1604-1803 Flashcards
1604要need
in the Old West, women were needed because nobody knew how to cook or clean
1605腰loins
If you want to get closer to the actual meaning, then I think that 腰(こし) is more like the hips or the small of the back. After being sat down in the office too long, people often say 腰がいたい！It’s the part of the body that needs massaging.
1606票ballot
In the Old West there were no ballot boxes. Afraid of fraud and fighting among the gunslingers, the ballots were posted into a slot in the top of the local church altar instead. They may have been rough, but the cowboys wouldn’t fight in the church.
1607漂drift
The political fanatic stole all the ballots and dumped them in the stream. He calmly watched them #drift# away as the cops came to a screech behind him.
1608標signpost
Trees were frequenly used as #signposts# in those days, indicating where one had to go to cast their ballots.
1609栗chestnut
Chestnut tree, west nut tree.
1610遷transition
Since the days of the Old West, traveling has transitioned from trying not to step on big snakes to driving on big roads.
1611覆capsize
Remember Oregon Trail? Remember how you had to float your wagon across rivers to get to the Old West? Well, sometimes that wagon capsizes. Once that happens you’d better quickly head to the nearest town to restore.
1612煙smoke
In the Old West, they used to light fires in the ground to make smoke signals.
1613南south
South of my belt leads to happiness.
1614楠camphor tree
We traveled to southern Japan just to see a camphor tree. It’s what we #came for#.
1615献offering
If you go to someones place and the food sucks, you lower it down south of the table as an offering to their dog.
1616門gates
The pictograph of two swinging gates is so clear in this kanji that only its stroke order needs to be memorized. in case you should have any trouble, tough, you might doodle with the shapes on a piece of paper, taking care to note the difference in the stroke order of the two facing doors. The gates usually serve as an enclosure, and are written before whatever it is they enclose.
1617問question
A mouth on the Gates of Hell says “Answer me these questions three, or thru the gates ye soon will be”.
1618閲review
A little devil at the gates of hell reviews your record to see if you’re evil enough to get in.
1619閥clique
You set a guard at the gate to fell intruders not of your clique.
1620間interval
The interval between star systems (suns) was too large, so the stargates were created to travel between them.
1621簡simplicity
The #simplicity# of bamboo plant is in all its joints being at equal intervals.
1622開open
To open the gate, use your both hands.
1623閉closed
The gates are too big to be #closed# by man. Only a genie can. “Close sesame!”
1624閣tower
Each lesbian waits for her turn with “the tower”
1625閑leisure
Imagine the gates the Garden of Eden, the ultimate land of leisure. You’re not allowed in, but if you peek through you can see trees.
1626聞hear
press your ear to the gates and see if you can hear what is going on inside
1627潤wet
Forgetting about the moat, the king stepped out of his gate and landed in the water. Needless to say he got wet.
1628欄column
[column; handrail; blank; space]I think about oriental (eastern) Torii gates: they have two supporting #column#s made of wood.
1629闘fight
During the saloon brawl, one guy got glued to a table and was tossed out through the saloon gates. But he really wanted to fight, so he ran back through those gates (with the table still glued to his back) only to be tossed out again. Imagine him repeatedly running in and being tossed back out.
1630倉godown
(Warning-this one is crude) Imagine a godown (dockside warehouse) where you can meet girls who will godown on you with their mouth. To keep the place a bit of a secert, they only have one gate.
1631創genesis
Back in the day the people were so excited to get hold of the Sega genesis they looted the godown with sabers… kind of like the ps4
1632非un-
This looks like a pictogram of 3 fingers from each hand trying to open up a crack in a wall. That’s an un-believable way to escape from prison OR the UN- have a prison in the Hague
1633俳haiku
I pity the fool/ Who put me in this jail cell/ I pity the fool. (Credit taijuando)
1634排repudiate
He reached his fingers through the bars of his jail cell, trying to touch his beloved. But she repudiated him and left.refuse to accept or be associated with. Reject.
1635悲sad
Saddness is like having your heart captured and jailed because of some sad or terrible event, etc. Here the sad heart waits for someone to come and un-lock their jail cell and set them free again.
1636罪guilt
Guilty under the eyes of the law, therefore sentenced to jail. [note: ‘UNDER the eye of the law’ works in {833} as well.]
1637輩comrade
Some man jailed in Russia, is freed by his comrade (from the Communist party perhaps), who crashes into the jail cell with a vehicle.
1638扉front door
The only way out of a jail cell is to serve your time and walk out the front door. There are no other doors.
1639侯marquis
Mr. T is made a #marquis# after he and the A-Team save the life of a duke. The duke also gives Mr. T the key to the gentleman’s dart room where one can relax in luxury, smoke a cigar, and play a friendly game of darts. Mr. T eagerly accepts the key and places it on one of the gold chains that hang around his neck which acts as a key chain.
1640候climate
The marquis has absolutely no interest in issuses of climate change. He’s old and near death. [Don’t forget the walking stick to symbolize his old age.]
1641決decide
“#Decide#!” “#Decide#?! Death by drowning in polluted water or death by guillotine. How can I #decide#?” I asked.
1642快cheerful
A large crowd in a cheerful state of mind applaude each criminal as they become victims of the guillotine.
1643偉admirable
Mr. T is certainly an ADMIRABLE PERSON, so much so that parents are buying lockets with his picture in it and having their children wear them like amulets.
1644違difference
You lose your precious locket on the road to somewhere. You ask people if they’ve seen it, but no luck. “Just buy another one,” someone says. “I mean, what’s the difference?” Then of course you say “Well, it makes a huge difference!! Since it has sentimental value, I don’t want a different one! “ Then of course they understand.
1645緯horizontal
Spiderman buys a locket for Mary Jane because he wants to get HORIZONTAL with her.
1646衛defense
Since it was in the middle of the boulevard, everyone could see she hit the man only in self-#defense#, as he was trying to steal her valuable locket.
1647韓Korea
This character represents the flag of South Korea: a locket (circular taegeuk) in the middle of the mist (white background). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Korea
1648干dry
dry one item in ten minutes on the clothesline
1649肝liver
Well you all know that the liver is the part of the body that would be quite grateful if you led a dry lifestyle (i.e. no alcohol).
1650刊publish
The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry and then cut down with a sabre to be #publish#ed.
1651汗sweat
The way sweat is supposed to work: it gets your skin wet, and then as it evaporates/dries, it cools you off.
1652軒flats
Flats# in the city are crowded. You get a space for your car in front, and a clothesline out back. Nothing else.
1653岸beach
At the base of mountain cliffs, there is usually a beach. You often can see people lying there, drying off after a swim.
1654幹tree trunk
A fine mist is falling, and so everyone gathers around near the tree-trunk, effectively using the rest of the tree as an umbrella in order to keep dry.
1655芋potato
If your #potato#s are growing flowers and those little hooked roots, you should either buy less or eat them faster.
1656宇eaves
Under the eaves of the house the poor family has potate plants.the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building.
1657余too much
You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the #scales# and fill it with little potatoes. No luck: it weights #too much#.
1658除exclude
To become a member of The Pinnacle, they test you on a scale. If you weigh too much, they #exclude# you.
1659徐gradually
You can’t expect weight loss to happen overnight. You should limit going to the scale to weigh yourself to once a day or once a week, in order to observe the anticipated weight loss gradually.
1660叙confer
Amazed at the weight of his crotch, they #confer#red every honor upon him. (Image: guy with his junk on a scale getting a medal pinned to his chest/around his neck/being knighted, etc.)-bestowed-
1661途route
there are too many roads, so you need to plan a route
1662斜diagonal
the scale tilts diagonally when a measuring cup filled with too much is set on one end.
1663塗paint
If you add too much water to the paint it will drip onto the ground.
1664束bundle
Unlike in 杏, this big mouth isn’t content to wait for apricots to fall in his mouth, so he has climbed the tree and is taking them in bundles.
1665頼trust
We found a bundle of severed heads in your room, its difficult to trust you.
1666瀬rapids
You need complete trust in your water guide to attempt Class 5 #rapids#.
1667勅imperial order
This is an imperial order for pizza. To deliver the huge bundle of pizzas to the emperor, the pizza boy needs huge muscles.
1668疎alienate
[True story] In Osaka the homeless (the alienated) live in large numbers around the city zoo. Picture them in winter all bundled up in rags trying to keep warm, alienated from the society, living literally worst than the animals in the zoo who at least are bundled in their natural furs and have pens to live in sheltered from the elements.
1669速quick
If you find a bundle of money on the road, pick it up quick before anyone notices.
1670整organize
recycling in Japan, you have to make sure all your bundles are organized correctly otherwise the taskmasters won’t accept them
1671剣saber
If it helps, make the awl primitive #ice pick# instead. They’re basically the same thing. This kanji is an easy David vs. Goliath story of the #icepick# vs. the saber…
1672険precipitous
The edge of The Pinnacle is #precipitous#, so they have a guard posted with an ice pick to poke people and keep them from the edge.-dangerously steep-
1673検examination
Don’t confuse with {1278}, {354}, {1487}. Think of examination as a doctor’s examination. You’re having problems getting wood in bed. You go in for a doctor’s examination. The doctor shoves an icepick into your manhood as part of the examination.
1674倹frugal
Mr. T is as #frugal# as they come. He uses his one ice pick for everything: to eat, pick his teeth, clean his toilet, kill people, cook, etc.
1675重heavy
the first computer in the world was as heavy as thousand computers are now
1676動move
Even though the furniture is heavy, it’ll be easy to move with all the muscles that he has.
1677勲meritorious deed
A meritorious deed? Like moving a damsel in distress out of a fire, maybe.
1678働work
Mr. T’s real line of #work# is for a moving company.
1679種species
This kanji also means “Seed.” STORY: Scientists have developed a new SPECIES of WHEAT that has large HEAVY seeds. Now we can feed the world.
1680衝collide
Two heavy trucks in a game of chicken #collide# while racing toward each other on the boulevard.
1681薫fragrant
Do you know how they make those FRAGRANT air fresheners? Well you take some FLOWERS, compress them with a HEAVY weight, and put them on an OVEN FIRE for a while… (cmp {493})
1682病ill
Caveman got #ill# after flying third class. The cabin air and food got to him.(Primitive: these all got MUCH easier when using CAVEMAN instead. )
1683痴stupid
Of course caveman is #stupid#. He doesn’t know anything. He’s a caveman!
