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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 貸す | かす 貸す to lend; to loan (to someone) "Substitute (代) your shells/money (貝) to a friend – you're lending it out as collateral or a loan, expecting it back later. |
| 返す | かえす 返す to return (something); to restore; to put back |
| 借りる | かりる 借りる to borrow (from someone) |
| 着く | つく 着く to arrive at; to reach 👑 ← crown (king is coming!) 羊 ｜ ← scepter 目 ← everyone’s eyes looking up when he arrives |
| 動く | うごく 動く to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing to operate; to run; to go; to work 動く 猫が動く the cat moves 電話が動かないです The phone isn't working “Heavy stuff + strength = movement → 動” 重 力 ── ── └──┘ Heavy object + Power → it fin |
| ほとんど | hardly; barely; scarcely; little |
| だいぶ | considerably; greatly; a lot |
| 差す 傘を差す | 差す さす to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise かさをさす to hold an umbrella |
| 熱 | ねつ 熱 heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion 土 丸 ← trapped hot thing ━━━━ ・・・・ ← fire heating from below |
| 下がる 熱が下がった | さがる to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower ねつがさがった my fever has come down |
| 階 | 階 かい storey; story; floor Everyone (皆) living to the left of the hill (阝) ends up on a different floor → 階 皆さん everybody |
| 地図 | “On the ground/earth (地), you draw an enclosed diagram (図) → that’s a map (地図)!” |
| 通う | かよう 通う to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent “I use (用) the road (辶) every day → I commute (通う)” |
| 宿題 | しゅくだい 宿題 homework; assignment 宿 (shuku / yado = lodge, stay, homework) Under roof (宀), a person (亻) and a 100 (百) others stay: a lodging house (宿) 題 (dai / topic, question, problem) Use head 頁 to think of the correct 是 answer: topic or problem 題 |
| 図書館 | としょかん 図書館 library 図 = pictures, charts, diagrams (books have lots of these) 書 = writing / books (the main content) 館 = big public building → The big building (館) full of books/writing (書) and pictures/diagrams (図) = LIBRARY! |
| 弟 | 弟 おとうと younger brother; little brother; kid brother "The younger brother (弟) is the one who carries the bow (弓) with arrows neatly tied on top – he's still small and in training, following his big brother's order." |
| 使う | つかう 使う to use Mnemonic: "A person (亻) who is an official (吏) gets sent around to do tasks → to use/employ/send (使)" |
| 丈夫 | じょうぶ 丈夫 healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable 丈 = tall, strong (person) 夫 = strong man / husband 丈 + 夫 = a tall strong man → 丈夫 = strong, tough, durable, healthy! |
| 棚 | たな 棚 shelf; ledge; rack Wood (木) that holds two moons/meats hanging side by side (朋) |
| 働く | 働く はたらく to work; to labor; to labour "A person (亻) moving (動) heavy (重) stuff with great power (力) → that's hard work (働く)" |
| 遠い | 遠い とおい Imagine a journey (辶 = movement) You're wearing a long, flowing robe (袁 originally means a long garment that trails on the ground— 衣 clothes with 土 earth and 口 opening).robe is long it drags far behind you, kicking up dust (土) as you walk |
| よくいらっしゃいました | it was very good of you to come, glad to see you |
| 病気 | びょうき ill: stay in bed 疒 looks like a bed with ice dots for fever on pillow 丙 as pedestal Or Sickness confines 2 bed feeling like trapped 内 inside 丙 spirit/energy 気 steamy rice vapor 米 rice with 气 steam lines and 乂 cross for swirling air. |
| 治る | なおる to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal Imagine water (氵) flowing over a platform (台) to "cool and heal" a patient lying there – the illness is "treated" and recovers. |
| 屋上 | おくじょう rooftop to reach the roof 屋, you have to arrive 至 at the top of house 尸 至 Top: 一 line = arrow's flight path. Middle: slanted lines and vertical (like 丿 + 土 or arrow shaft) = arrow in motion. Bottom: 土 (soil/ground) = target where it lands |
| 上がる | あがる to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raise |
| 温度 | おんど temperature 温度 warm (温), imagine water (氵) heated by the sun (日) in a dish (皿) – a sunny bowl of warm soup! Degrees (度) measure how much – imagine a hand (又) under a roof (广) checking a net-like scale to "measure" temperature levels. |
| このへん | this area; around here |
| 聞こえる | きこえる to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears |
| 上着 | うわぎ jacket 上着 "upper wear" or "thing worn on top/above" → perfectly describes a jacket or outerwear (worn over other clothes, on the upper body). 着 plane touched down: contact/landing → arrival Stick to the plan" or "The glue sticks":attachment |
| 分ける | 分ける わける to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out 分 one of the easier kanji to remember once you see the "knife splitting things apart" image! |
| くれる | to give; to let (one) have When the giver is the subject (父が / 先生が / 友達が) and the receiver is you (私), use くれる. |
| 入院 | にゅういん hospitalization; hospitalisation 友達が入院しています |
| 勤める | つとめる 務める to work for a specific company employment / belonging to a company. Particle に marks the organization you belong to. はたらく suggests work in general |
| 厚い | あつい 厚い thick in terms of layers, depth, volume NOT in terms of diameter, girth -> this would be 太ふとい Under cliff 厂 child 子 crying cuz sun 日 burning him with thick unibrows sun apologizes 'Ah, 2 あつ thick ones werent what u wanted! あつい =thick |
| 自動 | じどう automatic 自動 |
| お年寄り | old person; elderly person; senior citizen おとしより |
| アドレス | email ->メール |
| ばかり | ばかり means "only", "nothing but", or "all the time / exclusively" — with a strong nuance of excess, repetition, and usually mild criticism or complaint from the speaker. 弟はテレビばかり見ていて、ぜんぜん勉強しません。 |
| 消す | 消す けす to erase / delete / turn off / extinguish Imagine pouring water (氵) over a small (小) moon (月) in the night sky. |
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