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1204-1403 Flashcards

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1204畔paddy ridge

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A PADDY-RIDGE divides the RICE FIELD in HALF

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1205判judgment

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In the bible, King Solomon’s JUDGMENT was admired not by saying to cut the baby in HALF with the SWORD, but that it revealed who the true mother was.

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1206券ticket

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Entering the movie, the dude asks for your #ticket#, so he can tear it in half. He looks at you funny when you hand him a ticket already torn in half. He quietly tears the stub into quarters after you show him your dagger with a smile.

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1207巻scroll

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At a mysterious bazaar, you happen to come across something interesting: a rolled-up scroll for only 25¢. You buy it up impulsively until you realize that the powerful spell contained within is cursed by a poisonous snake. If you try to cast this spell, the snake will pop out of nowhere and bite you! Hrmph. No wonder it was so cheap…

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1208圏sphere

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the entire sphere of human knowledge is now pent up in the internet… you just have to scroll down to read it!

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1209勝victory

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After your VICTORY cut your enemy’s FLESH into QUARTERs to show your POWER.

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1210藤wisteria

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according to legend, the great Ogaki wisteria tree grew and flowered from magical rice grains that were planted under the quarter moon

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1211謄facsimile

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As a prank, a guy sits with his butt flesh on the facsimile machine, inserts a quarter, and tries to fax it to his boss. However the facsimile (an exact copy) machine has pattern recognition technology and instead of an image of his flesh, it just transmits the word “asshole”. Don’t forget it’s flesh, not words, on the left side; the flesh image gets transformed into words.

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1212片one-sided

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This one who you can see is currently proposing, says “without you, I am nothing but ONE-SIDED”

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1213版printing block

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Before the advent of printers in Japan, typewriters couldn’t be built as they were in the west due to how many kanji there are. Lots of small printing blocks had to be used instead. One side of the printing block would have a mirrored (anti) image of the kanji. This is true.

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1214之of

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Of all the kanji, this is the only one 之orro can write.

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1215乏destitution

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Children in complete destitution have no hope of ever getting toys to play with, so when they find even a tiny drop of a building block they are overjoyed.

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1216芝turf

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Zorro, with a flower between his teeth for the ladies, defends his turf against evildoers. “This is my turf! And this…is for the lady.”

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1217不negative

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You may play with the primitives of this kanji as you wish (ceiling…person…a drop of), BUT you will probably find that its simplicity, and its frequency, make it easy to remember.

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1218否negate

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To distinguish between 否 negate, and 不 {不}: Note that negate contains 口, which is a kind of gate.

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1219杯cupfuls

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Ｗｈｅｎ　ｙｏｕ　ｓａｙ　［いっぱい」　Ｔｈｅ　ｋａｎｊｉ　ｉｓ　一杯．Just think of Wooden cups being used for drinking, but drinking CUPFULS is Negative as you might get sick.

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1220矢dart

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Zeus ran out of lightning bolts and has to drop darts from the heavens.

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1221矯rectify

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The Angel cupid uses darts to rectify people’s love life.-putting something right, correct-

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1222族tribe

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With a banner declaring “Keep Out!” and blow darts to back it up, the Amazon tribe is not that friendly.

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1223知know

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I should know. After all, I did graduate from #Dart##mouth#!

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1224智wisdom

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Wisdom is knowing everything OVER the sun (fools assume everything UNDER).

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1225矛halberd

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The HALBERD’s battle-ax head and long shaft are depicted here. Take care with the number and order of the strokes.

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1226柔tender

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[tender; weakness; gentleness; softness]Love me #tender#,Love me perfect,Never cheat on me.Or I’ll impale you on my Halberd,And hang ya atop a tree…

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1227務task

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It is with the halberd he holds that the taskmaster exerts his power over those actually performing the task.

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1228霧fog

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This fog is the perfect weather for us to perform our task undetected.

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1229班squad

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Am I the only one who took this as penis and balls? In order to be in the man-squad, naturally you need to have two balls with your “spear” in the middle there.

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1230帰homecoming

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At his HOMECOMING, the man expected to find his wife in an APRON holding a BROOM, but instead she greeted him at the door with a SPEAR.

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1231弓bow

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This character pictures the bent wooden BOW. Later we will learn how to make the BOWSTRING that goes with it. If you stretch this character out and see the indentation on the left as its handle, the pictography should be clearer.

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1232引pull

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Put a WALKING STICK in the BOW and PULL it back, ready to fire at the geezer.

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1233弔condolences

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Send your condolences to the old geezer whom you shot the walking stick into with your bow.

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1234弘vast

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If you pull the bow back with your elbow, you can shoot a vast distance.

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1235強strong

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An insect who can fly vast distances is strong.

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1236弱weak

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Two weak archers agree on a duel to the death. They constantly shoot at each other but never manage to hit their target. But what they lack in skill they make up in determination, and they keep shooting for hours, and days, and months, until it’s wintertime and their bows are coated in ice.

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1237沸seethe

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You see the DOLLAR SIGN popping up on the register after buying a few WATER bottles, and feel yourself SEETHING of anger over those crazy prices. (of a liquid) bubble up as a result of being boiled.

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1238費expense

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An expense is an expense, whether you put it in dollars or in local money.

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1239第No.

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The No.1 currency may at one time have been the DOLLAR, but since the economic slowdown the weak DOLLAR has been overtaken by currencies from BAMBOO growing countries.

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1240弟younger brother

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YOUNGER BROTHERS are always more prone to mischief. Mine, you can almost see the little HORNS on him and the DOLLAR SIGN on his eyes when he comes up with a money-making scheme.

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1241巧adroit

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Adroit: dextrous, deft, skillful. Snare is a little generic so I’ll use BEAR TRAP, with huge teeth cartoon style that snares you around the ankle. In the crafting of a bear trap, one must be particularly adroit. Otherwise they will become the victim of their down device.

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1242号nickname

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My nickname is “No Lips”. Yep, I shouldn’t have put my mouth on that bear trap…

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1243朽decay

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This animal hanging from a SNARE hooked up in a TREE is now slowly DECAYING, as the owner of the SNARE is nowhere to be seen.

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1244誇boast

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The hunter’s #boast#: I say, it was a “big one”, but the snare broke and it got away. (credit to many others before)

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1245汚dirty

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A hunter Washes, with WATER, his TWO SNAREs, because they are DIRTY.

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1246与bestow

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In The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, one of the first weapons bestowed on Link was the slingshot.

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1247写copy

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A crown was bestowed to the British royalty museum, but it was only a copy.

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1248身somebody

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The key word SOMEBODY was chosen to convey the double meaning of this kanji; body and person. Its composition is based on the nose ‘which, you will recall, is also the kanji for oneself). The extension of the bottom and far right strokes of that element, together with the unusual diagonal stroke, forms the pictograph of somebody with a prominent paunch.

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1249射shoot

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You SHOOT SOMEBODY with a GLUE-gun

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1250謝apologize

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The famous speech by the man that Dick Cheney shot in the face: “I’m sorry for the trouble I have caused the Vice President”

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1251老old man

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the dirty old man had a stroke so now he must be spoon fed.

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1252考consider

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Before shooting an old man with a slingshot, one shold carefully consider the possible consequences.

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1253孝filial piety

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This child has taken filial piety to the next level. He is actually carrying the old man on his shoulders.

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1254教teach

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In early Japan, filial piety was the cornerstone of education, and harsh taskmasters were employed to teach it.

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1255拷torture

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In Torture 101 class they teach you to Consider the Fingers as the first part to inflict pain to. Then you can move on to other parts (like feet, groin, head, etc. etc. ; ) )

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1256者someone

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An old man is someone who has seen many days.

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1257煮boil

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I had a hard time with the next several frame numbers trying to use “puppet.” So i thought of “voodoo doll” but then found “love doll” (which is just a special type of puppet) fit well with these 8 frames. Observe: Here I am BOILING my love doll over the FLAMES to warm her up a bit…

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1258著renowned

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Here I am, putting a wreath of flowers on my love doll’s head and pretending she is someone of great renowned

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1259署signature

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Before giving your SIGNATURE to accept the LOVEDOLL, you should EYE over the LOVEDOLL for any damages, then give your SIGNATURE.

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1260暑sultry

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-hot and humid-Ahh, a fine sultry day with my love doll under the hot sun. I think she’s getting a tan!

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1261諸various

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When you pull the string at the back of Chucky, he will SAY VARIOUS things. “Hidey-ho! Ha ha ha!” “Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?” “I’m going to eat your liver, bitch!”.

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1262猪boar

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My love doll is made of special pheremone impregnated vinyl. Unfortunately, a pack of wild dogs mistook her for a wild boar and tore her to pieces. Oh dear!

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1263渚strand

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-the strand referred to here is the stretch of land along a beach or shoreline.-A lovely romantic walk on the STRANDED, splashing in the WATER with my LOVE DOLL.

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1264賭gamble

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When we gamble at the shell game, I always win against my love doll

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1265峡gorge

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-a narrow valley btween hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.- A GORGE is where God has cut into a MOUNTAIN with a pair of SCISSORS.

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1266狭cramped

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This DOG-saloon soon gets CRAMPED when a PACK OF WILD DOGS runs in for a cut with the dresser’s SCISSORS.

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1267挟sandwiched

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挟まる 【はさまる】 (v5r,vi) to get between; to be caught in; (P) Story: You know how in tokyo there are those really packed trains where train staff in gloves shove people in? Well imagine being sandwiched in so tight, that when the doors close, only your FINGERS are sticking out. The train staff have no choice… they must cut them off with SCISSORS =( snip snip..

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1268追chase

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Maestro, coattails flapping wildly, is being #chase#d down the road by his fans.

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1269師expert

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Maestro is such as expert, he can conduct even with a towel hanging from the ceiling in front of him.

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1270帥commander

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The COMMANDER is a military MAESTRO who never throws in the TOWEL.

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1271官bureaucrat

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No one likes classical music anymore. Our MAESTRO is here at HOME without his baton sighing sadly before he heads off for another day as his new job as a BUREAUCRAT.

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1272棺coffin

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COFFINS are made of WOOD, even a COFFIN for a BUREAUCRACY. We are all the same in death.

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1273管pipe

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After the negotiations, even the bureaucrats are told by the diplomats to smoke the bamboo peace pipe.

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1274父father

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The kindness and hard work of the ideal FATHER is seen in this abbreviation of the TASKMASTER that leaves off his rod or whip (the first stroke) and replaces it with the sweat of the FATHER’s BROW (two drops at the top)

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1275交mingle

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The FATHER of a poor family puts on his finest TOP HAT and tries to MINGLE with the aristocrats (highest class in certain societies)

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1276効merit

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Once again Heisig makes a keyword that doesn’t make much sense. The real meaning is #effect#/#efficacy# (take your pick). My dad tried out both wearing a top hat and doing some body-building for his muscles to see which was more efficacious .

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1277較contrast

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Even the CARS of those who MINGLE (the rich and the famous) stands in CONTRAST to normal peoples’ cars.

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1278校exam

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The schools that accepted them were posted on a TREE, the students MINGLED around trying to find their names.(コオ）

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1279足leg

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Captain Ahab lost his leg to the great white whale’s mouth and had to mend it with a peg leg.

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1280促stimulate

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You stimulate a person by giving him a kickraise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).

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1281距long-distance

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As a pirate with WOODEN LEGS, being able to take a GIGANTIC step to travel LONG-DISTANCES.

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1282路path

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When pirates try to hide, it’s always easy to find them. Their wooden legs leave distinctive prints, showing where each is hiding and the exact path he took.

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1283露dew

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after the rain the path was covered with dew

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1284跳hop

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A turtle with a wooden leg needs to hop to get around.

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1285躍leap

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A TURKEY with a WOODEN LEG uses its WINGS to LEAP UP.

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1286践tread

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The pirate with the wooden leg chased after the parade float and was run over by the next one, leaving tread marks all over him and his leg.

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1287踏step

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You have to watch your step when moving your leg on a watery day.

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1288骨skeleton

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This kanji and primitive refers to the PART OF THE BODY composed of the bones and their joints. The top part of the kanji, terminating in the element for CROWN, is a pictograph of a BONE JOINT. I leave it to you to put the pieces together, so to speak.Your body meat is attached to the bone joints of your skeleton.

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1289滑slippery

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Don’t give water to a skeleton. When he drinks it, it’ll sluice right through his bones, forcing you to put one of those “Caution - Slippery Floor” signs up on the resultant puddle.

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1290髄marrow

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Did you know there are ROAD ways in SKELETON? Yeah, they are cool, they POSSESS MARROW.

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1291禍calamity

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This is the priests who slips and gets his whole JAWBONE fastened to the ALTER. What a CALAMITY for the PRIEST and the church community.

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1292渦whirlpool

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Grampa’s flushing the toilet, when his denture (Jawbone) pops out and gets sucked down the WHIRLPOOL!

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1293過overdo

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Jaws XII~! Jaws strikes the highway! Man, they’re really overdoing it now.

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1294阪Heights

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If you’re scared of #Heights#, you don’t want to stay at The Pinnacle; you are anti- The Pinnacle.Primitive: The Pinnacle is a dream-like gated community at the top of a mount. This allows for innumerable stories for all the kanji with this primitive since you have a whole city to work with. Also prevents confusion with “mountain”.

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1295阿Africa

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Can you see Africa from The Pinnacle? I can! I can!

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1296際occasion

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On occasian, rituals are held at the very tip of The Pinnacle.

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1297障hinder

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The officer at the gate to The Pinnacle with a giant badge sewn to his chest hinders all visitors. But not the #handicapped#. They’re hindered enough already. They’re given a badge and can pass right into The Pinnacle.creating difficulties

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1298随follow

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[Image: Follow the `Yellow-Brick Road’ to success] The pinnacle signifies your personal goal and destination. What you’re seeking to possess lies at the end of the yellow-brick road. You must follow the road to get what you want.

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1299陪auxiliary

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In case of emergency, The Pinnacle has auxiliary guard dogs, but they keep them muzzeled until they’re needed.providing supplementary or additional help and support.”an auxiliary nurse”

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1300陽sunshine

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A kid is perched on a pinnacle with his piggy bank. He uses the coins to catch the sunshine, and redirect it into people’s eyes, far below.

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1301陳line up

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hikers line up to get to the top of that great pinnacle of the East… Mount Fuji. Seriously, they really do! …probably the only mountain in the world with a queue at the top

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1302防ward off

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A giant compass is The Pinnacle’s self-#defense# system. It points in the direction of any invaders so the city is prepared well ahead to ward off the intruders.

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1303附affixed

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A sign was AFFIXED on the PINNACLE of the Acropolis so that tourists would ADHERE to the rules.

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1304院Inst.

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To reach the pinnacle of kanji perfect you need to attend the Heisig Inst.

102
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1305陣camp

A

Note: This kanji is most often used in a military context. Story: Here we see an en#camp#ment of military vehicles laying siege to The Pinnacle. With other countries being envious of the perfect life they lead there that makes sense. Fortunately, the pinnacle knows how to {1302} enemies.

103
Q

1306隊regiment

A

Every regiment of The Pinnacle’s army is lead by a Miss Piggy with a viking helmet on.

104
Q

1307墜crash

A

One of the members of our air force regiment has been shot down; he managed to safely eject, but his plane crashed into the ground.

105
Q

1308降descend

A

“Sunglasses-missing-one-lens” is obviously the monocle.The proper, high-class way to descend The Pinnacle is wearing a monocle with your walking legs splayed to a full gentlemanly stride.

106
Q

1309階story

A

Some stupid kid has pushed all the buttons in the elevator. As it stops at all storeys you reach a pinnacle of impatience. Finally you reach your storey, the last one, at the pinnacle of the building.

107
Q

1310陛highness

A

His Highness, the main man at the Pinnacle, often compares those who live outside the city’s walls to dirt.

108
Q

1311隣neighboring

A

America thinks it is the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all neighboring countries through its mirrored, aviator sunglasses

109
Q

1312隔isolate

A

the people of the pinnacle isolate themselves, dissolving any outside friendships

110
Q

1313隠conceal

A

The wheat farmer’s heart is {1147} about the eagle not stealing his crops because of the broom scarecrow. But he still #conceal#s all his wheat at The Pinnacle in case anyone else trys to steal it.

111
Q

1314堕degenerate

A

Any attempt to possess the pinnacle will degenerate into a land (“ground”) war.

112
Q

1315陥collapse

A

The Pinnacle is supported by pilings which were bound up in olden times. One day when the bindings rot away, the whole thing will collapse.(tweaking dihutensoa’s story to work a little better for me)

113
Q

1316穴hole

A

A black hole is a “House of Infinity”. Infinity is of course represented by a sideways “8”, but here we have a Japanese “8” instead.

114
Q

1317空empty

A

The craft of creating a black hole is in creating an #emptiness# which can attract things.

115
Q

1318控withdraw

A

With my fingers, I punch in my bank code and withdraw some money from my account. And now it’s empty again, as usual!

116
Q

1319突stab

A

When you stab something you often leave a big hole.

117
Q

1320究research

A

Scientiest are researching , and have already found nine black holes !

118
Q

1321窒plug up

A

Sticking a plug up your hole will lead to stronger climaxes

119
Q

1322窃stealth

A

The word STEALTH makes me instantly think of Solid Snake, who CUTS a HOLE in a cardboard box so he can peer out of it.

120
Q

1323窪depression

A

The meaning of this character is an indentation in the ground, not emotional depression. It’s best to avoid using the latter in your story because it will give you the wrong meaning (keep in mind the eventual goal is to read kanji and understand the actual meaning of them). This particular depression is a hole in the ground that collects water, and ivy is growing out of it.

121
Q

1324搾squeeze

A

You have trouble squeezing your hand through the hole so you use a saw to enlarge it.

122
Q

1325窯kiln

A

Be sure to put a hole in that ceramic sheep before you put it over the fire. Otherwise, it’ll just explode in the kiln. (If you’ve never done ceramics before, it’s important that the object have a hole in it, or this really will happen.)

123
Q

1326窮hard up

A

Somebody# so #hard up# for cash, the volunteered to explore a black hole with nothing but a bow.

124
Q

1327探grope

A

(based on gorgon’s story) a pictograph of a japanese schoolgirl getting groped by perverts on the train. The fingers of course, a crown (her too short skirt) and her legs below. It’s her own fault for wearing such a short skirt and causing the perverts to get wood!

125
Q

1328深deep

A

If the groper’s “tree” goes up the girl’s miniskirt too deep, he’ll ejaculate fluid. (Sorry it’s kinda coarse but it works.)

126
Q

1329丘hill

A

Since this supposedly pictographic representation of a hill looks like anything but, picture a row of axes driven tinto the groudn up to their heads, and see if that doesn’t present you with a more memorable image of hill - at least a riskier one sliding down.

127
Q

1330岳Point

A

A point is a extra little hill at the top of a mountain. We’ll call it ‘Fireman’s Point’.

128
Q

1331兵soldier

A

Listen up soldiers! We’re going to take that hill. You are no longer men with human legs. You are voracious animals, with animal legs! Got it? Animal legs! Now take that hill!

129
Q

1332浜seacoast

A

Seacoast -> Coast Guard -> “water soldiers” lined up on the seacoast defending our shores.

130
Q

1333糸thread

A

Remember when your granny used to ask you to bend your arms at the elbows and hold them out so that she could use them like a rack to hold a skein of string or yarn (here thread) while she rolled it up into a LITTLE ball? Now can you see the two elbows (with the second stroke doubling up) at the top, and the character for little below?

131
Q

1334織weave

A

Spiderman weaves his way through the skyline while listening to his theme song on his ipod. It is played, of course, by kazoos.

132
Q

1335繕darning

A

After a day being virtuouos and keeping the city safe, Spiderman’s outfit is in need of some repair. Luckily, as he can shoot out threads darning is very easy for him to do

133
Q

1336縮shrink

A

After spending the night at an inn, spider man discovered to his dismay that his costume had #shrunk# in the wash, and no longer fit!

134
Q

1337繁luxuriant

A

Important: Luxuriant does NOT mean luxurious, as the other stories indicate. Definition: abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation. When Venom realized he couldn’t beat Spider-Man in a fair fight, he showed his cleverness by spraying venom all over Spider-Man’s luxuriant garden.

135
Q

1338縦vertical

A

When Spider-man does his amazing vertical wall climbing, a throng of photographers accompanies him to get a good shot of the action.

136
Q

1339線line

A

This kanji is used for train #lines#. Spiderman does a hot spring tour of Japan using the train #lines#. You can see the Spidey costume hanging on the washing #line# as he enjoys the onsen.

137
Q

1340締tighten

A

(astridtops) Spiderman managed to get behind the sovereign. (pick your favourite nowadays country ruler who isnt doing a good job). Spidey has tightend a web around the sovereings throat. As long as the sovereign says what spidey whispers, he will be fine. Sovereign yelping : ` we will draw are troops back! and we will spend more money on healthcare, schools and less on wars! Spidey whispering: If you continue at this pace, you might be doing good things AND the people will like you.`

138
Q

1341維fiber

A

Hey, Spidey! Eat that turkey if you want, but make sure you eat some fibers: you want spidey threads, don’t ya?

139
Q

1342羅gauze

A

lots of girls in Japan wear gauze patches over one eye made of course white fibers. They think it is cute, and I must admit, I have come to think so too.

140
Q

1343練practice

A

[+ skinnyneo] Spiderman visits the East to practice his swinging skills. All those Asian cities with skyscrapers and low crime rates make it easy for him to practice

141
Q

1344緒thong

A

Spiderman has a secret fetish, he likes nothing better than to dress his lovedoll in a thong. Wierd, eh!

142
Q

1345続continue

A

Even though Peter Parker has become Spiderman, he continues to sell pictures that he takes as a photographer.

143
Q

1346絵picture

A

There’s never a picture of Spiderman meeting Peter Parker… I wonder why?

144
Q

1347統overall

A

Spidey is alloted the biggest crime fighter jurisdiction in NYC because his OVERALL arrest record is the best.

145
Q

1348絞strangle

A

Spidermancame out of nowhere and started to strangle me, when I was right in the middle of mingling with this cute girl named Mary Jane

146
Q

1349給salary

A

Spiderman wanted to be a #salary#man, but the suit just didn’t fit him.

147
Q

1350絡entwine

A

Spiderman entwines each villain in a tangled mess of spidersilk.

148
Q

1351結tie

A

Ok, here, you have to think of the phrase “TIE the knot” , which means a wedding (this kanji is used in the marriage compound 結婚 けっこん ). Now, at US weddings, it ends with the couple driving away with cans being dragged behind the car. So here, think of SPIDERMAN, who will TIE the knot with Mary Jane. At his wedding, Spider THREAD attached (or TIED) to SPRAYCANS are being drug behind the limo as they drive off.

149
Q

1352終end

A

This winter is so cold that spiderman’s web gets brittle! Could this be the end of spiderman?

150
Q

1353級class

A

This Kanji is the same ones used in the Japanese Language proficiency tests; i.e. ikkyuu (一級) The Kanji doesnt describe class as in a “class of students” or “classroom,” but rather a grade of quality or ability. ———-Spiderman is taking the JLPT Level 1. In desperation he REACHES OUT to grab his friend’s answer sheet next to him, who seems to be doing well. The other test takers are obviously a class above him. Looks like this test is above his class of knowledge.

151
Q

1354紀chronicle

A

worst fan fiction ever….SPIDERMAN joins the CHRONICLES of narnia to battle a big SNAKE!!

152
Q

1355紅crimson

A

Spiderman crafted a crimson costume to fight crime in.

153
Q

1356納settlement

A

Spider-Man was working as a surgeon’s assistant. By accident, he threw his spider webs inside the patient, causing his death. Fortunately, the hospital reached an out-of-court #settlement# with the victim’s family.

154
Q

1357紡spinning

A

Spiderman can #spin# his webs in any direction.

155
Q

1358紛distract

A

Spiderman got distracted when someone yelled, “Spiderman, wait a minute.” He turned around and flew into a building. (“part” also means “minute”)

156
Q

1359紹introduce

A

Peter Parker did a terrible job of seducing MJ. Spiderman however, seduced her as soon as they were first #introduced#.

157
Q

1360経sūtra

A

Suggestion: Replace “spool” with “toilet paper/roll”. Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Spiderman (= thread) has a roll of toilet paper with the words of a sutra printed on each sheet (picture Spiderman saying the sutra as he tears sheets off the toilet roll). Spool also appears in {715}, {716}, {717}, {882}

158
Q

1361紳sire

A

Monkeys are very adept at swinging around trees. But when they met Spiderman, who could swing around even better than they could, they all quickly addressed him as sire.A male parent of an animal.

159
Q

1362約promise

A

Anytime Spiderman breaks a promise, Aunt Mae hits him one over with her ladle.

160
Q

1363細dainty

A

Spider-Man’s ideal type is a dainty girl with brains

161
Q

1364累accumulate

A

(dingomick) Venom is upset because Spidey is just that much brainier than he is! He chooses to accumulate as many brains as he can, snatching them out of people’s heads and storing them on top of his own, till there’s just one massive brain on top of his head!

162
Q

1365索cord

A

(modified akrodha’s great story) VENOM has been captured by scientists and is being experimented on: they forced a CROWN of NEEDLES on his head and attached it to multiple electrical cords, which are connected to a big machine.

163
Q

1366総general

A

Spiderman could not achieve general acceptance by the media even after winning the public’s heart.NOTE: This kanji stands for [Total, All, whole, gross]. The Kanji commonly used for “In general” will appear later as carrier (#1871).

164
Q

1367綿cotton

A

Spiderman’s polyethylene suit starts to ride up after a while, so he always looks forward to the white cotton towels he wears while lounging around his apartment.

165
Q

1368絹silk

A

Spider-man loves to run his mouth all over Mary Jane`s silky flesh

166
Q

1369繰winding

A

Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination appears 4 times. I suggest calling it “furniture” (a common type of wooden goods). REF: {215} , {671}, winding (FRAME 1369), {2035}. Story: You are winding up your new furniture using a thread to get it through the window of your high-rise apartment.

167
Q

1370継inherit

A

Spider-Man is hooked on rice–it’s all he inherited from his Uncle Ben. (thanks Nukemarine)

168
Q

1371緑green

A

Spiderman’s nemesis the Green Goblin is in a slump; He’s replaced his glider with a broom and is throwing grains of rice instead of bombs.

169
Q

1372縁affinity

A

There once was a lonely little pig that constantly followed Spiderman, always nuzzling his leg and oinking tenderly. Spiderman finally caved in and decided to keep the little pig under one condition: the pig was to take a broom and sweep up all of Spiderman’s leftover threads after having fought crime. The pig felt such affinity for Spiderman, he happily accepted—and did a good job too.

170
Q

1373網netting

A

Spiderman traps The Rhino under the hood of his famous netting, where even Rhino’s horns can not break free, in fact if the netting did not dissappear after a few hours then Rhino might even perish in there.

171
Q

1374緊tense

A

Whenever Venom is tense, he loses control of his sex drive and becomes a slave to his crotch.

172
Q

1375紫purple

A

Venom starts to choke on a spoon. He’s about to get it out, when you manage to stop the spoon from getting out, so he turns purple, as he chokes, and dies.

173
Q

1376縛truss

A

Spidey received good word that the acupuncturist working down the road was actually the evil Doctor Octopus! Spidey headed over to the clinic, and trussed the acupuncturist Doc Oc up using the maniac’s own metal limbs!

174
Q

1377縄straw rope

A

When Spiderman fights the giant tortoise, he grabs a straw rope from the edges of the sumo ring and swings it at his head. However, the tortoise quickly tucks his head back into his shell to avoid the blow (hence no head on the tortoise)

175
Q

1378幼infancy

A

In its infancy, a butterfly is protected by a cocoon, as it doesn’t yet have any power of its own.

176
Q

1379後behind

A

Column of walking legs (caterpillar) getting into a cocoon, about to leave its past self behind.

177
Q

1380幽faint

A

The villagers haven’t the #faint#est idea that giant coccoons resting in the mountain are soon to hatch.

178
Q

1381幾how many

A

At the Mexican fiesta, there is a coccoon eating competition. How many coccoons can one person eat? No one has managed more than two before giving up…

179
Q

1382機mechanism

A

An abacus is a mechanism made of wood used to calculate how many ‘anythings’

180
Q

1383玄mysterious

A

the invisible man in his top hat and cocoon of white bandages is the most mysterious man in the world.

181
Q

1384畜livestock

A

This mysterious rice field grows not only rice, but livestock too! Picture little pigs and chickens growing right out of the ground, among the rice plants. How bizarre!

182
Q

1385蓄amass

A

One sneaky farmer wanted to amass a large collection of livestock. We all know that cows like to eat flowers, so he planted lines of flowers leading to his own fields. The livestock followed the lines, eating the flowers one by one, and amassed in his field.

183
Q

1386弦bowstring

A

TIP: This is used for string instruments, #NOT# bow & arrow. STORY: The greatest master of the violin bow and bowstring was the mysterious Paganini… 弦[つる]

184
Q

1387擁hug

A

A mysterious turkey with human fingers wants to hug me… I will never go to Tokyo Disneyland again!

185
Q

1388滋nourishing

A

Water is doubly mysterious. Its in all our nourishment...and yet, its really not nourishing at all.

186
Q

1389慈mercy

A

Mercy comes from the doubly mysterious heart of God.

187
Q

1390磁magnet

A

A magnet is a rock with two sides; one that mysteriously pushes and one that pulls; doubly mysterious. (see astridtops’ story)

188
Q

1391系lineage

A

The single stroke added to the beginning of the primitive for thread gives the image of threads woven into a single cord. Hence the meaning, lineage.(Primitive: DNA, a drop of looong spiraled thread that is the key to your lineage).

189
Q

1392係person in charge

A

Mister T gets a DNA test, and discovers that he was meant to be the person in charge after all.

190
Q

1393孫grandchild

A

Your #grandchild# is the child of your DNA.

191
Q

1394懸suspend

A

In a very racist prefecture of Japan, they screen everyone’s DNA. If they find out you are of a different lineage, they rip out your heart and suspend it in the Hall of Shame.

192
Q

1395却instead

A

[instead; on the contrary; rather]Gone is the time for stamps - use e-mail #instead#.

193
Q

1396脚shins

A

shins are the part of the body that Japanese traditionally sit on instead of their asses.

194
Q

1397卸wholesale

A

Selling WHOLESALE HORSES over the internet had to be STOPPED because the cost of STAMPS was too much

195
Q

1398御honorable

A

an honorable man will not try to cut in front of the line at the wholesale stamp store. (Imagine just how much honor it takes facing those long lines at the post office!)

196
Q

1399服clothing

A

Modern clothing shows a lot of flesh – some is practically no more than a postage stamp covering your crotch!

197
Q

1400命fate

A

A popular way to remember this Kanji is seeing the letters A, O, P. Nothing to do with fate but pretty easy to remember.

198
Q

1401令orders

A

(re: dingomick) “These are your orders,” declares the general while passing out documents at the meeting. As everyone started to leave, the general exclaims “Oh wait! I need to certify these orders!” and went around stamping each paper with his personal chop-seal.

199
Q

1402零zero

A

The amount of people that can order the rain to rain.

200
Q

1403齢age

A

You know you are fast approaching a ripe old AGE when you get ORDERS from the dentist to get new TEETH.

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