the T.” | ||
162 | 160 | 蜚 | ヒ | 流言○語 | 流言蜚語(りゅうげんひご) | cockroach | Cockroaches are unbearable insects. | ||
163 | 161 | 蠊 | レン | roach | Roaches are insects condemned to caves, unable to live a normal concurrent lifestyle with humans. | ||||
164 | 162 | 爛 | ラン | 絢○豪華 | 絢爛豪華(けんらんごうか) | sore | People with sores in the old east, were often tied down to temple gates and put on fire, burning alive. | ||
165 | 163 | 竄 | ザン | 改○ | 改竄(かいざん) | edit out | The mice run out from the hole in the wall, and come and chew a page out of your notebook. Needless to say, you’re forced to edit out that part. | ||
166 | 164 | 魍 | モウ | 魑魅○魎 | 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) | nature god | The god of nature takes the form of many evil ghosts, to kill all those that leave netting to kill its animals. | ||
167 | 165 | 兩 | リョウ | 両に同じ | both (old) | In the olden days, both hanging yourself from the ceiling with your belt and getting a reverse (enter not people) assembly line of gunmen were effective ways to kill yourself. | |||
168 | 166 | 魎 | リョウ | 魑魅魍○ | 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) | mountain god | The mountain god can take the form of both a ghost and an old mountain. | ||
169 | 167 | 鬘 | かずら、かつら | ○桶 | 鬘桶(かずらおけ) | wig | Even Nelson Mandala, now in his old age, has no hair and needs a wig to get his desired style. | ||
170 | 168 | 襞 | ひだ | ○飾り | 襞飾り(ひだかざり) | crease | If you get ketchup on the crease of your clothes, you might look like you’re bleeding. | ||
171 | 169 | 掏 | する | 掏り替え | 問題の掏り替え(すりかえ) | pickpocket | The pick-pocket was in for a nasty surprise, as his fingers went into my pocket. He pulled out the tin can with the fingers of previous pick-pockets who had tried to steal my stuff! | ||
172 | 170 | 焉 | いずくんぞ | エン | 終○ | 終焉(しゅうえん) | life’s end | If you see the deformed bird of correctness flying overhead, you know your life’s come to an end. | |
173 | 171 | 惶 | コウ | 恐○謹言 | 恐惶謹言(きょうこうきんげん) | yours truly | The state of mind of the emperor is to always include ‘yours truly’ at the end of every letter. | ||
174 | 172 | 炒 | いためる | ○飯 | 炒飯(チャーハン) | stir fry | With a few flames when you flip the pan, you make stir-fry. | ||
175 | 173 | 瀟 | ショウ | ○洒 | 瀟洒(しょうしゃ)な建物 | suave | The suave janitor raked all the flowers into the old abyss, instead of disposing them properly. | ||
176 | 174 | 灑 | シャ | ○落な | 灑落な人柄 | laid back | The sunbathers were pretty laid back, reclining next to the pretty sparkling water. | ||
177 | 175 | 蹙 | しじかむ、しじむ | シュク | 顰○ | 顰蹙(ひんしゅく)を買う | smirk | Your relative smirks as he crushes your leg. | |
178 | 176 | 惧 | グ | 危○ | 危惧(きぐ)する | dread | Dread is the state of mind when you see the odd tool made of stretched human eyes. | ||
179 | 177 | 鵙 | もず | shirk bird | The Shirk is a bird that has shells covering its eyes. It is often found crashing into moving cars etc. | ||||
180 | 178 | 幀 | テイ | 装○ | 装幀(そうてい) | bookmaking | If you want to make a book properly, you have to tie up the towel strips upright to get them to stay together. | ||
181 | 179 | 舳 | へ、へさき、とも | ジク、チク、チュウ | ○先 | 舳先(へさき) | bow of a ship | The bow of a ship usually has a wooden mermaid or something sprouting off of it. | |
182 | 180 | 矜 | キョウ、キン | ○持 | 矜持(きょうじ)をたもつ | pride | The mugger with a halberd stole the man’s pocket watch. He lost all pride and felt like a beggar. | ||
183 | 181 | 黴 | かび | 青○ | 青黴(あおかび) | mould | Mould is a black substance that spreads from the ground to a trekker’s feet if he doesn't wear the proper shoes. | ||
184 | 182 | 軋 | きしむ | アツ | ○轢 | 軋轢(あつれき) | squeak | The car that had a hook shoved under the hood squeaked a lot. | |
185 | 183 | 訛 | なまり | カ | お国○り、訛声 | お国訛り(なまり)、訛声(だみごえ) | dialect | Dialect is a change in how things are said. | |
186 | 184 | 稍 | やや | ○あって | 稍あって(ややあって) | a smidge | Wheat bears just a smidge of a likeness to grain. | ||
187 | 185 | 椒 | ショウ | 胡○、山○ | 胡椒(こしょう)、山椒(さんしょう) | pepper | Your uncle grows a pepper tree. | ||
188 | 186 | 魑 | チ | ○魅魍魎 | 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) | nature spirit | The nature spirit often takes the form of a fowl. | ||
189 | 187 | 皰 | ホウ | 面○ | 面皰(にきび、めんぼう) | pimple | A face wrapped up in pimples can look like an old pelt. | ||
190 | 188 | 浚 | さらう | シュン | ○渫事業 | 浚渫事業(しゅんせつじぎょう) | dredge | A street walker can get caught in some tough situations, and as such can end up floating down stream, being dredged out from the bottom of a river. | |
191 | 189 | 鬣 | たてがみ | ライオンの○ | mane | The candle-like fiery hair style of the lion is the mane. | |||
192 | 190 | 蝟 | はりねずみ | イ | hedgehog | The hedgehog had an insect on its belly. | |||
193 | 191 | 漿 | ショウ | 血○、酸○ | 血漿(けっしょう)、酸漿(ほおずき) | berry | In the old days, berry water (wine) was the leading drink. It was drunk even more than water. | ||
194 | 192 | 疼 | うずく | トウ | ○痛 | 疼痛(とうつう) | ache | If you get a sickness in winter, you can be sure it's gonna ache. Colds and flus and all. | |
195 | 193 | 縺 | もつれる | ○れ込む | 縺れ込む(もつれこむ) | entangle | If your taken along by a car from a thread, you might get entangled. | ||
196 | 194 | 跋 | ばつ | バッ | 跳梁○扈 | 跳梁跋扈(ちょうりょうばっこ) | epilogue | In the epilogue, we discover that the deformed dog’s extra leg is actually a wooden leg, to help him balance. | |
197 | 195 | 扈 | コ | 横行跋○ | 横行跋扈(おうこうばっこ) | tag along | The door (entrance) of the city walls was opened to let out the men on a quest. You decided to tag along for the ride. | ||
198 | 196 | 瀾 | ラン | 波○万丈 | 波瀾万丈(はらんばんじょう) | dramatic | Water broke down the eastern gates and flooded the palace. It was a dramatic sight to see the king floating down the street. | ||
199 | 197 | 饉 | キン | 大飢○ | 大飢饉(だいききん) | famine | During a famine, the food handouts are nothing more than a small piece of cabbage in a Styrofoam take-away box. | ||
200 | 198 | 翳 | エイ | 陰○ | 陰翳(いんえい) | raise your hands | When a nuclear bomb is coming down, it’s no use sticking your hands up in surrender, because unless you’ve get wings to fly out of there, you’re-a-dead my boy. | ||
201 | 199 | 悸 | キ | 動○ | 動悸(どうき)がする | palpitation | When you’re in the state of mind that many seasons have passed and you’re in your old age, you might have palpitations. | ||
202 | 200 | 揶 | ヤ | ○揄 | 揶揄(やゆ)する | tease | Life at school can be hard for children with deformities. The other children often tease them, who then point out their finger and exclaim, "Look at that!" | ||
203 | 201 | 揄 | ユ | 揶○ | 揶揄(やゆ)する | make fun of | Never make fun of a koo-koo butcher. Before you know it, you are short a finger. | ||
204 | 202 | 簒 | サン | ○奪 | 纂奪(さんだつ) | usurp | If the usurpation is to go correctly, the young soldier must calculate how big the St. Bernard needs to be in order to rip of the king's elbow, killing him and leaving a messy trail of blood (the extra drop)s. | ||
205 | 203 | 寥 | リョウ | 寂○ | 寂寥(せきりょう)とした荒野 | lonesome | The bird with the rare feathers was so endangered as to the point that it had to lead a lonesome, protected life at home. | ||
206 | 204 | 裔 | エイ | 末○ | 末裔(まつえい) | scion | The family clothes business, where everyone always tried to make a deal, was passed down to every scion (descendant) in the family. | ||
207 | 205 | 辣 | ラツ | 辛○ | 辛辣(しんらつ)な批評 | severe | When you were forced to put the spicy bundle of Wasabi in your mouth, you experienced severe pain. | ||
208 | 206 | 凭 | もたれる | 背○れ | 背凭れ(せもたれ) | rest against | When there’s a strong wind, it’s your responsibility to rest against something to prevent being blown away. | ||
209 | 207 | 齧 | かじる | 脛○り | 脛齧り(すねかじり) | gnaw | When your teeth aren’t strong enough to gnaw through something, use a sword instead. | ||
210 | 208 | 囓 | かじる | 親の脛を○る | 親の脛を囓る(おやのすねをかじる) | chew through | Use your mouth to gnaw and eventually chew through something. | ||
211 | 209 | 鉤 | かぎ、はり | チ | 釣○ | 釣鉤(つりばり) | hook | The metal hook had a phrase etched into it “Don’t stick in mouth.” | |
212 | 210 | 塡 | はま-る、うず-める、は-める、ふさ-ぐ | テン、チン | stuff up [old] | This is a special spoon tool that if used correctly can shovel huge piles of dirt and fill in any hole straightaway. | |||
213 | 211 | 悧 | リ | 怜○ | 怜悧(れいり) | smart | Those that are constantly in the state of mind of how to make a profit are usually the smart ones. | ||
214 | 212 | 蛹 | さなぎ | ヨウ | ○虫 | 蛹虫(ようちゅう) | pupa | A pupa is like an insect’s pogo stick. It can hit the ground and bounce back up. | |
215 | 213 | 竦 | すくむ | 足が○む | 足が竦む(すくむ) | shrug | An old woman with a bunch of sticks on her backs stands up and shrugs them off. | ||
216 | 214 | 俎 | まないた | ソ | ○板の鯉 | 俎板(まないた)の鯉 | cutting board | One person stands on top of another to reach the cutting board on the top shelf. | |
217 | 215 | 隕 | イン | ○石 | 隕石(いんせき) | meteorite | All the employees of the pinnacle worked on designing a meteorite to crush the outside world. | ||
218 | 216 | 闊 | カツ | ○歩する | 闊歩(かっぽ)する | broad | The tall, broad gates weren’t enough to contain the lively youths who burst right through them. | ||
219 | 217 | 塹 | ザン | ○壕 | 塹壕(ざんごう)を掘る | trench | The soldiers hide in the trenches to avoid having their head chopped off by a bayonet. | ||
220 | 218 | 欒 | ラン | 一家団○ | 一家団欒(いっかだんらん) | happy families | Let the top primitive = hushed (a hushed mouth threaded shut to prevent their words). A happy family is never hushed; they’re always singing sing-along tunes while building a tree house at the top of the tree. | ||
221 | 219 | 瘤 | こぶ | リュウ | 動脈○ | 動脈瘤(どうみゃくりゅう) | cancerous tumor | Cancerous tumors are a sickness that detains your health and energy. | |
222 | 220 | 捏 | こねる、 | ネツ | ○造する | 捏造(ねつぞう)する、 | knead | To knead dough, you need to fabricate the consistency using your fingers. | |
223 | 221 | 縋 | すがる | 泣き○る | 泣き縋る(なきすがる) | rely on | The person in the wheelchair relied on being pulled away on his wheel chair by a thread attached to a car when he was chased by angry mobs. | ||
224 | 222 | 皺 | しわ | 笑い○ | 笑い皺(わらいじわ) | wrinkle | If you lay down a pelt, cover it in syrup and then stick hay to it, you will have one wrinkly and bumpy quilt. | ||
225 | 223 | 栴 | セン | ○檀 | 栴檀(せんだん)は双葉より芳し | chinaberry | The chinaberry tree is called so because it is a tree with oddly shaped-circular berries that recline (droop) down, and it is from china. | ||
226 | 224 | 茹 | ゆでる | 固○で卵 | 固茹で卵(かたゆでたまご) | effervesce | If you effervesce (boil) flowers, then they will reach a consistency with a likeness to pasta. | ||
227 | 225 | 拵 | こしらえる | 下○え | 下拵え(したごしらえ) | prepare | When preparing a cake, I suppose you better use your fingers. | ||
228 | 226 | 噎 | むせる | ○び泣き | 噎び泣き(むせびなき) | stifled | (壹 = the old form of 壱. The samurai leaves his crown on the table to warn everyone that he is the one and only ruler of the round table.). One mouth is easy to stifle. Just slap your hand over it and hold them down. | ||
229 | 227 | 儚 | はかない | ○い夢 | 儚い(はかない)夢 | fleeting | I though I was finally going to fight with Mr. T and the A Team to beat up some bad guys. But alas, it was only a fleeting dream. | ||
230 | 228 | 冤 | エン | ○罪 | 冤罪(えんざい) | false charge | The old rabbit was falsely charged of stealing the king’s crown, as the real thief who set up the poor bunny stood nearby sniggering. | ||
231 | 229 | 蜻 | セイ | ○蛉 | 蜻蛉(かげろう、とんぼ) | dragonfly | When dragonflies are growing up, they carry 1 yen pieces around for exercise. | ||
232 | 230 | 蛉 | レイ | 蜻○ | 蜻蛉(かげろう、とんぼ) | moon moth | Moon moths are insects that don't take orders from nobody; they'd rather be off playing with the dragonflies. | ||
233 | 231 | 翅 | はね | シ | 有○昆虫 | 有翅昆虫(ゆうしこんちゅう) | insect wings | Insect wings are more like little transparent branches coming from an insect’s back, rather than wings. | |
234 | 232 | 蟋 | シツ | ○蟀 | 蟋蟀(こおろぎ、きりぎりす) | cricket | Crickets are insects that make noise without exception | ||
235 | 233 | 蟀 | シュツ | 蟋○ | 蟋蟀(こおろぎ、きりぎりす) | cricket insect | Crickets are insects with a high noise versus annoyance ratio. | ||
236 | 234 | 顳 | こめかみ | temple | If you had three ears, I guess your third temple would be on the top of your head. | ||||
237 | 235 | 顬 | こめかみ | temples on the side of the head | Temples are quite a demanding part of the head. Needing protection from injuries and all that. | ||||
238 | 236 | 婁 | たたら | ロウ | ○宿 | 寠宿(たたらぼし) | bond constellation | The bond constellation looked like a monstrous woman with two mouths, who needed to be exercised by the cross. As a primitive, we’ll call this housewife. | |
239 | 237 | 螻 | けら | ○蛄 | 螻蛄(おけら) | mole cricket | The mole cricket is an insect resembling a normal housewife. | ||
240 | 238 | 蛄 | けら | 螻○ | 螻蛄(おけら) | mole-like cricket | The mole-like cricket is an insect that can live to old ages. The oldest one recorded was a staggering 248 years old (true story) | ||
241 | 239 | 唸 | うなる | ○リ声 | 唸り声(うなりごえ) | moan | No matter how much I moan and groan to my parents about my wishes, I will have to wait. Imagine wishes spilling forth from a mouth. | ||
242 | 240 | 墟 | キョ | 廃○ | 廃墟(はいきょ) | ruins | Ruins are building and structures reduced to voids of dirt. | ||
243 | 241 | 埒 | らち、 | 不○ | 不埒(ふらち)な奴 | bounds | The leaders walk around and draw the bounds of the battlefield in the dirt. | ||
244 | 242 | 秣 | まぐさ、うまぐさ | マツ | 糧○ | 糧秣(りょうまつ) | fodder | Cattle are fed wheat that has reached its extremity (grain) as fodder, causing an environmental disaster. | |
245 | 243 | 轢 | ひく | レキ | ○死 | 轢死(れきし) | friction | Sad music plays as the car slams its breaks, but without enough friction on the wet road, slams into the person crossing the road. | |
246 | 244 | 嗚 | ああ | ウ、オ | ○咽 | 嗚咽(おえつ)、 | weep | The crow begins to weep because it gets Tabasco on its mouth (beak). | |
247 | 245 | 謐 | ヒツ | 静○ | 静謐(せいひつ) | tranquil | The monk: A very tranquil person who invariably says few words and owns nothing but his robe and his dish to collect food in. | ||
248 | 246 | 橙 | だいだい | トウ | ○色 | 橙色(だいだいいろ) | bitter orange | Bitter oranges take a long time to ripen and fall off; so orange pickers invariably have to ascend the tree to pick them | |
249 | 247 | 滓 | かす | シ | 残○ | 残滓(ざんし) | dregs | Superintendant Chalmers hated the dregs of his wine, and took the liberty of emptying them on Skinner whenever they were at dinner. | |
250 | 248 | 囮 | おとり | ○捜査 | 囮捜査(おとりそうさ) | lure | LureMr. T into a cell and watch him change. After a while he’ll lose his anger and even sit down. | ||
251 | 249 | 擽 | くすぐる | 擽ったい | 擽ったい(くすぐったい) | ticklish | When you tickle someone with your fingers, the Benny Hill theme music starts playing in the background. | ||
252 | 250 | 殲 | メツ | ○滅 | 殲滅(せんめつ) | annihilation | Following the annihilation, the army uses bones as lottery balls to decide who gets greater food rations, seeing as they used all the bamboo on killing the people. | ||
253 | 251 | 戮 | リク | 殺○ | 殺戮(さつりく) | massacre | (The left primitive of rare + wings appears in many kanji, so we’ll give it the meaning of ‘albatross’) The parade of albatrosses, held for the citizens to witness the Albatrosses beginning their seasonal flocking, was interrupted by a group of hunters who began to shoot and massacre them. In return, the police began firing at the hunters. | ||
254 | 252 | 曾 | ソウ、ヒイ | ○祖父 | 曾祖父(そうそふ) | past | Let the middle primitive = smashed window. In the past, people used to accuse people of being the devil himself, horns and all, and went around smashing windows of the accused, burning them alive after the sun goes down. | ||
255 | 253 | 梳 | とく、すく、 | 髪を○かす | 髪を梳かす(とかす) | comb hair | You comb your hair with a wooden brush in order to work out the tufts and make it look flowing again. | ||
256 | 254 | 乍 | ながら | 居○らにして | 居乍ら(いながら)にして | while | Make sure you never multitask while using a saw. Next time you look back you could have a missing finger. | ||
257 | 255 | 雖 | いえども | 中らずと○も | 中(あた)らずと雖(いえど)も遠からず | not even | When we think of insects, not even the biggest insects have a mouth big enough to catch a Turkey. | ||
258 | 256 | 嬪 | ピン | 別○さん | 別嬪(べっぴん)さん | babe | Babes (attractive women) generally get ahead of the queue when entering nightclubs etcetera, being treated likeVIPs. | ||
259 | 257 | 檸 | ネイ、ドウ | ○檬 | 檸檬(レモン) | lemon | I’d rather eat the tree that the lemon comes from than the lemon itself. Damn sour fruit. | ||
260 | 258 | 檬 | モウ | 檸○ | 檸檬(レモン) | lemon tree | Lemon trees must be in a darkened place like a greenhouse to flourish. | ||
261 | 259 | 咀 | ソ | ○嚼 | 咀嚼(そしゃく) | munch | You go through the shelves in your kitchen looking for something to stick in your mouth and munch on. | ||
262 | 260 | 咬 | かむ | コウ | 不正○合 | 不正咬合(ふせいこうごう) | masticate | It is a common human tradition to come together and mingle whilst masticating (chewing) food in our mouths. | |
263 | 261 | 緻 | チ | ○密 | 緻密(ちみつ) | fine | If the thread doth fit through the eye of the needle, it is fine thread indeed. | ||
264 | 262 | 咄 | はなし、しか(る) | トツ | ○嗟 | 咄嗟(とっさ) | split second | One of those classic scenes where the person spits (exits) all the food out of their mouth in a split second. | |
265 | 263 | 嗟 | あ、ああ、なげ(く) | サ、シャ | 咄○ | 咄嗟(とっさ)に手が出る | just a tick | “I’ll be with you in just a tick”, says the bank teller, shouting out of her mouth. However, it was still hard to distinguish her voice over the rest of the cacophony of voices in the noisy bank. | |
266 | 264 | 縷 | ル | 一○ | 一縷(いちる)の望み | morsel | I give my housewife a morsel of thread, and she can’t even make me a t-shirt.What is that!? (Joke, joke) | ||
267 | 265 | 礫 | レキ | 瓦○ | 瓦礫(がれき)の山 | pebble | Pebbles are small rocks that are fun to throw. | ||
268 | 266 | 跏 | カ | 半○思惟像 | 半跏思惟像(はんかしいぞう) | lotus position | When performing the lotus position, it requires you to add one leg on top of the other. Which could be problematic for those with wooden legs. | ||
269 | 267 | 趺 | フ | 結跏○坐 | 結跏趺坐(けっかふざ) | cross legs | Your husband who has two wooden legs tries to cross his legs at a yoga session. Needless to say, after a lot of effort and embarrassment, he walks out before the session begins. | ||
270 | 268 | 朦 | モウ | ○朧 | 朦朧(もうろう) | groggy | A groggy, drunk bum wandering through the darkened streets under the moonlight. | ||
271 | 269 | 朧 | ロウ | 朦○ | 意識が朦朧(もうろう)とする | hazy | Though your memory is hazy, you faintly remember the huge, fleshy old dragon hurdling towards you just before you fainted. | ||
272 | 270 | 囃 | はやす | 五人○子 | 五人囃子(ごにんばやし) | jeer | The kids gang around the smaller one and start jeering him by shouting miscellaneous things out of their mouths. | ||
273 | 271 | 攀 | よじる | ハン | 登○ | 登攀(とうはん) | climb | The owner climbed to the top of the small mound, raised his hand, and threw the sheaves of food into the grove for his dog to chase. | |
274 | 272 | 閂 | かんぬき | door bolt | The door bolt is a bar you place across your gate to prevent intruders. | ||||
275 | 273 | 慂 | ヨウ | 慫○ | 慫慂(しょうよう) | infer | You want to let your feelings come gushing from your heart, but you settle with inferring your feelings with cards, flowers etcetera. | ||
276 | 274 | 諂 | へつらう | 媚び○う | 媚び諂う(へつらう) | suck up to | To suck up to your boss, who enjoys cooking, you buy him a mortar, wrap it up and write words of flattery on the card. | ||
277 | 275 | 媚 | こびる | ○び諂う | 媚(こ)び諂う | curry favour with | The woman tried to curry favor with the chimpira by offering to shave his eyebrows for him. | ||
278 | 276 | 茵 | しとね | mattress | Flowers causing too much irritation and itchiness to sleep on were the causes that led to the invention of the mattress. | ||||
279 | 277 | 懊 | オウ | 煩悶○悩 | 煩悶懊悩(はんもんおうのう) | vexed | Vexed is the state of mind when the core of your soul is hurting and you just can’t find a solution to your problems. | ||
280 | 278 | 薐 | レン | ほうれんそう | spinach leaves | Spinach leaves are considered a flowery food of the rich, therefore the imperial orders are that they be served at every government gathering. | |||
281 | 279 | 憬 | あこがれ | ケイ | 憧○ | 憧憬(どうけい)の眼差し | desire | When it comes to scenery, desire is a state of mind many people hold. Stuck in their boring urban cities. | |
282 | 280 | 慟 | ドウ | ○哭 | 慟哭(どうこく) | grief | When you’re in the state of mind grief, you don’t even have the will to move your body. | ||
283 | 281 | 哭 | コク | 慟○ | 慟哭(どうこく) | wail | The dog with two mouths can wail twice as loud. Imagine how much that would annoy the neighbours. | ||
284 | 282 | 摯 | シ | 真○ | 真摯(しんし)に受け止める | earnest | The earnest look out for others: when you fall over, they’ll tenaciously grab your hand and pull you back up. | ||
285 | 283 | 訃 | フ | ○報 | 訃報(ふほう)に接する | obituary | Harry Potter's obituary was just a few words long: 'Guy who killed Voldemort'. He was buried with his favourite magic wand that he used to perform all of his augury. | ||
286 | 284 | 謔 | ギャク | 諧○ | 諧謔(かいぎゃく)を弄する | humour | Humour is often harmless, but if you go over the top, your words can tyrannise someone else. | ||
287 | 285 | 徘 | ハイ | ○徊 | 徘徊(はいかい)する | prowl | The prowler goes around looking around for his next victim, with un-friendly actions in mind. | ||
288 | 286 | 徊 | カイ | 徘○ | 徘徊(はいかい)する | roam | Modern day roaming: Going around the block many times, hoping for something exciting to happen. | ||
289 | 287 | 錮 | コ | 禁○刑 | 禁錮刑(きんこけい) | imprisoned | The imprisoned criminal grew hardened due to the many years he spent behind the metal bars in the prison. | ||
290 | 288 | 恣 | シ | ○意的 | 恣意的(しいてき) | arbitrary | The arbitrary person never has the heart to consider the next person over; they do only what benefits themselves. | ||
291 | 289 | 毯 | タン | 絨○ | ペルシャ絨毯(じゅうたん) | carpet | Carpet made with synthetic fur would inflame every time a static spark was conducted. | ||
292 | 290 | 睫 | まつげ | 付け○毛 | 付け睫毛(つけまつげ) | eyelashes | When I accidentally whacked myself in the eye with the garden rake, I lost all of my eyelashes and partial vision. | ||
293 | 291 | 姜 | ガ | 生○ | 生姜(しょうが) | ginger root | A sheepish little girl ate a magical ginger root ... suddenly she could only talk like a sheep! Actually it was just sour, not magical, and it wore off quite fast. | ||
294 | 292 | 來 | く(る)、きた(る)、きた(す)、き(たす)、き(たる) | ライ、タイ | 来、に同じ | come [old] | A couple of lovers hiding in a tree, about to come on each other. | ||
295 | 293 | 麩 | ふ | 生○ | 生麩(なまふ)、 | gluten | Husbands who were fed up with old plain old barley, made gluten as a replacement to meat, so they could enjoy their vegan diet. | ||
296 | 294 | 緬 | メン | 縮○ | 縮緬(ちりめん) | silk crepe | If you make your mask out of silk crepethread, your face will be in for a smooth, sensational experience. | ||
297 | 295 | 甸 | かり | デン、テン | 緬甸(ビルマ) | 羅甸語(ラテンご) | burma | Seeing as Burma is a third world country, most of its inhabitants are bound up working in rice fields. | |
298 | 296 | 嘸 | さぞ、 | ○かし、 | 嘸かし(さぞかし) | I can just imagine | I can just imagine how annoying it would be to have nothing, no food or water, to put into your mouth for a long time. | ||
299 | 297 | 掬 | すくう | ○い投げ | 掬い投げ(すくいなげ) | scoop | Dig your fingers into the bottom of the rice cooker to scoop out the last crusts, bound up in squished pieces of rice. | ||
300 | 298 | 蹲 | うずくまる | ソン | ○踞 | 蹲踞(そんきょ) | crouch | You'll often find that revered old men have wooden legs, making it very hard for them to crouch. | |
301 | 299 | 噪 | ソウ | 喧○ | 街中の喧噪(けんそう) | noisy | A noisy mouth haggling over the price of furniture. | ||
302 | 300 | 憫 | ビン | 憐○ | 憐憫(れんびん) | feel sorry for | As you’re leaving the retirement home, you can’t help but feel sorry for the people in there when you see the sentence crested on the gate: ‘Please keep shut to prevent escapees’. | ||
303 | 301 | 諍 | いさかい | ○い | 諍い(いさかい)が絶えない | bicker | You shout out some words and bicker as the vulture tries to steal your rake from you while collecting the leaves. | ||
304 | 302 | 鏤 | ちりばめる | ロウ、ル | ○める、彫心○骨 | 鏤(ちりば)める、彫心鏤骨(ちょうしんるこつ) | studded | We all know the deal, your housewife wants a gold, diamond-studded ring for Christmas and that’s all. | |
305 | 303 | 邊 | 辺に同じ | 海○ | 海邊(うみべ) | environs [old] | As oneself takes the wrong road home, they lose their direction, and as they struggle to walk in the dark, stumble into an unfilled hole; being forced to spend the night enduring the might of the environs. They freeze to death. | ||
306 | 304 | 吝 | しわい、おしむ | リン | ○でない、○嗇 | 吝(やぶさ)かでない、吝嗇(りんしょく) | cheap | A cheap person will open their mouth and spit out as many sentences as necessary to get the price bumped down. | |
307 | 305 | 嗇 | やぶさ(か)、おし(む) | ショク | 吝○ | 吝嗇(りんしょく) | stingy | A stingy person sits in mediation at a public toilet and ponders all the times he’s stolen toilet paper from public toilets to save money. | |
308 | 306 | 誂 | あつらえる | ○える、お○え向き | 誂(あつら)える、お誂(あつら)え向き | ideal | The ideal situation would be that a fortuneteller’s words actually did portend the future. | ||
309 | 307 | 抒 | ジョ | ○情 | 抒情(じょじょう) | lyrics | Beforehand, you could slap your fingers on the frets and get some good lyrics going straight away. These days, the lyrics have all dried up. | ||
310 | 308 | 俯 | うつむく、うつぶせ | フ | ○く、○角 | 俯(うつむ)く、俯角(ふかく)、 | hang head in shame | Mr.Thung his head in shame when it was announced that he had an affair with an intern during his term in the municipality. | |
311 | 309 | 燵 | タツ | 炬○ | 炬燵(こたつ) | kotatsu | The accomplished come home to a nice, warm kotatsu; and the poor come home to a dank, semi-warm fire-place | ||
312 | 310 | 燻 | いぶす、 | クン | ○製、 | 燻製(くんせい) | smoke out | You need a lot of fire (two fires) to smoke out a heavy bear. Even better, just leave it be. | |
313 | 311 | 嫋 | しなやか | ジョウ | 余韻○○ | 余韻嫋嫋(よいんじょうじょう) | elegant | The most elegant women are also generally the weakest women. Breaking out in tears at a sad story,broken nail etc. | |
314 | 312 | 痙 | つる | ケイ | ○攣 | 痙攣(けいれん) | cramps | Cramps are a sickness you experience you if you spend too much time working down in the sewers, breathing in the noxious air. | |
315 | 313 | 攣 | レン | 痙○ | 痙攣(けいれん) | stiffness | You can try and look tough by hushing up when you get stiffness in your hand, however most people will let out a small whimper. | ||
316 | 314 | 魃 | バツ | 旱○ | 旱魃(かんばつ) | dry spell | You know that as soon as a ghostof a possessed dog appear that the country is in for a dry spell coming summer. | ||
317 | 315 | 胛 | かいがね | コウ | 肩○骨 | 肩胛骨(けんこうこつ) | shoulder blade | Your flesh shields your shoulder blade from harm, and roots your arm and shoulder together. | |
318 | 316 | 鍼 | はり | シン | ○灸 | 鍼灸(しんきゅう) | acupuncture | The acupuncture, far from relaxing, feels like a march of metal spears into your skin, as you scream from your mouth. | |
319 | 317 | 鉈 | なた | 大○ | 大鉈(おおなた)をふるう | machete | A metal knife poachers often use to kill snakes | ||
320 | 318 | 邂 | カイ | ○逅 | 邂逅(かいこう) | chance encounter | As the story unravels, the two main characters meet on an obscure country road by a chance encounter. From here, the plot thickens. | ||
321 | 319 | 逅 | コウ | 邂○ | 邂逅(かいこう) | run into | On your way to work, you run into the empress on the side of the road, her limousine broken down. You give her a loud, long, pretentious toot. | ||
322 | 320 | 搦 | からめる | 雁字○め | 雁字搦め(がんじがらめ) | roundabout approach | The Yakuza have no use for roundabout approaches. If they want to get someone talking, they’ll attack the fingers, one of the weakest parts of your body. | ||
323 | 321 | 鰓 | えら | ○呼吸 | 鰓呼吸(えらこきゅう) | gills | Fish use their gills to get oxygen for their brain and heart. | ||
324 | 322 | 愍 | ビン | 不○ | 不愍(ふびん) | empathise with | When electing a leader, the people tend to like a taskmaster with some heart, who can empathise with people. | ||
325 | 323 | 遽 | キョ | 急○ | 急遽(きゅうきょ) | hastily | The tiger and sow hastily sprint down the road to get their sabers and make it back for their 12:30 performance of the pirate drama. | ||
326 | 324 | 睥 | ながしめ、み(る) | ヘイ | ogle | Ogling is a lowly activity of your eyes. | |||
327 | 325 | 饐 | すえる | ○える | 饐える(すえる) | spoil | If you leave even the takeaway box open with even just one small piece of food left, you can bet it’ll spoil overnight. | ||
328 | 326 | 罹 | かかる | リ | ○患 | 罹患(りかん) | get sick | Getting sick leaves you with a lot of time to eye over the world from your bed and ponder what to do with your life. | |
329 | 327 | 攫 | さらう | カク | 掻っ○う、一○千金 | 掻っ攫う(かっさらう)、一攫千金(いっかくせんきん) | snatch up | The pirates attack the vessel and snatch up all of the golden-eye jewels with their fingers. | |
330 | 328 | 虱 | しらみ | 毛○ | 毛虱(けじらみ) | lice | Gnats kick the crap out of lice. While lice can't even fly in half a wind, the gnats are storming through hurricanes and cyclones. | ||
331 | 329 | 蝨 | だに、しらみ | ○潰し | しらみつぶしに捜す | louse | Lice are insects that travel in pairs, sticking their hookshaped needles into your skin and riding with you to the next victim. | ||
332 | 330 | 刳 | えぐる、くる、 | ○り貫く | 刳り貫く(くりぬく) | hollow out | The samurai boasts about how he hollowed out his opponent's insides with one simple stroke of his saber | ||
333 | 331 | 龕 | ガン | ○燈 | 龕燈(がんどう) | Buddhist alcove | Buddhists respect the life of all beings, the Buddhist alcove is where the ghosts of dragons past, meet | ||
334 | 332 | 萃 | スイ | 抜○ | 抜萃(ばっすい) | excerpt | The graduate walked up on stage, accepted his bouquet of flowers and poet of the year award, and then gave an excerpt of his latest poem in appreciation. The speech lasted 15 minutes. | ||
335 | 333 | 膵 | スイ | ○臓 | 膵臓(すいぞう) | pancreas | The scientist stands up and gives an excerpt of his research into how the pancreas interacts with other parts of the body. The fifth graders are less then enthralled. | ||
336 | 334 | 悍 | おぞましい | カン | 精○ | 精悍(せいかん)な顔つき | horror | Imagine the state of mind of the farmer when he hears dry weather is coming – pure horror. | |
337 | 335 | 籐 | ふじ | トウ | ○椅子 | 籐椅子(とういす) | rattan | Rattan is a type of bamboo used to make furniture etcetera; it grows on wisteria trees right next to the flowers. | |
338 | 336 | 嗤 | わらう | シ | ○う | 嗤う(わらう) | pretentious laugh | The insects hovering gave a pretentious laugh from their mouths as they watched the landslide beneath. | |
339 | 337 | 灌 | カン | ○漑 | 灌漑(かんがい) | souse [old] | Even in the old days, a wetPegasus was still a dead Pegasus. | ||
340 | 338 | 蕾 | つぼみ | ライ | ○む | 蕾む(つぼむ) | flower bud | After the violent, unnatural thunderstorm, the flowers developed flower buds at an uneery speed. What kind of vitamin did the rain contain? | |
341 | 339 | 竟 | ついに | キョウ | 畢○ | 畢竟(ひっきょう) | finally | That annoying SOUND from our living room has FINALLY stopped, as if the SOUND had just WALKED right out the door. | |
342 | 340 | 諷 | フウ | ○刺 | 諷刺(ふうし) | satire | “Satire is words full of wind, all stupidity and no substance.” says the politician. | ||
343 | 341 | 蠍 | さそり | カツ | ○座 | 蠍座(さそりざ) | scorpius | Lacking food for days, the Muchacho picks up a scorpius-insect (scorpion) off the ground and eats it. | |
344 | 342 | 贄 | にえ | 生○ | 生贄(いけにえ) | human sacrifice | The human sacrifice was very tenacious in his attempts to escape, and even tried to use money to bribe himself out, all to no avail. | ||
345 | 343 | 扁 | ひらたい | ヘン | ○桃腺 | 扁桃腺(へんとうせん) | vertically flat | Comic books are vertically flat objects. | |
346 | 344 | 櫚 | リン、ロ | 棕○ | 棕櫚(しゅろ) | hemp palm | Hemp palm trees are usually found at village entrances as they're green all year around and give the village a Hollywood feel | ||
347 | 345 | 碌 | ろく | ○に | 碌に(ろくに)見ない | hardly | Rocks and ricehardly share any mutual characteristics | ||
348 | 346 | 緞 | タン | 絨○ | 絨緞(じゅうたん) | stage curtain | Stage curtains are thick and durable, to prevent people seeing the stage. Therefore, they must be made from the highest-grade thread. | ||
349 | 347 | 卉 | 木 | 花○園芸 | 花卉園芸(かきえんげい) | flowering plant | Two hands hold ten flowering plants, trying to sell them to passerbys. | ||
350 | 348 | 蔬 | ソ | ○菜 | 蔬菜(そさい) | greens (vegetables) | This particular transcript documents the health benefits between eating greens and other flowery vegetables. | ||
351 | 349 | 當 | 当に同じ | hit [old] | After the tractor accidentally hit the outhouse, it went flying into the nearby rice field, covering the occupant in a thick coat of excrement. | ||||
352 | 350 | 蟷 | トウ | ○螂 | 蟷螂(かまきり、とうろう) | praying mantis | Never hit a praying mantis; their name may make them sound like a peaceful insect, but they'll knock you back if you agitate them. | ||
353 | 351 | 迸 | ほとばしる | ○り出る | 迸り出る(ほとばしりでる) | gush out | People come gushing out onto the roads, puzzled by the water gushing out of the cracks in the road. Perhaps some sort of puzzle. | ||
354 | 352 | 殷 | イン | yin dynasty | In the Yin Dynasty, nobody was using missiles. It was all sticks and stones back then. | ||||
355 | 353 | 慇 | イン | ○懃無礼 | 慇懃無礼(いんぎんぶれい) | cordial | People living in the Yin Dynasty hardened by the brutal rule of feudalism, had no hearts, and were anything but cordial. | ||
356 | 354 | 懃 | ギン | 慇○無礼 | 慇懃無礼(いんぎんぶれい) | amicable | The amicable are diligent at everything they do and always put their heart into it. Note the extra stroke in the cabbage primitive. | ||
357 | 355 | 篆 | テン | ○刻 | 篆刻(てんこく) | seal engraving | Bamboo is mutually as useless for seal engraving as a sow is for pulling carts. | ||
358 | 356 | 忖 | ソン | ○度 | 忖度(そんたく) | surmise | It’s hard to surmise one’s state of mind if their mouth is glued shut. | ||
359 | 357 | 嘶 | いななく | ○き起こる | 嘶き(いななき) | neigh | A horse opens its mouth and neighs about the person sitting on its back here. | ||
360 | 358 | 奸 | カン | ○計 | 奸計(かんけい) | villainous | A woman who is dry is villainous. Interpret that as you like. | ||
361 | 359 | 浣 | カン | ○腸 | 浣腸(かんちょう) | enema | An enema is the perfect way to get the ‘waters’ flowing. | ||
362 | 360 | 擲 | なげうつ | テキ | 乾坤一○ | 乾坤一擲(けんこんいってき) | hurl | You wrap your fingers around the fist-sized stone and hurl it into the face of your opponent. You know, as a courtesy | |
363 | 361 | 鹹 | からい | カン | ○水 | 鹹水(かんすい) | salty | After all the salt mines dry up, the people go on marches to demand rock salt to stick in their mouth. They don’t want none of that sea salt crap. | |
364 | 362 | 轍 | テツ | 途○もない | 途轍もない(とてつもない) | wheel tracks | Think of a toy car set. If you don't remove the cars that have broken down on the electric wheel tracks, the cars behind it will smash right into it. | ||
365 | 363 | 啀 | いがむ | ガイ | ○み合う | lock horns (argue) | People who can’t keep their mouth shout often lock horns all day until the sun passes under the horizon. | ||
366 | 364 | 髷 | まげ | 大銀杏○ | 大銀杏髷(おおいちょうまげ) | topknot | A topknot was used in the samurai days. They put their hair in a special shape and then bend it back onto itself | ||
367 | 365 | 耄 | ほうける | モウ | ○碌 | 耄碌(もうろく) | senile | Senile old men living by themselves eventually stop trekking out of the house, stop getting haircuts, and let their fur grow freely over their body. | |
368 | 366 | 麝 | ジャ | ○香 | 麝香(じゃこう) | musk | Deer are often shot for their musk. | ||
369 | 367 | 饒 | ジョウ | ○舌 | 饒舌(じょうぜつ) | talkative | It’s serendipity that eating and drinking can produce talkativeness. | ||
370 | 368 | 迚 | とても | very very | To fall in a hole in a road is very unlikely, and very very unlucky. | ||||
371 | 369 | 鏃 | やじり | ぞく | 石○ | 石鏃(せきぞく) | head of an arrow | The head of an arrow is the most important part of the arrow, and therefore the tribes take great care crafting the metal points. | |
372 | 370 | 釉 | うわぐすり | ユウ | ○薬 | 釉薬(ゆうやく) | glaze | Glaze is made from the secretion of a special type of root. The roots are so large that they leave a noticeable track when they are uprooted. | |
373 | 371 | 鯱 | しゃちほこ | ○張る | 鯱張る(しゃちこばる) | killer whale | The killer whale is a fish with a undeserved reputation. People say it is like a tiger stalking pray and killing people indiscriminately. However they are gentle animals, more like tony the tiger than this kind | ||
374 | 372 | 衒 | てらう | ゲン | 女○、○学者 | 女衒(ぜげん)、衒学者(げんがくしゃ) | show off | The mysterious man dressed in white cotton turns on his Michael Jackson greatest hits tape and starts showing offon the boulevard. | |
375 | 373 | 賺 | すかす | 宥め○す | 宥め賺す(なだめすかす) | coax | A hand over of money concurrently with a wink of the eye will coax anyone into anything. | ||
376 | 374 | 禊 | みそぎ | ○祓 | 禊祓(みそぎはらえ) | ablution | Religious followers make the pledge to travel to the altar every year for their ablutions. | ||
377 | 375 | 穢 | きたない、けがす | ○れのない | 穢(けが)れのない | disgraced | The end of year party ended in disgrace when it became clear that all the wheat had been harvested early and nothing remained for the event. | ||
378 | 376 | 縊 | くびる | イ | ○死 | 縊死(いし) | hanging | Hanging yourself by a thread is to no one’s benefit. | |
379 | 377 | 篦 | へら | ペイ | 靴○、竹○返し | 靴箆(くつべら)、竹箆返し(しっぺがえし) | spatula [old] | Compared to the other evil villains, practically no one hesitated when it came to the bamboo-spatula wielding chef-o-tron. | |
380 | 378 | 梃 | てこ | チョウ | 金○、変○りん | 金梃(かなてこ)、変梃りん(へんてこりん)な、 | lever | The mental patient was dragged into the courts using a wooden lever. | |
381 | 379 | 贔 | ヒ | ○屓 | 贔屓(ひいき) | favouritism | Those with lots of money will always be shown favouritism. | ||
382 | 380 | 屓 | キ | 贔○ | 贔屓(ひいき) | partiality | Wave a flag and thrown around some money, and everyone will become partial to you. | ||
383 | 381 | 篳 | まがき | ヒチ、ヒツ | ○篥 | 篳篥(ひちりき) | hichiriki | If you construct your Hichiriki out of bamboo, you must remember to soak it lastly, otherwise the bamboo will be too brittle. | |
384 | 382 | 篥 | リキ、リツ、リチ | 篳○ | 篳篥(ひちりき) | hichiriki flute | The two must common materials a hichiriki flute is made from: chestnut wood and bamboo. | ||
385 | 383 | 邇 | ジ | recently | If you see a pothole in a road, just let it be. Let someone else fill it in. | ||||
386 | 384 | 荼 | ダ | ○毘、曼○羅 | 荼毘(だび)にふす、曼荼羅(まんだら) | weed | Too many flowers and weeds will start to appear. | ||
387 | 385 | 蜀 | ショク | 玉○黍 | 玉蜀黍(とうもろこし) | corn | Insects burrow under the husks of corn to lay their eggs. Imaging ripping off the husk bounding the insects in, and having it rocket out, flying straight out into your eye. | ||
388 | 386 | 嚔 | はなひる | ○る | sneeze | While attending to his crowned master on the throne, the servant accidentally sneezed into the open mouth of his samurai superior. Needless to say, this got him banished to working the rice fields, and a rough elbow to the face, which took many months to mend. | |||
389 | 387 | 髢 | かもじ | hairpiece | Scorpions, while some consider them stylish, are very dangerous to use as hairpieces. | ||||
390 | 388 | 嗽 | すすぐ | ソウ | 含○ | 含嗽(うがい) | gargle in your mouth | Shove a bunch of pills in your mouth, tilt your head back like you’re yawning and gargle away. | |
391 | 389 | 淘 | トウ | 自然○汰 | 自然淘汰(しぜんとうた) | natural selection | If water leaks from the pottery, it’s naturally, selected for disposal. | ||
392 | 390 | 瀑 | バク | ○布 | 瀑布(ばくふ) | cascade | The amazing cascades shoot out water in a great outburst far more than a typical waterfall. It's almost like an explosion of water. | ||
393 | 391 | 亢 | コウ | ○進 | 亢進(こうしん) | burgeon | Your top hat gets caught in the burgeoning wind and is sucked into the spiraling tornado. | ||
394 | 392 | 獰 | ドウ | ○猛 | 獰猛(どうもう) | ferocious | Wild dogs can be rather ferocious animals. | ||
395 | 393 | 鞣 | なめす、なめし | ○革 | 鞣革(なめしがわ) | tan | When you tan soft leather (decomposing skin) with potent industrial poisons, it takesa hardened form. | ||
396 | 394 | 齟 | ソ | ○語 | 齟齬(そご) | discrepancy | During the heated discrepancy, the man pushes his partner into a shelf, knocking out her tooth. | ||
397 | 395 | 炸 | サク | ○裂 | 炸裂(さくれつ) | explosive material | Explosive material is used to create fire bombs. | ||
398 | 396 | 翡 | ヒ | ○翠 | 翡翠(ひすい) | jade | Jade is a hard type of rock, completely un-like soft feathers. | ||
399 | 397 | 佇 | たたずむ | チョ | ○立 | 佇立(ちょりつ) | home quarters | Mr. T’s home quarters are nothing more than a few cardboard boxes nailed together. He shouldn’t have blown all his money on that gold jewellery. | |
400 | 398 | 鱶 | ふか | ○鰭 | 鱶鰭(ふかひれ) | giant shark | Foster a fish well enough and he might grow up into a giant shark. | ||
401 | 399 | 甕 | かめ、もたい | 酒○ | 酒甕(さかがめ) | jug | If you hug a wet clay tile into a round shape, a jug is created. | ||
402 | 400 | 骰 | サイ | ○子 | 骰子(さいころ) | dice | Dice are little bone-like cubes that you end up chucking like missiles at your opponent after you lose the game. | ||
403 | 401 | 瀚 | カン | 浩○ | 浩瀚(こうかん) | voluminous | Quills require a voluminous amount of watery ink. | ||
404 | 402 | 撓 | トウ | 不○不屈 | 不撓不屈(ふとうふくつ) | bent | It was serendipity when you bent your finger in the car door. | ||
405 | 403 | 奢 | おごる | シャ | 華○ | 華奢(きゃしゃ) | treat | Everyone can use the love doll. Here we see even a St. Bernard riding the love doll, getting a treat. | |
406 | 404 | 驕 | おごる | キョウ | ○慢 | 驕慢(きょうまん) | pompous | For all those pompous soldiers who ride their poor horses gallantly into war, it is the horses who go to heaven high, and not necessarily the soldiers. | |
407 | 405 | 涸 | かれる | コ | ○渇 | 涸渇(こかつ) | dry up | Hardening is the result of something drying up and losing its moisture (water). | |
408 | 406 | 愾 | ガイ | 敵○心 | 敵愾心(てきがいしん) | hostile | The state of mind of one who has a lack of team spirit is generally hostile and self-centred. | ||
409 | 407 | 鍔 | つば | ○迫り合い | 鍔迫り合い(つばぜりあい) | sword guard | The sword guard should be made of metal and hang from your chin, for easy reach in times of need. | ||
410 | 408 | 猜 | そねむ | サイ | ○疑心 | 猜疑心(さいぎしん) | paranoid | If you look out your window and see a big pack of wild dogs howling at a blue moon, you might get a bit paranoid when you go outside. | |
411 | 409 | 頽 | すたれる | タイ | 衰○ | 衰頽(すいたい) | topple | A head of wheat can easily be toppled by a strong wind. | |
412 | 410 | 怙 | コ | 依○贔屓 | 依怙贔屓(えこひいき) | inclination | Old people are often in the state of mind of inclining towards people who share similar views. | ||
413 | 411 | 湘 | ショウ | ○南 | 湘南(しょうなん)の海 | Shonan province | Shonan province is where the waters of the west and the east inter-combine. | ||
414 | 412 | 葯 | やく | ヤク | 植物の名前 | anther | The anther is the part of the flower, in particular the dandelion, that you look at while making your promise, before blowing it apart. | ||
415 | 413 | 鶚 | みさご | 魚類を餌とするタカ | osprey | As this character implies, the osprey is a bird with a generously sized chin. | |||
416 | 414 | 彿 | フツ | 彷○ | 彷彿(ほうふつ)とさせる | resembling | Today’s world is all about going for the money. Only a scrap resembling moral consideration remains. | ||
417 | 415 | 毟 | むしる | 草○り | 草毟り(くさむしり) | pluck out | I have too much fur growing all over me. I think I'll have to pluck out a few of them at a time until I look less furry. | ||
418 | 416 | 齷 | アク | ○齪 | 齷齪(あくせく) | fret | The bully smashes out the little kid’s teeth and chucks them up onto the school roof. Unsurprisingly, the little kid began to fret. | ||
419 | 417 | 齪 | セク | 齷○ | 齷齪(あくせく) | fussed | If you had your teethed kicked out by someone’s leg, you’d have good reason to fuss. | ||
420 | 418 | 膀 | ボウ | ○胱 | 膀胱(ぼうこう) | human bladder | The human bladder is a part of the body that is not on the left nor the right side of the body, but directly in the centre. | ||
421 | 419 | 紆 | ウ | ○余曲折 | 紆余曲折(うよきょくせつ) | complication | If thread dries too much in the production process, this can present many complications, such as snapping upon first use. | ||
422 | 420 | 咥 | くわえる | ○えこむ | 咥(くわ)えこむ | stuffed mouth | Just as climax, I give her a stuffed mouth, so she holds it there in her mouth. | ||
423 | 421 | 蝸 | カ | ○牛 | 蝸牛(かたつむり) | snail | Undeniably the most beautiful insect on the planet, absorbingsustenance through its skin pores, eradicating the need for a jaw. | ||
424 | 422 | 鵲 | カササギ | 鳥の名前 | magpie | A long time ago, a crow flew into a bucket of white paint, and thus the magpie bird was born. | |||
425 | 423 | 孰 | いずれ | ○れにしても | 孰(いず)れにしても | sooner or later | The receiver and fat round boy come from their cram school session. Sooner or later, the fat round boy must realize that the tall receiver boy would have a much brighter future in sports than him. | ||
426 | 424 | 蜈 | ゴ | ○蚣 | むかで | centipede | With their excessive amount of limbs, centipedes are insects that can easily give you a hand (canned laughter). | ||
427 | 425 | 蚣 | コウ、ショウ | むかで | millipede | Millipedes are insects that are in constant retreat from the public eye. With their eccentric amount of legs, they are very self-conscious. | |||
428 | 426 | 霰 | あられ | 雨○ | 雨霰(あめあられ) | hail stone | The hail stones scattered like rain over the scrambling people, crushing them with their weight. | ||
429 | 427 | 吽 | ウン | 阿○の呼吸 | 阿吽(あうん)の呼吸(こきゅう) | on the same wavelength | The cow looks at you with its mouth wide open, and gestures towards the grass on your side of the fence. You pick some of the grass and feed it to him gently. He nods his head in appreciation and you nod your head back, you’re both on the same wavelength. | ||
430 | 428 | 霹 | ヘキ | 青天の○靂 | 青天(せいてん)の霹靂(へきれき) | thunderclap | First comes the rain, then the thunderclap, then the ketchup spilling from the falling plane. | ||
431 | 429 | 靂 | レキ | 青天の霹○ | 青天の霹靂(へきれき) | out of the blue | It was forecasted as a beautiful day. The curriculum set, the baseball game was planned. Just as the first ball was pitched, out of the blue, a 10-tonne rain crescended down from the heavens, crushing every runner and fielder in its almighty path. | ||
432 | 430 | 擡 | もたげる | タイ | 頭を○げる | 頭を擡(もた)げる | lift your head | The fat king who lounges upon his pedestal above the people, is so lazy that he requires a servant to wrench their fingers under his chin and lift his head. | |
433 | 431 | 腋 | わき | エキ | ○下 | 腋下(えきか) | underarms | The underarm is a piece of flesh so feared that one can only bare it during the night. | |
434 | 432 | 恫 | ドウ | ○喝 | 恫喝(どうかつ) | coerce | Coercing people into doing things leaves you with the same expanded-ego state of mind every time. | ||
435 | 433 | 蓼 | たで | リョウ | ○食う虫も好き好き | 蓼(たで)食う虫も好き好き(すきずき) | water pepper | A little known fact; the only thing an albatross will eat is the flower of the water pepper tree. | |
436 | 434 | 榴 | ロ、リュウ | 柘○ | 柘榴(ざくろ) | pomegranate | The pomegranate tree is hollow, and children who pick the fruit from the tall branches often fall into its deep abyss, detained for life. | ||
437 | 435 | 踠 | もがく | ○く | 踠く(もがく) | struggle | The wooden leg was sent to the wrong address, and the one legged man struggled hopping around the neighbourhood looking for it. | ||
438 | 436 | 齣 | こま | ○落とし | 齣落とし(こまおとし) | frame | Make a frame ofteeth to put around your poster of Japanese phrases. | ||
439 | 437 | 鄙 | ひなびる | ヒ、 | 辺○ | 辺鄙(へんぴ) | countryside | Willy Wonka was a young countryside yodel who escaped the hillbilly life, made his own company and constructed city walls around it. | |
440 | 438 | 枡 | ます | 一斗○ | 一斗枡(いっとます) | measuring container | A wooden measuring box is referred to as a measuring container. | ||
441 | 439 | 幇 | ホウ | 自殺○助 | 自殺幇助(じさつほうじょ) | accessory | When you removed the seal from the wrapping of the towel and passed it to the murderer, you sealed your fate as an accessory to the crime. | ||
442 | 440 | 驀 | バク | ○進 | ばくしん | bolt | Horses hate graveyards, if you take them near one they’ll get spooked and bolt off. | ||
443 | 441 | 湮 | イン | ○滅 | 湮滅(いんめつ) | dispose of | To dispose of the evidence, you can either send it up in smoke, or dump it into a body of water. | ||
444 | 442 | 醗 | ハッ | ○酵 | 醗酵(はっこう) | ferment | You can be certain a bottle of whiskey has fermented when the lid pops off and the whiskey starts discharging out. | ||
445 | 443 | 鉞 | まさかり | エツ | masakari axe | The angry parade of mobsters stormed down the street carrying metal hooks and masakari axes. | |||
446 | 444 | 躱 | かわす | 身を○す | 身を躱す(みをかわす) | dodge | You are in a fight with somebody and your back against a tree. You quickly dodge your opponent's fist that slams into the tree behind you with such force splinters fly. | ||
447 | 445 | 徽 | キ | ○章 | 徽章(きしょう) | badge | In The Lord of the Badge, a group of young hobbits go on an epic trek to destroy the dreaded yarn badge that controls middle-eastern earth. | ||
448 | 446 | 讀 | トク | 冒○ | 冒涜(ぼうとく) | read [old] | A famous samurai takes up poetry and sells copies for four dollars each. Due to his fame, everybody is keen to read his words | ||
449 | 447 | 覿 | テキ | 効果○面 | 効果覿面(こうかてきめん) | effective | Reading is an effective skill of interpreting information through seeing. | ||
450 | 448 | 漲 | みなぎる | ○る | 漲(みなぎ)る | overbrim | A lengthening water level will result in overbrimming (overflow). | ||
451 | 449 | 窘 | たしなめる | ○める | 窘(たしな)める | reprove | The graveyard owner pushed the old boy into the hole he had dug; in order to reprove all the shoddy digging he’d been doing lately | ||
452 | 450 | 懣 | マン | 憤○ | 憤懣(ふんまん) | indignation | One who has a heart full of indignation will lead an unhappy life. | ||
453 | 451 | 忿 | フン | ○怒 | 忿怒(ふんぬ) | frustration | Part of every heart is filled with frustration. | ||
454 | 452 | 孵 | かえす | フ | ○化 | 孵化(ふか)する | hatch | The eggs were hatched by a fledging bird because it's parents ran off and he was left to take care of the eggs. Poor fledgling. | |
455 | 453 | 勒 | ロク | 弥○菩薩 | 弥勒菩薩(みろくぼさつ) | Buddha guy | The Buddha was a reverent and spiritually powerful man. He never harmed another fellow sentient creature, and certainly never used leather. | ||
456 | 454 | 誑 | たぶらかす | 女○し | 女誑し(おんなたらし) | deceive | The words of a lunatic are deceiving whether they’re trying or not. | ||
457 | 455 | 捩 | ねじる | ○り○り | 捩り捩り(すじりもじり) | torque | To apply torque to a screwdriver you have to use your hand and keep returning it to the same position over and over. | ||
458 | 456 | 谿 | たに | ケイ | ○谷、、○水 | 谿谷(けいこく)、谿水(けいすい) | mountain stream [alternate] | The large vulture emerges from its cocoon at the bottom of the mountain stream, and begins to taunt the nearby valley. | |
459 | 457 | 磋 | サ | 切○琢磨 | 切磋琢磨(せっさたくま) | friendly competition | The two top students were so equal that there was no distinction between them. The students breached their friendly competition and started throwing rocks at each other. | ||
460 | 458 | 飄 | ヒョウ | ○々と | 飄々と(ひょうひょうと) | float | The ballot papers were caught in the wind and floated high in the sky. Bush ''won'' the next day. | ||
461 | 459 | 寶 | たから | 宝に同じ | treasure [old] | In your house, you have your treasuredcans of jewels and money that you've tucked away over the years. | |||
462 | 460 | 鞆 | とも | bow wrist band | The bow wrist band was a third class piece of thick leather, which prevented the bow string from hitting the bowman’s left hand after released. | ||||
463 | 461 | 跫 | あし、あしおと | キョウ | sound of foot steps | Making loud steps with your legs on an abandoned street to freak out the person in front of you is a craft of the mediocre. | |||
464 | 462 | 遙 | はるか | ヨウ | ○○と | 遙遙と(はるばると) | far off [old] | Story for old condor: In the olden days, condors were poached for the canned flesh trade. On the long, long road through the desert, far off you can see a condor flying... | |
465 | 463 | 逍 | ショウ | ○遥 | 逍遥(しょうよう) | ramble (stroll) | You ramble down the road, and light some sparks on the way. You’re an arsonist. | ||
466 | 464 | 諤 | ガク | 侃々○○ | 侃々諤々(かんかんがくがく) | rowdy argument | Words generally stream out of your chin during a rowdy argument. | ||
467 | 465 | 隧 | スイ | ○道 | 隧道(すいどう、ずいどう) | tunnel | A tunnel was built in order to consummate a perfect road leading to the pinnacle. | ||
468 | 466 | 哇 | かい、けい | ワイ;ア、アイ、エ、ワ | 布○ | 布哇(ハワイ) | Hawaii | When you arrive in Hawaii, girls wearing vine necklaces shout “Aloha” from their mouths in the terminal. | |
469 | 467 | 蟠 | バン | ○踞 | 蟠踞(ばんきょ) | concern | When the fat mosquito had its turn at sucking some blood, all of the insect’s concerns vanished. | ||
470 | 468 | 糺 | ただす | 聞き○す | 聞き糺す(ききただす) | probe | The investigators probed the mystery of whether the girl was hanged by thread or by a hook. | ||
471 | 469 | 嚆 | コウ | ○矢 | 嚆矢(こうし) | the first | Tall flowers are always the first to be picked and eaten. | ||
472 | 470 | 觴 | ショウ | 濫○ | 濫觴(らんしょう) | conception | Applying pressure to wounds on an angle was not conceived until very recently in history. | ||
473 | 471 | 筧 | かけひ、かけい | conduit | Conduits are open bamboo pipes that stick out of the ground; so you can see them perfectly well when you trip over them. | ||||
474 | 472 | 鯎 | うぐい | Japanese dace | The Japanese dace is a fish that can turn into a frog when the need arises. | ||||
475 | 473 | 枸 | からたち | クン | Goji berry | The trees of the Goji berry all have a single phrase etched onto it: 休憩中、五時に戻ってくれ。 | |||
476 | 474 | 杞 | キ | ○憂 | 杞憂(きゆう) | Wolfberry | While you’re picking Wolfberries off the tree, a snake springs out of the owl hole. | ||
477 | 475 | 畚 | ふご、もっこ | dustpan | After you've come (参) all over the dustpan, you have to empty it in the field | ||||
478 | 476 | 臙 | エン | ○脂 | 臙脂(えんじ) | dark red | Underneath its blue feathers, the swallow’s flesh is actually dark red. | ||
479 | 477 | 疣 | いぼ | ユウ、 | ○蛙、 | 疣蛙(いぼがえる)、 | wart | Warts are a sickness that people understandably try to keep private. | |
480 | 478 | 厠 | かわや | トイレのこと | toilet | When you are hanging on a cliff and you feel like going to the toilet you don't really have a choice: you ignore the rules and do it the way you are! | |||
481 | 479 | 蜷 | とぐろ、にな | ○局 | 蜷局(とぐろ)、蜷川幸雄(舞台監督) | cerith | Ceriths (a type of sea-snail) are insects bound up in a shell. | ||
482 | 480 | 疱 | ホウ | ○瘡 | 疱瘡(ほうそう) | blister | Blisters are a sickness that forces you to wrap yourself in band-aids. | ||
483 | 481 | 顆 | カ | ○粒 | 顆粒(かりゅう) | granule | Before you can granulate a fruit to make flavouring, you need to remove the head. To avoid mixing the stalk of an apple, for example. | ||
484 | 482 | 誅 | チュウ | ○殺、天○ | 誅殺(ちゅうさつ)、天誅(てんちゅう)が下る | punishment | The prisoner said his last words before his punishment was completed; the blade swiftly came down and a fountain of vermilion squirted out. | ||
485 | 483 | 帷 | イ | ○幄 | 帷幄(いあく) | metal vest | Metal vests provide far more protection from attack than padded towels made from turkey feathers. | ||
486 | 484 | 韲 | あう、あえる | ○え衣 | 虀え衣(あえごろも) | dressed | Top primitive = hooligan: One of those hooligans from A clockwork orange, wearing his tophat, a shirt with a ‘Y’ on it (his family name), and holding a dagger, ready to rob some homeless guy. Despite their colourful pastimes, hooligans are very poor people, only able to afford green onions, dressed in vinegar or salty water. | ||
487 | 485 | 楡 | にれ | elm tree | The koo-koo butcher lived in the elm tree at the head of elm street. | ||||
488 | 486 | 侈 | シ | 奢○ | 奢侈(しゃし) | lavishness | Mr.T lives in complete lavishness, owning many things that he doesn’t need, like gold chains. | ||
489 | 487 | 搗 | つくり | 餅○き | 餅搗き(もちつき) | pound rice | On the islands of Ryukyu, it is common practice to pound rice with bare fists and fingers, as oppose to the mortar used on the mainland. | ||
490 | 488 | 陋 | ロウ | 頑迷固○ | 頑迷固陋(がんめいころう) | narrow-minded | The cult of the pinnacle expanded their numbers by hooking in the narrow minded third class with the offer of a free meal and place to sleep. | ||
491 | 489 | 繻 | シュ、ジュ | 黒○子 | 黒繻子(くろじゅす)、繻子(しゅす) | satin | Satin is a heavily demanded thread in Japan. | ||
492 | 490 | 嫣 | エン | ○然 | 嫣然(えんぜん)とほほえむ | captivating | The woman gave off her trademark little captivating smile before hitting the pillow and reaching her life’s end. | ||
493 | 491 | 禰 | ネ | ○宜 | 禰宜(ねぎ) | altar boy | The altar boy is the one that needs to clean up the altar after the priest just let it be in the state that it was. | ||
494 | 492 | 蹌 | よろめく | ○踉めく | 蹌踉めく(よろめく) | stagger | The disabled man staggered along wearing the cheap wooden leg he bought from the shady godown. | ||
495 | 493 | 踉 | よろめく | 蹌○めく | 蹌踉めく(よろめく) | totter | Even with a really good wooden leg, it’s hard not to totter. | ||
496 | 494 | 劈 | つんざく | ヘキ | ○く、○頭 | 劈く(つんざく)、劈頭(へきとう) | the beginning | In the beginning of the film industry, ketchup on daggers was about the best special effects you could get. | |
497 | 495 | 魯 | ロ | ○魚の誤り | 魯魚の誤り(ろぎょのあやまり) | Russia | Russians go fishing every day, under the sunny Siberian sky. | ||
498 | 496 | 噤 | つぐむ | ○む | 口を噤む(つぐむ) | shut up | The school prohibited students opening their mouths, therefore they were forced to shut up. | ||
499 | 497 | 薑 | はじかみ | ガ | 生○ | しょうが | ginger | A flower and a tad of ginger sprinkled on the top of your waffle pile, how lovely. | |
500 | 498 | 淆 | コウ | 玉石混○ | 玉石混淆(ぎょくせきこんこう) | mixture | The mixture of chocolate powder and water make a tasty afternoon snack. | ||
501 | 499 | 薹 | トウ | 蕗の○ | 蕗の薹(ふきのとう) | seed pod | When a seedpod sprouts up above the grass, it's like it lifts its head up in glory as a flower. It's such an amazing event that in the old days, they would put it up on a pedestal to worship it. | ||
502 | 500 | 莱 | ライ | 蓬○羊歯 | 蓬莱羊歯(ほうらいしだ) | goosefoot | The Goosefoot is a tough little flower that just keeps on coming up through the dirt, no matter what the climate. | ||
503 | 501 | 櫃 | ひつ | 米○ | 米櫃(こめびつ) | rice container | The little wooden box that houses the Japanese’ precious rice. | ||
504 | 502 | 筵 | むしろ | エン | 針の○ | 針の莚(はりのむしろ) | straw mat | Straw mats with interlaced bamboo have a prolonged life-span. | |
505 | 503 | 獺 | うそ | 川○ | 川獺(かわうそ) | otter | Otters and wild dogs are trustworthy animals; they have a strong social bond and never leave a friend behind. | ||
506 | 504 | 狷 | ケン | ○介固陋 | 狷介固陋(けんかいころう) | unyielding | Wild dogs are unyielding in their quest for flesh to fill their mouths. | ||
507 | 505 | 羈 | キ | 不○奔放 | 不羈奔放(ふきほんぽう) | free-spirited | Using leather is nothing but an insult to the free-spirited cow, and all those who have a conscious. | ||
508 | 506 | 珀 | ハク | 琥○ | 琥珀(こはく) | amber | A bus is stopped at some traffic lights in Japan. Inside, King Henry VIII and Barry White are arguing over whether the lights are yellow or amber. | ||
509 | 507 | 愴 | ソウ | 悲○ | 悲愴(ひそう) | sorrowful | The state of mind of the mischievous little kid who was shut in the godown for a week. | ||
510 | 508 | 縒 | よる、より、 | 紙○り | 紙縒り(こより)、縒りをもどす | twist thread | Twisting thread is distinctly easier than twisting string, rope etc. | ||
511 | 509 | 渠 | キョ | 暗○ | 暗渠(あんきょ) | drainage ditch | After the drainage ditch overflowed, the people gathered at the top of a tree to avoid the gigantic flow of water. | ||
512 | 510 | 夭 | ヨウ | ○折 | 夭折(ようせつ) | early death | If you don’t attend to your saplings, giving them water, sunlight etc, they’ll die an early death. | ||
513 | 511 | 濘 | ネイ | 泥○ | 泥濘(でいねい)、ぬかるみ | wet road | It’s polite to at least wait until the floodwater has passed before traveling on a wet road. | ||
514 | 512 | 嘻 | いましめ、やわら(ぐ)、ああ、わら(う) | キ、イ | 笑い声のこと | exult | Gather around and rejoice, glugging down wine by the mouthful in exultation. | ||
515 | 513 | 廣 | ひろい | コウ | 広、に同じ | spacious [old] | The cavern refugees draw signs of the tiger in the spaciouscave to intimidate their pursuers. | ||
516 | 514 | 炙 | あぶる | シャ | 火○り | 火炙り(ひあぶり) | roasted on fire | Human flesh roasted on fire tastes delicious. | |
517 | 515 | 瞠 | みはる | ドウ | ○目 | 瞠目(どうもく) | eye-opener | The students stood back with wide-open eyes as the hall collapsed in front of them, over packed with children. | |
518 | 516 | 鵠 | コク | 燕雀鴻○ | 燕雀鴻鵠(えんじゃくこうこく) | key point | The key point of the mass was when the priest read from the book of revelation, and doves and other birds came flying into the church. | ||
519 | 517 | 袂 | たもと | ベイ | ○を分かつ | 袂を分かつ(たもとをわかつ) | droopy sleeves | Cut the droopy sleeves off your traditional Japanese cloak with a guillotine. | |
520 | 518 | 譴 | ケン | 天○ | 天譴(てんけん) | reprimand | Your were reprimanded for your offensive words around the office, and avoidance of dispatch jobs. | ||
521 | 519 | 囱 | てんまど、 まど、 けむだし | ソウ、 ス | 昂 | window (primitive) | Pictograph of a broken window. Alternatively: A man leaves his box of noodles on the windowsill with his tophat. | ||
522 | 520 | 聰 | ソウ | ○明 | 聰明(そうめい) | attentive | Psychiatrists are attentive with their ears and can see into the window of their patient's heart. | ||
523 | 521 | 霑 | うつお(う)、うるお(い) | テン | equal treatment | The fortuneteller sees rain clouds and fierce waters ahead in your life, you’re not in for much equal treatment. | |||
524 | 522 | 媼 | うば、おうな | venerable old woman | The venerable old woman was a profound lady indeed. | ||||
525 | 523 | 辜 | コ | 無○ | 無辜(むこ) | innocent | The innocent old woman bit into her sandwich, unknowing that a spicy hot pepper was hidden inside; the son was trying to grab the inheritance early. | ||
526 | 524 | 洟 | はな | ○垂れ小僧 | 洟垂れ小僧(はなたれこぞう) | snot | Ebisu, the fat fishing god, falls into the water and stands shivering on the rocks, snot streaming from his nose, as the other fisherman laugh at him. | ||
527 | 525 | 厩 | うまや | キュウ | ○舎 | 厩舎(きゅうしゃ) | stable | Previously, the stable was placed at the bottom of the cliff, until a boulder fell from the top. | |
528 | 526 | 豌 | エン | ○豆まめ | 豌豆まめ(えんどうまめ) | pea | The pea is a small green bean whose address is squarely in the pumpkin and corn soup. | ||
529 | 527 | 痼 | しこり、しこる | コ | ○疾 | 痼疾(こしつ) | chronic illness | If you’re gonna last a chronic illness, you have to harden up and tough out the sickness. | |
530 | 528 | 俘 | とりこ | フ | ○虜 | 俘虜(ふりょ)収容所 | POW | Mr.T, a POW after serving in the Vietnam war, finds a fallen nest in the yard, and trains the fledglings until they grow strong enough to fly him over the fences. | |
531 | 529 | 珸 | ゴ | 北海道の地名 | Goyoumai Village | I was once the King of Hokkaido’s Goyoumai village. | |||
532 | 530 | 瑁 | マイ、バイ、ボウ、モウ | 北海道の地名 | fine jade | It’s always a risk whether the jewel you’re holding is a fine piece of jade, or just a cheap rip-off. | |||
533 | 531 | 蚋 | ぶよ、ぶゆ | ブユ科の昆虫 | black fly | The black fly is an insect that likes to dig in its pincers and suck out your insides (blood). | |||
534 | 532 | 斟 | シン | ○酌 | 斟酌(しんしゃく) | considerate of others | During the food shortage, it was a tremendous sign of consideration to take less than your measuring cup of grain, leaving more for others. | ||
535 | 533 | 芒 | すすき、のぎ | ボウ | 光○、○果 | 光芒(こうぼう)、芒果(マンゴー) | mango | When the flowers growing around the mango become deceased, you know the Mango is ripe. | |
536 | 534 | 徭 | ヨウ | ○役 | 徭役(ようえき) | forced labour | The Russians were condemned to forced labour, pulling heaving columns and building roads while the condors loomed above in the icy air. | ||
537 | 535 | 衙 | ガ | ○門 | 役所の意味 | consular office | I work at the consular office on the boulevard where there are 5 guarded entrances. | ||
538 | 536 | 晉 | すすむ | シン | 中国の春秋時代の国名 | progress [old] | To make progress in the marathon, you lift your two elbows in front of your eyes to block the sun. | ||
539 | 537 | 蒡 | ボウ | 牛○ | 牛蒡(ごぼう) | Burdock | Flowers grow from every side and facet of the Burdock plant. | ||
540 | 538 | 聽 | きく | チョウ | 聴、に同じ | listen [old] | A king must use his ears to listen, be able to see to 10 different matters at a time, and catch the heart of those scrounging on the ground below him. | ||
541 | 539 | 廳 | やくしょ | チョウ、テイ | government office [old] | The aim of the cavemen-like worker in the Government office is to not listen as much as possible. He is paid to ignore matters and assure the public things will be attended to. | |||
542 | 540 | 涎 | よだれ | ゼン | 垂○ | 垂涎(すいぜん) | drool | If the preparation of dinner is prolonged, watery drool will begin to fall from your mouth. | |
543 | 541 | 听 | キン | pound (lb) | One pulls out an axe and trims the fat around the mouth to reduce pounds. | ||||
544 | 542 | 磅 | ホウ | 磅礴 | 磅礴(ほうはく)する | pound (£) | The first pound was nothing but a shined rock pulled off the side of the road. | ||
545 | 543 | 銜 | くくむ、くつわ | ガン | hold in the mouth | The rich people on this boulevard has so much gold, they’re holding it in their mouths as toothpicks. | |||
546 | 544 | 毫 | ゴウ | 揮○ | 揮毫(きごう) | just a little bit | The man removed his top hat and crown which were holding his hair bundle in place, and when the fur came tumbling down over his mouth, he told the hairdresser: “take off just a little bit.” | ||
547 | 545 | 樅 | もみ | 木の種類 | Momi Fir | The Momi Fir is a tree that is always accompanied by cold weather and dark green leaves. | |||
548 | 546 | 鮃 | ひらめ | 魚の種類 | flounder | The flounder is an even, flat fish. | |||
549 | 547 | 鼬 | いたち | 動物の種類 | weasel | A weasel sprouts up out of its burrow and catches a mouse passing by. | |||
550 | 548 | 跛 | あしなえ | ハ | ○行 | 跛行(はこう) | limp | If your wooden leg starts digging into your pelt (skin), then you’d probably start limping. | |
551 | 549 | 詛 | のろう | ソ | 呪○ | 呪詛(じゅそ) | evil chant | The witch whispered her words of an evil chant, and the next day a shelf mysteriously fell over and killed the poor boy. | |
552 | 550 | 嗾 | けしかける | ソウ | 指○ | 指嗾(しそう) | incite | The zealous leader opened his mouth and incited the tribe to leave the forest so they could cut it down and make wood. | |
553 | 551 | 漣 | さざなみ | レン | ○音 | 漣音(れんおん) | ripple | As the ripples travel through water, they take along with them all the stored up energy, passing from one ripple to the next. | |
554 | 552 | 駻 | カン | ○馬 | 駻馬(かんば) | untamed horse | An untamed horse struggles to stay alive during dry weather. | ||
555 | 553 | 薨 | コウ | ○去 | 薨去(こうきょ) | royal death | The royal death took place while the Queen was dreaming. | ||
556 | 554 | 讒 | ざんする | ザン | ○言 | 讒言(ざんげん) | defamation | Wild rabbits do not appreciate the word ‘pest’ being used to describe them;nothing but biased defamation. | |
557 | 555 | 綯 | なう | ○い交ぜにする | 綯い交ぜにする(ないまぜにする) | make rope | If you make rope from threads of pottery, you’ll have a lawsuit on your hands. | ||
558 | 556 | 銛 | もり | harpoon | Grab a harpoonist’s tongue and cut it off with a metal knife. | ||||
559 | 557 | 呷 | あおる | ○る | 呷る(あおる) | gulp | The soldiers shed their armour, gather together in a merry dance and gulp down a pint of porter together, overflowing from their mouths. | ||
560 | 558 | 閨 | ねや | ケイ | ○秀 | 閨秀(けいしゅう) | bedroom | The couple enters the gates to their new home, and when they enter the bedroom, they find a vine on their bed, yet to be christened. | |
561 | 559 | 壟 | おか | ロウ | ○断 | 壟断(ろうだん) | take for one’s self | The dragon took all the land for himself, if he came across anyone else, he’d breath fire on ‘em. | |
562 | 560 | 諡 | おくりな、おくり | シ | ○号 | 謚号(しごう) | honourable title | The funeral of a boy scout: Some inspiring words and an honourable title written on his grave stone, while eight boy scouts fire their sling shots in salute (as oppose to guns), and the grieving mother receives picture dishes from attendees. | |
563 | 561 | 吼 | ほえる | コウ | 吼える、咆○ | ほえる、咆吼(ほうこう) | howl | An animal with a cavity in their mouth will howl in pain, from their mouth. | |
564 | 562 | 猩 | しょう | 猩猩 | 猩猩(しょうじょう) | orangutan | While the wild dogs are howling at the stars, an orangutan passes by in the treetops. | ||
565 | 563 | 鯥 | むつ | 魚の種類 | Mutsugoroh | The Mutsugoroh is a fish that can go out onto the land for short periods. | |||
566 | 564 | 瘻 | ロウ | 胃○ | 胃瘻(いろう) | fistula | If your housewife gets the fistula sickness, there will be a prompt termination to all nighttime activities. | ||
567 | 565 | 醵 | キョ | ○出金 | 醵出金(きょしゅつきん) | donation | The producers received a generous donation from the Sake company for promoting them in their latest drama. | ||
568 | 566 | 輛 | リョウ | 車○ | 車輛(しゃりょう) | automobiles | Good automobiles (cars) should have wheels on both sides. | ||
569 | 567 | 鉋 | かんな | ○屑 | 鉋屑(かんなくず) | plane | A plane is a piece of metal used to shave off the outer wrappings of a piece of wood. | ||
570 | 568 | 鑢 | やすり | 紙○ | 紙鑢(かみやすり) | file | Files are fairly difficult to use. You have to grab the metal tightly and push prudently. | ||
571 | 569 | 鶉 | うずら | 鳥の種類 | Japanese Quail | Japanese quails are birds that receive no respect in Japan. They’re hunted, they’re eaten, they’re murdered. Similar to the western treatment of the duck. | |||
572 | 570 | 稟 | ヒン、リン | ○議書 | 稟議書(りんぎしょ) | meeting consultation | Willy Wonka consults the oompa loompas about an upcoming meeting concerning their new wheat-flavoured chocolate. | ||
573 | 571 | 櫞 | エン | 枸○酸 | 枸櫞酸(クエンさん) | citric acid | Citric acid comes from green limes on tall trees. | ||
574 | 572 | 艱 | カン | ○難辛苦 | 艱難辛苦(かんなんしんく) | hardship | The farmer had many hardships with trying to scare away bandits from his silver crop with a scarecrow. | ||
575 | 573 | 詈 | リ | 罵○雑言 | 罵詈雑言(ばりぞうごん) | harsh insult | Saying a harsh insult can promptly result in a punch in the eye. | ||
576 | 574 | 仍 | よって、よりて、 | therefore | You did the crime, therefore you bear the wrath of Mr.T’s fist. | ||||
577 | 575 | 鱚 | きす | 魚の種類 | Whiting | A fish known for its liveliness, the Whiting rejoices over life. That is, until, some barbarian sticks a hook through his lip. | |||
578 | 576 | 鯒 | こち | 魚の種類 | flathead | The flathead’s unusually flat body makes it rather for the impossible for the fish to use a pogo stick. | |||
579 | 577 | 鯔 | いな | 魚の種類 | flathead mullet | After the flood, there were flathead mullets and other fish left stranded on the rice fields. | |||
580 | 578 | 靡 | なびく | ビン | 一世風○ | 一世風靡(いっせいふうび) | fluttering | A piece of hemp fluttering in an unrelenting breeze found its way into my hands. Well that’s the addict’s story, and he’s sticking with it. | |
581 | 579 | 蕁 | いら | ジン | ○麻疹 | 蕁麻疹(じんましん) | rash | When you go to see a doctor about a rash, they’ll enquire if you’ve been in contact with grass, flowers recently. | |
582 | 580 | 鈷 | こ | cobalt scepter | Cobalt scepters are old metal scepters said to have magic powers. | ||||
583 | 581 | 獨 | ダク | 懸○ | 懸獨(けんだく)suspension | Tokkosan temple | The wild dogs used to sneak up to Tokkosan temple and steal the monks’ rations of corn. | ||
584 | 582 | 鍮 | チュウ | 真○ | 真鍮(しんちゅう) | brass | The Koo-Koo butchers sharpened up their brass metal knives, getting ready to murder the little lamb. | ||
585 | 583 | 偕 | カイ | ○老同穴 | 偕老同穴(かいろうどうけつ) | all together | Mr. T and all of the gang together. | ||
586 | 584 | 戌 | いぬ | ボ | ○年 | 戌年(いぬどし) | sign of the dog | Here in Adelaide, we have an annual dog march called “Thousand Paws Walk”, when you hear the clicking paws, it’s a sure sign they’re coming. | |
587 | 585 | 忝 | かたじけない | ○い | 忝い(かたじけない) | grateful | Your heavenly valentine is something to be grateful for. | ||
588 | 586 | 晄 | あきらか | コウ | 光に同じ?辞書になし | brightly dazzlingly sparkly shining | Excuse the excessive keyword, but we’ve used every ‘bright’ synonym in the thesaurus. A ray of sun is bright. | ||
589 | 587 | 鯊 | はぜ | 魚の種類 | small fish | Small fish are comparable to grains of sand. | |||
590 | 588 | 揆 | キ | 農民一○ | 農民一揆(のうみんいっき) | revolt | The citizens throw hollyhocks from their fingers onto the parading revolt leaders. | ||
591 | 589 | 囂 | ゴウ | 喧々○○ | 喧々囂々(けんけんごうごう) | rowdy | Four big mouthed hot heads gather around for a rowdy argument. | ||
592 | 590 | 瓱 | ミリグラム | milligram | The tile is present in all the kanji for grams, like 米 is for metre, so tile will take the meaning of gram. The portion of a gram the weight of a hair is a milligram. | ||||
593 | 591 | 瓩 | キログラム | kilogram | A kilogram is one thousand grams. | ||||
594 | 592 | 甅 | センチグラム | centigram | A centigram is a rin of a gram. | ||||
595 | 593 | 蒟 | コン | ○蒻 | 蒟蒻(こんにゃく) | devil’s tongue | Due to the associated choking risks, manufacturers of lollies made from the devil’s tongue flower must print the following phrase on every package: eat in standing position ready to perform Heimlichmaneuver. | ||
596 | 594 | 蒻 | ニャク | 蒟○ | 蒟蒻(こんにゃく) | konnyaku | Due to its associated choking risks, lollies made from the konnyaku flower should not be eaten by the weak. | ||
597 | 595 | 茗 | ミョウ | ○荷 | 茗荷(みょうが) | Japanese ginger | Every Japanese knows the name of the Japanese ginger flower. | ||
598 | 596 | 辯 | ベン | 弁に同じ ○護 | 辯護(べんご) | valve [alternate] | Extra spicy (harsh) words, blow the valve off one’s calmness and always result in fights. | ||
599 | 597 | 箍 | たが | ○がはずれる | 箍(たが)がはずれる | loop | Use your fingers to tighten a bamboo loop around a bursting box of towels. | ||
600 | 598 | 噬 | ゼイ | 反○ | 反噬(はんぜい) | snap at | The sorceress snaps at you, hissing a curse from her mouth while performing a spell with her bamboo wand. | ||
601 | 599 | 鬚 | ひげ | シュ、ス | 顎○ | 顎鬚(あごひげ) | beard [alternate] | The beard is a hair style that extends the shape of your head. | |
602 | 600 | 臍 | へそ、ほぞ | ○の緒、○を噛む | 臍の緒(へそのお)、臍を噛む(ほぞをかむ) | bellybutton | While it seems like a funny body part at first, one adjusts to the humble bellybutton. | ||
603 | 601 | 齊 | セイ | 斉に同じ | adjusted [old] | See my story for 韲 (the only used kanji the primitive is used in without the fence posts). The hooligan tries to distance himself from his past foolish ways, and adjust to a new, dignified life, by going around painting his neighbours’ fence posts. | |||
604 | 602 | 濤 | トウ | 疾風怒○ | 疾風怒濤(しっぷうどとう) | big wave | While their chances of longevity may be slim, surfers are always in chase of the next big wave. | ||
605 | 603 | 楮 | かじ、こうぞ、 | paper mulberry | I climbed the paper mulberry tree to get some leaves to lay on the ground, to make the experience more comfortable for my love doll. | ||||
606 | 604 | 喀 | カク、カっ | ○血、○痰 | 喀血(かっけつ)、喀痰(かくたん) | cough up | Your guest coughed up mucus from his mouth, all over your vinyl couch, and didn’t even bother to apologise. | ||
607 | 605 | 蟇 | ひきがえる、かま | 大○ | 大蟇蛙(おおひきがえる) | toad | Toads are often found in graveyards, as the chilly, eerie climate attracts mosquitoes and other insects. | ||
608 | 606 | 莢 | さや | キョウ | 絹○、薬○ | 絹莢(きぬさや)、薬莢(やっきょう) | pod | Use scissors to separate the pod from the flowery plant. | |
609 | 607 | 僭 | セン | ○越 | 僭越(せんえつ)ながら・・ | audacity | Mr.T has the audacity to murmur to his superior. | ||
610 | 608 | 簪 | かんざし | 主に和装のとき髪につけるアクセサリー | ornamental hairpin | The ornamental hairpin is made from bamboo and is so fragile that if you speak any more than a murmur, it'll crumble to pieces. | |||
611 | 609 | 瘧 | おごり | ○が落ちる | ague | The ague is a sickness that tyrannises its holder. | |||
612 | 610 | 弗 | フッ | ○化 | 弗化(フッカ)カルシウム | dollar | A dollar is a buck is a dollar. | ||
613 | 611 | 裨 | ヒ | ○益 | 裨益(ひえき) | advantageous | While it may be seen as advantageous in some respects, taking off your jacket (prostitution) is still seen as a lowly livelihood. | ||
614 | 612 | 袞 | コン | ○竜 | 袞竜(こんりょう) | imperial robes | Only those with a voice as loud and powerful as eight mouths are worthy to wear the imperial robe, accompanied by a top-hat and scarf. | ||
615 | 613 | 滾 | たぎる | コン | 煮え○る | 煮え滾る(にえたぎる)、滾々(こんこん)と | billow | When a member is expelled from the league, their imperial robes are thrown into boiling water, creating a great billowing frothing lagoon. | |
616 | 614 | 祠 | ほこら | シャ | 祠(ほこら) | small temple | The director went to a small temple to get the shot of an altar he needed. | ||
617 | 615 | 慳 | ケン | 邪○ | 邪慳(じゃけん)にする | curt | The curt know only one state of mind: strictness towards every person they encounter. | ||
618 | 616 | 悄 | しおしおと | ショウ | 孤影○然 | 孤影悄然(こえいしょうぜん) | dejected | When all you have is a little spark to light up your entire home, your state of mind would be pretty dejected. | |
619 | 617 | 擧 | キョ | 挙に同じ | raise [old] | The bridesmaid raised her hand and was bestowed with the bouquet of flowers. | |||
620 | 618 | 欅 | けやき | 木の種類 | zelkova [alternate] | The zelkova is a tree whose branches are raised exceptionally high. | |||
621 | 619 | 鬯 | チョウ | modestly bright | Rocksalt served on a spoon would turn any happy person to only modestly bright. | ||||
622 | 620 | 拌 | ハン | 撹○ | 撹拌(かくはん) | whisk | Whisk the mixture with your fingers until it reaches half of its consistency. | ||
623 | 621 | 犇 | ひし | ○○と、○めく | 犇犇と(ひしひしと)、犇めく(ひしめく) | jostle | Three cows jostling towards the exit of the barn as they see the dreaded milkman coming. | ||
624 | 622 | 粽 | ちまき | 餅米で作ったお菓子 | bamboo wrapped dumpling | The religion dedicated to the humble bamboo wrapped dumpling banned the consumption of all rice and subsequent grain produce | |||
625 | 623 | 舊 | キュウ | 旧に同じ | olden time [old] | In the olden times, turkeys used to roam among the flowers, nowadays they’re hunted by the human beast, likely to turn up mashed in a mortar or pie. | |||
626 | 624 | 躑 | しゃが(む)、たちもとお(る) | テキ | ○躅 | 躑躅(つつじ) | azalea | They gave the old sea captain a new wooden leg wrapped in azaleas as a courtesy for his hard work over the years. | |
627 | 625 | 躅 | チョク、タク | 躑○ | 躑躅(つつじ) | wild azalea | An old country man with a wooden leg, and a wild azalea between his ear, walks through his corn crop. | ||
628 | 626 | 眞 | まこと | シン | 真に同じ | true [old] | As the fisherman sits on the ground, his eye on the water, he is struck with an obvious truth: no sentient creature wants a hook through their lip. And with that, he stands up, drops the tool and walks away from fishing forever, a much wiser man. | ||
629 | 627 | 龔 | ゴン | Mr. Gong | Mr. Gong was the one who decided to put together the dragon and the fish to create the Gyrados. | ||||
630 | 628 | 棗 | なつめ | ○椰子 | 棗椰子 | jujube | The jujube bush looked just like a thornbush sideways. | ||
631 | 629 | 盃 | さかずき | ハイ | 献○ | 献盃(けんぱい) | sake cup | A tray of sake will have a negative effect on your health. Stick to one sake cup. | |
632 | 630 | 堺 | さかい | 市や人の名前 | 堺市(さかいし) | Sakai | Sakai has the world and all its lands in his hands. | ||
633 | 631 | 聲 | こえ | セイ | 声に同じ | voice [old] | The child fails to hear his father voice as the missile lands. | ||
634 | 632 | 蠣 | かき | 牡○ | 牡蠣(かき) | oyster [old] | An insect crosses ten thousand cliffs to make it to sea, only to be eaten by an oyster. | ||
635 | 633 | 飫 | オ | ○肥 | 飫肥(おび)(宮崎県日南市の中心地区) | Obi region | The Obi region is known for its vibrant history, including its traditional takeaway, and many sapling plantations. | ||
636 | 634 | 珂 | カ | 那○ | 那珂(なか) | Naka | Naka was a central location from which the king could control all of the lands. | ||
637 | 635 | 貂 | てん | イタチ科の動物 | 貂(てん) | sable | The sable looks superficially like a skunk. But don't be seduced. It has dagger-like claws and a hungry mouth. | ||
638 | 636 | 鴇 | とき | 鳥の名前 | 鴇(とき) | Toki | Ten rare tokibirds were sitting on the ground minding their own business when along came a predatory ten (sable) | ||
639 | 637 | 鶸 | ひわ | 鳥の名前 | 鶸(ひわ) | Eurasian Siskin | The Eurasian Siskin is a tiny little finch, making it a rather weak bird. | ||
640 | 638 | 礪 | ト | 砺に同じ | whetstone | Ten thousand ocean cliffs sprayed by water, therefore being wet stones. | |||
641 | 639 | 赭 | あか | シャ | ○ら顔 | 赭ら顔(あからがお) | Ocher red | In the throws of love with your love doll on the red ocher dirt. | |
642 | 640 | 冕 | ベン | ○冠 | 冕冠(べんかん) | Emperor’s hat | The emperor’s hat was so powerful, it altered the day’s flow and excused him from any liability to problems. | ||
643 | 641 | 匈 | キョウ | ○奴 | 匈奴(きょうど) | Hungary | To the chinese, the Hungarians (huns) were considered villains wrapped up in fur coats | ||
644 | 642 | 扼 | ヤク | ○殺 | 扼殺(やくさつ) | obstruct | If you strangle someone, you obstruct with your fingers the unlucky person's airways. | ||
645 | 643 | 楔 | くさび | ○形 | 楔形(くさびがた) | wedge | The political party pledged to wedge a new road through the obstructing forest of trees. However, the public responded critically, calling it environmental vandalism. | ||
646 | 644 | 嗄 | か(らす) | 声を○らして叫ぶ | 声を嗄(か)らして叫ぶ | lose your voice | Working under the scorching sun in the summer can cause a dry throat and mouth, resulting in loss of voice. | ||
647 | 645 | 剌 | ラツ | 元気溌○ | 元気溌剌(げんきはつらつ) | exuberant | Exuberantly rob a poor old man of his bundle of sticks, and then swiftly slice his head off with your saber. | ||
648 | 646 | 鵞 | ガ | ○鳥 | 鵞鳥(がちょう) | goose | Geese are birds with big egos, always hooting at passerbys and walking around with their head raised high. | ||
649 | 647 | 刎 | はね | フン | ○死 | 刎死(ふんし) | decapitate | Being hung with a knot around your neck, and being decapitated by a saber are two uncomfortable forms of death. | |
650 | 648 | 藺 | イ | ○草 | 藺草(いぐさ) | Rush reeds | The turkeys rush out through the open gate to feast on the reeds and flowers on the other side. | ||
651 | 649 | 穹 | キュウ | 蒼○ | 蒼穹(そうきゅう) | Blue sky | A blue sky is the perfect time for the bowmen to strike, piercing holes into the enemy. | ||
652 | 650 | 鰤 | ぶり | 魚の名前 | 鰤(ぶり) | Yellowtail | A yellowtail fish is easy to identify, you don't need to be an expert. It has a yellow tail, after all. | ||
653 | 651 | 剽 | ヒョウ | ○窃 | 剽窃(ひょうせつ) | plagiarism | The politician was publicly executed by a saber after it was made known that he rigged the ballot. | ||
654 | 652 | 懶 | なまける | ラン | ○け者 | 懶け者(なまけもの) | sloth | Never trust a sloth, they’re always in a lazy state of mind. | |
655 | 653 | 闖 | チン | ○入者 | 闖入者(ちんにゅうしゃ) | forced entry | A horse can easily forced-enter through your gates and smash down your front door. | ||
656 | 654 | 宕 | ゴ | 愛○神社 | 愛宕神社(あたごじんじゃ) | stone quarry | When they’re finished quarrying all the stone from an area, the ridiculously large crater they’ve left provides a good home for all of the local displaced wildlife. | ||
657 | 655 | 冀 | こいねがう | キ | ○う、 | 冀う(こいねがう) | strongly request | It’s uncommon to hear some strongly request to move to the north-pole. | |
658 | 656 | 胼 | たこ | ベン | ○胝 | 胼胝(たこ) | callous | A callus is a little lump of flush that can be a puzzle to pop. | |
659 | 657 | 鴛 | おし | エン | ○鴦夫婦 | 鴛鴦夫婦(おしどりふうふ) | Mandarin Duck | Mandarin ducks are birds who swim by day, and in the evening they trod back to their dens, leaving their distinguishable fingerprints in the mud. | |
660 | 658 | 鴦 | どり | オウ | 鴛○夫婦 | 鴛鴦夫婦(おしどりふうふ) | Oshidori | The Oshidori is a bird who sticks to the centre of the pond. | |
661 | 659 | 鐚 | びた | ○一文 | びた一文やらない | penniless | Bad use of your gold coins leaves you penniless. | ||
662 | 660 | 擂 | する | 胡麻○り | 胡麻擂り(ごますり) | minced | Even if only your finger is struck with thunder, your entire body can be turned to fried mince. | ||
663 | 661 | 鉾 | ほこ | 蒲○ | 蒲鉾(かまぼこ) | pole arm | The pole arm is a metal lance that one uses while riding a mooing cow. | ||
664 | 662 | 董 | トウ | 骨○品 | 骨董品(こっとうひん) | curio/antique/heirloom | An unusually heavy flower is the type of thing that would make a valuable antique. | ||
665 | 663 | 胝 | たこ | チ | 胼○ | 胼胝(たこ)、「耳に胼胝ができる」=聞きあきた | thick-skinned/callous | A callous is a thick skinned, lowly piece of flesh. | |
666 | 664 | 芬 | ふんぷん | 臭気○○ | 臭気芬芬(しゅうきふんぷん) | odorous/fragrant/smelly | If you cut a flower into parts, it lets off an odorous smell. | ||
667 | 665 | 隗 | かい | まず○より始めよ | まず隗(かい)より始めよ | after you | When trekking up to the ghost-haunted pinnacle, I’ll always let my trekking crew go ahead, saying: “After you.” | ||
668 | 666 | 鴉 | からす | ア | 鳥の名前 | 鴉(からす)、鴉片(あへん)=opium | black crow | Black crows are evil birds that sometimes even grow tusks. | |
669 | 667 | 扨 | さて | 何は○おき | 何は扨(さて)おき | off the topic | The man grabbed a blade and cut off his finger to get off the uncomfortable topic. | ||
670 | 668 | 拱 | こまねく | 手を○く | 手を拱く(こまねく) | fold arms | Fold your arms, put your fingers together and touch your nose. | ||
671 | 669 | 辷 | すべる | 地○り | 地辷り(じすべり) | slip and slide | If you only had one leg, you might be prone to slip and slide on a wet road. | ||
672 | 670 | 瑕 | きず | カ | ○疵 | 瑕疵(かし) | small flaw | In your spare time you smooth out the small flaws in your jewels. | |
673 | 671 | 簀 | さく | ス | 生○ | 生簀(いけす) | reed blind | The carpenter blamed the soft reed for the instability of the reed blind, and replaced it with bamboo for extra stability. | |
674 | 672 | 捥 | もぐ | ○ぎ取る | 捥ぎ取る(もぎとる) | snatch/grab/grasp/pinch/flog | Snatch the numbers of one’s address off their letterbox with your fingers. | ||
675 | 673 | 抛 | なげる | ホウ | ○棄 | 抛棄(ほうき) | throw/hurl/chuck/peg/ditch | A pitcher hurls nine strike-outs in a row with his powerful fingers. | |
676 | 674 | 袱 | フク | ○紗 | 袱紗(ふくさ) | cloth wrapper | If you prostrate in your flimsy jacket made from a cloth wrapper, it will be crumpled to pieces. | ||
677 | 675 | 箒 | ほうき、ははき | ○草 | 箒草(ほうきぐさ) | broom | Brooms are generally made from bamboo strips. | ||
678 | 676 | 慷 | コウ | ○慨 | 慷慨(こうがい) | cynical | In today’s world, cynicism is the only sane state of mind | ||
679 | 677 | 鵤 | いかる | 鳥の名前 | 鵤(いかる) | Grosbeak | The Grosbeak looks like a crow, but flies at a funny angle. | ||
680 | 678 | 蝙 | こうもり | ヘン | ○蝠 | 蝙蝠(こうもり) | bat | Due to their flying abilities, bats were once often mistaken for insects, and such were serialized in such forms in comic books. | |
681 | 679 | 蝠 | フク | 蝙○ | 蝙蝠(こうもり) | batman | Looking like an insect, batman is a wealthy billionaire comic book character. | ||
682 | 680 | 悋 | リン | ○気 | 悋気(りんき) | resentful | The cheap man’s state of mind towards the rich billionaire is nothing but resentment. | ||
683 | 681 | 鑼 | どら | 銅○ | 銅鑼(どら) | traditional gong | A traditional metal gong has a gauze patch to soften the sound. | ||
684 | 682 | 岷 | ミン | ○江 | 岷江(みんこう) | Mingo | The Mingo people lived in a mountain. | ||
685 | 683 | 糯 | もち | ○粟 | 糯粟(もちあわ) | sticky rice | Sticky rice is heavily demanded. | ||
686 | 684 | 豇 | ささげ | 豆の一種 | Cowpea | The cowpea is a bean that takes a lot of craft to farm. | |||
687 | 685 | 絣 | かすり | 織物、模様の一種 | 絣(かすり)の着物 | roughly threaded | A roughly threaded kimono is a puzzle to untangle. | ||
688 | 686 | 撻 | たつ | 鞭○ | 鞭撻(べんたつ) | encouragement | The accomplished teacher broke his student’s fingers in order to encourage them | ||
689 | 687 | 罅 | はぜる、ひび | カ | ○が入る | 罅(ひび)が入る | crack | The tiger got a crack in its paw and had to bandage it with a water lily. | |
690 | 688 | 踝 | くるぶし | 踝(くるぶし) | ankle | You broke your ankle and needed a peg leg after slipping on the fruit peel. | |||
691 | 689 | 矍 | カク | ○鑠 | 矍鑠(かくしゃく)としたおじいさん | old and spritely | The old turkey spritely ran after crotch with a glint in his eyes. | ||
692 | 690 | 鑠 | シャク | 矍○ | 矍鑠(かくしゃく)としたおじいさん | old and fit | The old and fit men work out to music from their old metal gramophone. | ||
693 | 691 | 謗 | そしる | ボウ | 誹○中傷 | 誹謗中傷(ひぼうちゅうしょう) | libel | Words shouted anonymously from the side are usually nothing but libel. | |
694 | 692 | 贖 | あがなう | ショク | ○罪 | 贖罪(しょくざい) | atonement | Paying your victim and giving them a nice card for reading alone won’t achieve atonement. | |
695 | 693 | 鍍 | めっき | ト | ○金が剥げる | 鍍金(めっき)が剥げる | gilt | Metal gilt will melt off at a certain degree. | |
696 | 694 | 靨 | えくぼ | 靨(えくぼ)がかわいい | dimple | A girl who can’t remove a dimple from her face becomes despondent and resorts to wearing a mask. | |||
697 | 695 | 腱 | けん | アキレス○ | アキレス腱 | tendon | A tendon is a piece of flesh that builds strength between muscle and bone. | ||
698 | 696 | 橅 | ぶな | 木の種類 | Japanese Beech | Compared to other trees, the Japanese Beech is very plain, nothing to stop and look at. | |||
699 | 697 | 塒 | とぐろ、ねぐら | ○を巻く | 塒(とぐろ)を巻く、塒(ねぐら)に帰る | lair | An animal’s lair is the patch of dirt it returns to at the same time every night to sleep. | ||
700 | 698 | 鷭 | ばん | 鳥の種類 | 鷭(ばん) | Moorhen | Moorhens are birds that take turns with duties: they’re among the more democratic species of birds. The more hens, the less workload. | ||
701 | 699 | 穽 | セイ | 陥○ | 陥穽(かんせい)=落とし穴 | snare | The man created a snare by covering up the hole leading into a well. | ||
702 | 700 | 襤 | ボ | ○褸 | 襤褸(ぼろ) | defect | Oversee the rookie dry-cleaner as they remove the defects from an expensive jacket. | ||
703 | 701 | 褸 | ロ | 襤○ | 襤褸(ぼろ) | shortcoming | The housewife tries to fix the shortcomings in her husband’s jacket, but ends up making it worse, tailoring thereby being one of her shortcomings. | ||
704 | 702 | 仗 | ジョウ | ○旗 | 仗旗(じょうき) | special attire | Mr. T often needs to adjust the length of his tux and other special attire, as he so rarely attends special occasions. | ||
705 | 703 | 枷 | かし、かせ | 足○ | 足枷(あしかせ) | shackles | Shackles are pieces of wood you add to your limbs to restrict movement. | ||
706 | 704 | 蝎 | さそり | 蝎(さそり) | scorpion | The festive man he is, the Muchacho has been known to eat the odd scorpion and other insects on occasion. | |||
707 | 705 | 恙 | つつが | ○無い | 恙無い(つつがない) | safely | It is difficult to safely approach a sheep without getting its heart racing. | ||
708 | 706 | 癬 | セン | 疥○ | 疥癬(かいせん) | ringworm (of the groin) | Ringworm is a sickness you get if you don’t keep yourself fresh down there. | ||
709 | 707 | 沁 | しみる | 心に○みる | 心に沁みる(しみる) | feel deeply | An emotion felt deeply in the heart can be like having a bucket of water poured over your head. | ||
710 | 708 | 廖 | リョウ | Ryo state | The albatross that lived in the forbidden cave was the emblem of the Ryo state. | ||||
711 | 709 | 枉 | オウ | ○駕 | 枉駕(おうが) | ask a lot | The king asks a lot of his servants, like the time he requested one climb a 50 metre high tree to retrieve his ball. | ||
712 | 710 | 蜃 | シン | ○気楼 | 蜃気楼(しんきろう) | mirage | After being poisoned by a stray insect, you see Bruce Lee on the horizon beckoning you; alas it’s only a mirage. | ||
713 | 711 | 摸 | モ | ○擬試験 | 模擬試験(もぎしけん) | reproduction | The man’s tombstone at the graveyard needed to be reproduced after people kept running their fingers along it and smudging the ink inscriptions. | ||
714 | 712 | 駸 | シン | ○○と | 駸駸(しんしん)と=速くすすむさま | trot | Even the horse excitedly trots after the French maid. | ||
715 | 713 | 熏 | いぶす | クン | 薫に同じ | fragrant [alternate] | A heavy person roasting flower (absent of any flowers) would not be particularly fragrant. | ||
716 | 714 | 勳 | クン | ○章、殊○ | 勲章(くんしょう)、殊勲(しゅくん) | meritorious deed [alternate] | It is a meritorious deed to harness the power of fragrances and make the world a better smelling place. | ||
717 | 715 | 齲 | ウ | ○蝕 | 齲蝕(うしょく) | cavity | Jiminy cricket gets a decayed tooth and wails out in the night for Pinocchio (or perhaps Giuseppi) to take him to the dentist. | ||
718 | 716 | 桎 | シツ | ○梏 | 桎梏(しっこく) | cuffs | The climax for most criminals is some wooden cuffs and being trucked off to prison. | ||
719 | 717 | 梏 | コク | 桎○ | 桎梏(しっこく) | manacle | When going to mass to hear the revelations, prisoners must wear manacles. | ||
720 | 718 | 譫 | うわ | セン | ○言 | 譫言(うわごと) | talking deliriously | If you fall asleep in the wrong company, you face the danger of talking deliriously about things better kept unsaid. | |
721 | 719 | 囈 | うわ | ゲイ | ○言 | 囈言(うわごと) | sleep talking | The old technique of stopping sleep talking is to shove a sock in the person’s mouth. | |
722 | 720 | 眈 | タン | 虎視○○と | 虎視眈々(こしたんたん)と狙う | eyes on the prize | The guy who was thrown in the river to sink keeps his eyes on the prize; the revolver lying on the ground near him. | ||
723 | 721 | 蜉 | フ | ○蝣 | 蜉蝣(かげろう) | dayfly | The dayfly is an insect fledglings like to feast on. | ||
724 | 722 | 蝣 | ユウ | 蜉○ | 蜉蝣(かげろう) | mayfly | Mayflies are insects that only come out on mayday to play for a bit, then die. | ||
725 | 723 | 鶫 | つぐみ | 鳥の名前 | 鶫(つぐみ) | dusky thrush | The bird from the dusky east, the dusky thrush. | ||
726 | 724 | 襦 | ジュ | ○袢 | 襦袢(じゅばん) | kimono underwear | Kimono underwear used to be in large demand, but with the advent of western clothing, has undergone a rapid decline. | ||
727 | 725 | 袢 | ハン | 襦○ | 襦袢(じゅばん) | old underwear | Old underwear or new underwear, your undergarments only make up half of your attire, together with your jacket. | ||
728 | 726 | 妁 | シャク | 媒○人 | 媒妁人(ばいしゃくにん) | match maker | The women and her ladle are a match made in heaven. | ||
729 | 727 | 褞 | ウン | ○袍 | 褞袍(どてら) | padded kimono jacket | The prison guy is a given a nice, warm padded kimono jacket to help him through his cold nights. | ||
730 | 728 | 袍 | ホウ | 褞○ | 褞袍(どてら) | old jacket | An old jacket is always good for wrapping yourself up in and keeping warm. | ||
731 | 729 | 臑 | すねる | ○当て | 臑当て(すねあて) | shin [alternate] | When running, your shins are the most demanded parts of the body, as so much stress is put on them. | ||
732 | 730 | 偸 | チュウ、トウ | ○盗 | 偸盗(ちゅうとう) | thieve | Mr T. teaches those thieving koo-koo butchers a lesson and takes their lives for once. | ||
733 | 731 | 縢 | かがる | ○る | ボタン穴をかがる | hemstitch | Hemstitch a quarter of the garment so it fits nicely around your flesh again. | ||
734 | 732 | 娑 | サ、シャ | ○婆 | 娑婆(しゃば)に出る | outside world | In the outside world (as opposed to inside a prison), women walk among the grains of sand at the beach, and other such beauties exist. | ||
735 | 733 | 毘 | ビ | ○沙門天 | 毘沙門天(びしゃもんてん) | Bishamonten | The god of war and warriors didn’t have a great brain compared to others; he just knew how to kill. | ||
736 | 734 | 瘠 | セキ | ○地 | 瘠地(せきち) | lose weight [alternate] | The man was forced to lose weight after he contracted a sickness due to too much excess weight on his spinal column. | ||
737 | 735 | 錵 | にえ | 錵(にえ) | pattern on swordblade | A pattern on the shiny metal swordblade in the shape of a flower. | |||
738 | 736 | 脣 | くちびる | シン | 唇に同じ | lips [alternate] | The lips were a relatively unused part of Bruce Lee’s body, seeing as he never did star in romance films. | ||
739 | 737 | 址 | あと | シ | 城○ | 城址(しろあと、じょうし) | relic | Construction had to be stopped after relics were found in the ground/dirt (this actually happens a lot in cities in China). | |
740 | 738 | 俟 | まつ | 待つに同じ | combine together | If you combine together Mr.T and a bad mood, expect a shove in the face if you get near him. | |||
741 | 739 | 衾 | ふすま | キン | 衾(ふすま) | sleep together | The couple puts on their sleeping garments, set the alarm clock and sleep together. | ||
742 | 740 | 羿 | ゲイ | 伝説上の弓の名手 | Gei the archer | With his two hands, Gei the archer could gather a bird’s wings with one swift move. | |||
743 | 741 | 瞞 | マン | 欺○ | 欺瞞(ぎまん) | deception | The salesman’s eyes were full of deception. | ||
744 | 742 | 澁 | しぶ | 渋に同じ | astringent [old] | When drinking astringent, lemon-flavoured beverages, one has to stop at least 3 times and take a break. | |||
745 | 743 | 澀 | しぶ、しぶ(い)、しぶ(る) | ジュウ、シュウ | 渋に同じ | astringent [old,alternate] | "The alternative way of dealing with astringents in the old days involved having some water... then you take two dripping blades and..." "Stop, stop! I don't want to know any more". | ||
746 | 744 | 馭 | ギョ | ○者 | 馭者(ぎょしゃ) | take for a ride | A horse with a sore crotch isn't taking anybody for a ride. | ||
747 | 745 | 嬶 | かか、かかあ | ○天下 | 嬶天下(かかあてんか) | low class wife | Back in the old days the low class people would call their low class wife by just pointing at the womans nose. They point at their noise and call out, kakaa! kakaa! like a bird and their woman would come | ||
748 | 746 | 嚊 | かか、かかあ | ○天下 | 嬶天下(かかあてんか) | low class wife [alternate] | The man would shout out of his mouth while pointing at his low class wife’s nose. | ||
749 | 747 | 酩 | メイ | ○酊 | 酒に酩酊(めいてい)する | pissed | Who cares what the alcohol’s name is, if you’re gonna get pissed you’ll drink anything. | ||
750 | 748 | 酊 | テイ | 酩○ | 酒に酩酊(めいてい)する | blind drunk | Wake up after a night of drinking lots of alcohol and getting blind drunk to find a nail through your hand. | ||
751 | 749 | 蜆 | しじみ | 貝の一種 | 蜆汁(しじみじる) | Shijimi clam | Shijimi clams camouflage so well that it’s hard to see them. | ||
752 | 750 | 閻 | エン | ○魔大王 | 閻魔大王(えんまだいおう) | Enma | When the man went to the front gate to pick up the bundled up mortar that was beind delivered, Enma threw a lightning bolt and struck him down. | ||
753 | 751 | 鎬 | しのぎ | コウ | ○下がり | 鎬下がり(しのぎさがり) | Sword clashing, sword blade ridges | The swordsman keep smashing their sword-blade ridges together until the metal begins to warp and grow tall. | |
754 | 752 | 笄 | こうがい | ケイ | かんざしのこと | 笄(こうがい) | Hair spike | Arrange the bamboo hair spikes in your hair using two hands. | |
755 | 753 | 箏 | こと | ソウ | ○曲 | 箏曲(そうきょく) | Sou Koto | You can only compete in this competition if you have a sou koto, not a normal koto. | |
756 | 754 | 鵐 | しとど | 鳥の一種 | ○目 | しとどめーー穴の縁を飾る金具 | Curve carving | The sorceress personally carved a bird onto the carve of the samurai’s katana for good luck. | |
757 | 755 | 魏 | ギ | 古代中国の国名 | Wei dynasty | The Wei dynasty was dominated by a committee of evil ghosts who terrorised the people. | |||
758 | 756 | 巍 | ギ | ○然 | 巍然(ぎぜん)として連なる山々 | mountain tall | The wei dynasty was mountain tall, i.e. it lasted a long time. | ||
759 | 757 | 瀝 | したたる | レキ | ○る | 瀝る(したたる) | confide | You find an empty period in your curriculum to go and confide to your swimming teacher that you’re terrified of water. | |
760 | 758 | 曩 | さき | ノウ | ○日 | 曩日(のうじつ) | earlier | The grass skirt wearing women have to get up before the sun rises, ealier than all the others, to make breakfast. | |
761 | 759 | 嶷 | ギ | towering/ really tall/ giant | The uneducated kid listened to a description of Everest and replied: “I doubt a mountain could really be that tall.” | ||||
762 | 760 | 蕭 | ショウ | ○○と | 蕭蕭と(しょうしょうと)=ものさびしいさま | desolate | The flowers raked into the abyss were desolate. | ||
763 | 761 | 蔣 | ショウ | ○介石 | 蔣介石(しょうかいせき) | Shoukaiseki | Shoukaiseki was a brutal leader who demanded respect, with flower-adorned portraits in every home. | ||
764 | 762 | 廠 | ショウ | ○舎 | 廠舎(しょうしゃ) | workshop | The esteemed taskmaster's workshop was built in a cave. | ||
765 | 763 | 閘 | コウ | ○門 | 閘門(こうもん) | lock gate | A lock gate is firmly rooted to the ocean floor to prevent water seeping through. | ||
766 | 764 | 柩 | ひつぎ | キュウ | 霊○車 | 霊柩車(れいきゅうしゃ) | casket | Caskets are wooden boxes created to house a dead person for a long time (or a short time in the case of cremation.) | |
767 | 765 | 喙 | くちばし | 喙(くちばし) | meddle | Those with big mouths have an affinity for meddling. | |||
768 | 766 | 蔗 | シャ、ショ | ○糖 | 蔗糖(しょとう) | cane sugar | The commoner with a piece of cane sugar flower hanging out of his mouth. | ||
769 | 767 | 癸 | みずのと | キ | 十干の10番目 | Tenth sign of Chinese calendar | Hollycock so good at sucking cock, finally gets deflowered in the Tenth Month of our relationship. | ||
770 | 768 | 壬 | みずのえ | ジン | 十干の9番目 | Ninth sign of the Chinese calendar | There has to be a drop of samurai in every porter, and they must switch the calendar to the ninth month. | ||
771 | 769 | 庚 | かのえ | コウ | 十干の7番目 | 庚申(こうしん、かのえさる) | Seventh sign of the Chinese calendar | The St. Bernards must get out the brooms and clean their caves every Seventh month. | |
772 | 770 | 邉 | ヘン | 辺に同じ | 渡邉(わたなべ)さん | environs [old, alternate] | The old road that once led along the crowned gully is now in ruin, as the pungent smell of the rotting environs reaches your nose. | ||
773 | 771 | 譚 | タン,ダン | 奇○ | 奇譚(きだん) | legend | The Native Americans have had their own spoken legends in the old west since very early on. | ||
774 | 772 | 弑 | シイ、シ | ○逆 | 弑逆(しいぎゃく、しぎゃく) | murder an elder | If you’re going to murder an elder, kill them with style. | ||
775 | 773 | 棕 | シュ | ○櫚の葉 | 棕櫚(しゅろ)の葉 | palm tree | The palm tree has long been associated with the religion of Christianity (palm sunday etc). | ||
776 | 774 | 逡 | シュン | ○巡する | 逡巡(しゅんじゅん)する | defer | A prostitute must be willing to defer her transactions to a later date if a cop comes down the road. | ||
777 | 775 | 鎹 | かすがい | 子は○ | 子は鎹(かすがい) | clamp | Not even eight heavenly men could clamp the piece of metal track to the road, it just kept on coming loose. | ||
778 | 776 | 喞 | ショク、ソク | ○筒 | 喞筒(そくとう、しょくとう) | pump | Your mouth can instantly pump out vomit. | ||
779 | 777 | 攲 | かたむく | キ | listen over | Oi, listen over here, you’ve got a strange branch growing out of your ear. | |||
780 | 778 | 魄 | たましい、たま | 魂に同じ | blunder | A white ghost made the blunder of wearing a black cloak. Uh-oh, 浮きまくり! | |||
781 | 779 | 杢 | モク | ○魚 | 杢魚(もくぎょ) | wood grain | Getting the perfect grain of wood from a tree is a craft in itself. | ||
782 | 780 | 悖 | もとる | ハイ | ○逆、○徳 | 悖逆(はいぎゃく)、悖徳(はいとく) | go against | It goes against common logic to ignore the state of mind of others and flash your erection around. |
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