第103回

Question 1

曇り

Answer 1

くもり
cloudy
**cloudy weather: sun…clouds…
“We refer to days when the sun is covered by the clouds as cloudy weather.” 453
(bottom half) cloud: rain…rising cloud….
Clouds rise up from the earth through evaporation, only to then dump rain back down. 452

Question 2

曇天

Answer 2

どんてん
cloudy weather
**(1st) cloudy weather: sun…clouds…
“We refer to days when the sun is covered by the clouds as cloudy weather.” 453
(bottom half) cloud: rain…rising cloud….
Clouds rise up from the earth through evaporation, only to then dump rain back down. 452

Question 3

食糧

Answer 3

しょくりょう
provisions, food
**(2nd) provisions: rice….quantity….
When people had to get provisions for Corona they got a large quantity or rice. 995
(Right side) quantity: night break….computer….
How do you quantify a life? In the number of sunrises and days spent on the computer. 189
**ALL: food…provisions….

Question 4

砂糖

Answer 4

さとう
sugar
**(2nd) sugar: rice….T’ang…
Sugar was first used to sweeten rice for desert dishes during the T’ang dynasty. 1242
(Right side) T’ang: cave…rake…mouth…
The T’ang dynasty was so long ago people were still living in caves and had nothing to do but rake rocks around. But this was when they started talking (probably about their rock patters). 1241
**ALL: sand…sugar….
Looks like sand, but it’s not, it’s sugar!

Question 5

化粧

Answer 5

けしょう
makeup, put on make up
**(2nd) cosmetics: rice…cave….soil…
This cave man mixed powder from the rice he grew outside with soil from his own cave and invented the very first cosmetic. 991
**ALL: change…cosmetics…

Question 6

臭い

Answer 6

くさい
smelly, suspicious, fishy
**stinking: nose…St. Bernard/dog….
The St. Bernard has his nose in the air, sniffing for whatever it was that was stinking outside. 128

Question 7

臭う

Answer 7

におう
smell
**stinking: nose…St. Bernard/dog….
The St. Bernard has his nose in the air, sniffing for whatever it was that was stinking outside. 128

Question 8

悪臭

Answer 8

あくしゅう
bad smell, offensive odor
**(1st) bad: Asia…heart…
It may be tempting to think Asia is bad at heart, but in reality the West is no better. 1951
(top half) Asia: roman numeral II…mouth….
In some Asian countries, a couple (II) is only allowed to have one mouth to feed. 1950
**(2nd) stinking: nose…St. Bernard/dog….
The St. Bernard has his nose in the air, sniffing for whatever it was that was stinking outside. 128
**ALL: bad…stinking….
(pronunciation)
Where is the bad smell coming from? A しゅう

Question 9

鼻

Answer 9

はな
nose
**nose: nose…brain…two hands….
“Imagine taking your two hands and reaching up into someone’s nostrils. Once inside you grab hold of the brain and yank it out.” Kinda like a nose swab. 733

Question 10

耳鼻科

Answer 10

じびか
ear and nose (medical specialty)
**(2nd) nose: nose…brain…two hands….
“Imagine taking your two hands and reaching up into someone’s nostrils. Once inside you grab hold of the brain and yank it out.” Kinda like a nose swab. 733
**(3rd) department: measuring cup…wheat…
Based off my parents’ interests you would think the most likely departments for me to join would be one to do with plants (perhaps one that would work out in wheat fields) or one to do with scientific measurement (measuring cup), but no. 1263
**ALL: ear…nose…department…

Question 11

休憩

Answer 11

きゅうけい
rest, take a break
**(2nd) recess: tongue…nose….heart…
Things I associate with recess: saying things I regret, noticing Charlie picked his nose too, and trying to give my heart to boys I liked. 658
**ALL: rest…recess….

Question 12

憩う

Answer 12

いこう
rest (used in writing) 
**recess: tongue...nose....heart...
Things I associate with recess: saying things I regret, noticing Charlie picked his nose too, and trying to give my heart to boys I liked. 658
**ALL (pronunciation): いこうに行こう

Question 13

舌

Answer 13

した
tongue
**tongue: thousand…mouth…
A thousand people using the same tongue to speak the same language. 41

Question 14

毒舌

Answer 14

どくぜつ
malicious tongue (strong wording)
**(1st) poison: grow up…breasts…
Little do men know, but as women grow up they accumulate poison in their breasts in case of an emergency. 1651
**(2nd) tongue: thousand…mouth…
A thousand people using the same tongue to speak the same language. 41
**ALL: poison…tongue….

Question 15

君

Answer 15

きみ
you, lord (sovereign)
**old boy: mop….mouth….
OBs always seem to have dirty language. We should take a mop to their mouths. 1246
(top half) mop: like rake, but with a swishing sense of motion. pg.289

Question 16

君主

Answer 16

くんしゅ
monarch, sovereign
**(1st) old boy: mop….mouth….
OBs always seem to have dirty language. We should take a mop to their mouths. 1246
(top half) mop: like rake, but with a swishing sense of motion. pg.289
**ALL (pronunciation): think how inappropriate it would be to call a monarch くん, and the association of royalty with shoes, しゅ, (the glass slipper).

Question 17

含む

Answer 17

ふくむ
contain, include, hold (inside)
**include: cow…mouth…
On TV they always saw (mouth) if you call right now they will include another of the same thing for free, but is what they are saying (mouth) true? 1712

Question 18

含蓄

Answer 18

がんちく
implication, significance, overtone (has hidden deep meaning)
**(1st) include: cow…mouth…
On TV they always saw (mouth) if you call right now they will include another of the same thing for free, but is what they are saying (mouth) true? 1712
**(2nd) amass: flowers…livestock…
There was a struggling farm and a thriving farm. The struggling farm tried to amass the livestock from the other farm by planting a path of flowers to his own farm. 1486
(bottom part) 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. 1485
**ALL: include…amass…
When something has a hidden implication/signification it includes something additional, and amasses a large number of affected people.