第102回 Flashcards
大丈夫
だいじょうぶ
all right, okay, safe
**(2nd) length: (large with a disconnected third stroke/semi-pictograph)….
This character shows a person with both arms out at full length, trying to hold a particularly long length of fabric. The third stroke is the fabric hanging down. 746
**ALL: big….length….husband….
Everything is okay because your husband is big and long.
牧場
ぼくじょう
ranch, pasture
**(1st) breed: cow…taskmaster….
Cows often do not want to breed with the bulls, so the taskmaster has to get behind them and force them to breed 351
**(2nd) location: soil….piggy bank….
I buried the Japan Fund piggy bank in the soil of the yard and wouldn’t tell anyone its location. 584
**ALL: breed…location…
家畜
かちく
livestock, domestic animals
**(2nd) livestock: mysterious….rice field…
Eastern farming may seem mysterious with all their rice fields, but they raise livestock in those fields like any other farm.
(Top half) mysterious: top hat…cocoon….
There was a mysterious man in a top hat and cocooned inside a trench coat. 1484
**ALL (pronunciation): かちく have かち for farmers.
充実した
じゅうじつした
full, complete, satisfying
**(1st) allot: infant…human legs…
A pair of legs are allotted to each infant, which they will eventually learn how to use properly. 823
**ALL: allot…reality….
What you are allotted with at the beginning of life, in reality, for you to be full/complete.
(pronunciation) when something is “a ten, for real” (じゅうじつ）it is completely satisfying.
充てる
あてる
assign, allot (used with time and money)
**allot: infant…human legs…
A pair of legs are allotted to each infant, which they will eventually learn how to use properly. 823
玄関
げんかん
front door/entrance, porch
**(1st) mysterious: top hat…cocoon…
There was a mysterious man in a top hat and cocooned inside a trench coat. 1484
**(2nd) connection: gates…golden calf…
After the golden calf’s sacrifice, he went through the gates and made a connection with heaven. He put in a good word for his tribe. 2173
**ALL: mysterious…connection….
玄人
くろうと
expert, professional, specialist (someone who has a skill or art/ someone in a chancy trade like nightlife)
**(1st) mysterious: top hat…cocoon…
There was a mysterious man in a top hat and cocooned inside a trench coat. 1484
**ALL: mysterious…person…
Specialist and nightlife workers are very mysterious people.
(pronunciation) experts/specialists have to くろう to get where they are.
豪雨
ごうう
heavy rainfall, torrential downpour
**(1st) overpowering: tall…crowned…sow….
The sight of the tall, crowned sow was so overpowering that, even though it was a pig, you couldn’t help but bow. 582
盲人
もうじん
blind person, the blind (sounds discriminatory, better word is: 視覚障害者、しかくしょうがいしゃ)
**(1st) blind: perish…eye…
Some who is blind has eyes that have perished. 525
**ALL: blind…person…
盲点
もうてん
blind spot, (legal) loophole
**(1st) blind: perish…eye…
Some who is blind has eyes that have perished. 525
帽子
ぼうし hat, cap **(1st) cap: towel...risk... You forgot your cap, but you make a makeshift one out of a towel because the risk of getting sun in your eyes is too high. If you sneeze people will think you have Corona. 436 (right side) risk: sun...eyes.... The sun is a risky thing to look at 18 **ALL: cap....child.... Parents are always saying "put a hat on!" to their kids when they go outside.
上昇
じょうしょう
rise, ascend
**(2nd) rise up: sun…measuring box….
Raising the drug measuring box up to the sun like Simba in The Lion King. 43
(bottom half) measuring box: thousand….needle….
They put a thousand needles on the outside of the measuring box to deter him from using it to measure drugs. 42
**ALL: above…rise up…
昇る
のぼる
rise, ascend (through the air)
**rise up: sun…measuring box….
Raising the drug measuring box up to the sun like Simba in The Lion King. 43
(bottom half) measuring box: thousand….needle….
They put a thousand needles on the outside of the measuring box to deter him from using it to measure drugs. 42
