1604-1803 Flashcards
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1604要need
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in the Old West, women were needed because nobody knew how to cook or clean
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1605腰loins
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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.
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1606票ballot
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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.
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1607漂drift
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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.
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1608標signpost
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Trees were frequenly used as #signposts# in those days, indicating where one had to go to cast their ballots.
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1609栗chestnut
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Chestnut tree, west nut tree.
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1610遷transition
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Since the days of the Old West, traveling has transitioned from trying not to step on big snakes to driving on big roads.
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1611覆capsize
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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.
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1612煙smoke
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In the Old West, they used to light fires in the ground to make smoke signals.
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1613南south
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South of my belt leads to happiness.
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1614楠camphor tree
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We traveled to southern Japan just to see a camphor tree. It’s what we #came for#.
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1615献offering
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If you go to someones place and the food sucks, you lower it down south of the table as an offering to their dog.
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1616門gates
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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.
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1617問question
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A mouth on the Gates of Hell says “Answer me these questions three, or thru the gates ye soon will be”.
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1618閲review
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A little devil at the gates of hell reviews your record to see if you’re evil enough to get in.
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1619閥clique
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You set a guard at the gate to fell intruders not of your clique.
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1620間interval
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The interval between star systems (suns) was too large, so the stargates were created to travel between them.
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1621簡simplicity
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The #simplicity# of bamboo plant is in all its joints being at equal intervals.
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1622開open
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To open the gate, use your both hands.
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1623閉closed
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The gates are too big to be #closed# by man. Only a genie can. “Close sesame!”
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1624閣tower
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Each lesbian waits for her turn with “the tower”
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1625閑leisure
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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.
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1626聞hear
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press your ear to the gates and see if you can hear what is going on inside
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1627潤wet
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Forgetting about the moat, the king stepped out of his gate and landed in the water. Needless to say he got wet.
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1628欄column
[column; handrail; blank; space]I think about *oriental* (*eastern*) Torii *gates*: they have two supporting #column#s made of *wood*.
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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.
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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*.
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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
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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
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1633俳haiku
I pity the fool/ Who put me in this jail cell/ I pity the fool. (Credit taijuando)
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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.
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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.
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1636罪guilt
Guilty under the *eye*s of the law, therefore sentenced to *jail*. [note: 'UNDER the eye of the law' works in {833} as well.]
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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*.
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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*.
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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.
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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.]
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1641決decide
"#Decide#!" "#Decide#?! Death by drowning in polluted *water* or death by *guillotine*. How can I #decide#?" I asked.
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1642快cheerful
A large crowd in a cheerful *state of mind* applaude each criminal as they become victims of the *guillotine*.
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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.
41
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.
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1645緯horizontal
Spiderman buys a *locket* for Mary Jane because he wants to get HORIZONTAL with her.
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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*.
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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
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1648干dry
dry *one* item in *ten* minutes on the *clothesline*
46
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).
47
1650刊publish
The newspaper pages are hung on the *clotheseline* to dry and then cut down with a *sabre* to be #publish#ed.
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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.
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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.
50
1653岸beach
At the base of *mountain* *cliff*s, there is usually a beach. You often can see people lying there, *drying* off after a swim.
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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*.
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1655芋potato
If your #potato#s are growing *flowers* and those little *hooked roots*, you should either buy less or eat them faster.
53
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.
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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#.
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1658除exclude
To become a member of *The Pinnacle*, they test you on a *scale*. If you weigh *too much*, they #exclude# you.
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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.
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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-
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1661途route
there are *too many roads*, so you need to plan a route
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1662斜diagonal
the *scale* tilts diagonally when a *measuring cup* filled with *too much* is set on one end.
60
1663塗paint
If you add *too much water* to the paint it will drip onto the *ground*.
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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.
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1665頼trust
We found a bundle of severed heads in your room, its difficult to trust you.
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1666瀬rapids
You need complete *trust* in your *water* guide to attempt Class 5 #rapids#.
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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.
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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.
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1669速quick
If you find a bundle of money on the road, pick it up quick before anyone notices.
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1670整organize
recycling in Japan, you have to make sure all your *bundles* are organized *correctly* otherwise the *taskmasters* won't accept them
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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*...
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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-
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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.
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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.
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1675重heavy
the first computer in the world was as heavy as thousand computers are now
73
1676動move
Even though the furniture is *heavy*, it'll be easy to move with all the *muscles* that he has.
74
1677勲meritorious deed
A meritorious deed? Like moving a damsel in distress out of a fire, maybe.
75
1678働work
*Mr. T*'s real line of #work# is for a *moving* company.
76
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.
77
1680衝collide
Two *heavy trucks* in a game of chicken #collide# while racing toward each other on the *boulevard*.
78
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})
79
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. )
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1683痴stupid
Of course *caveman* is #stupid#. He doesn't *know* anything. He's a *caveman*!
81
1684痘pox
*Caveman* has horrible #pox#. They look like edamame *beans* oozing bight green paste.
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1685症symptoms
One of the SYMPTOMS of being a CAVEMAN is you don't get much CORRECT in a test.
83
1686疾rapidly
I picture a sick caveman, and two people rapidly blowing darts at him. One is blowing poison darts, the other is blowing antidote darts. Will the sick caveman live or die? Depends on how rapidly they fire.
84
1687痢diarrhea
For a country full of pay-per-use public toilets, sudden diarrhea is certainly the most *profitable sickness*!
85
1688疲tired
I picture an #exhausted# *sick caveman* snuggling up in a *comfy pelt blanket*.
86
1689疫epidemic
*Sickness-missiles* are being engineered by bio-terrorists to spread epidemics all over the world. Imagine seeing footage of a place where those* sickness-missiles* are built : rows after rows of *missiles*, and if you look closely on each is inscribed in tiny letters the name of different *sickness* such as "flu", "plague", etc.
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1690痛pain
The CAVEMAN felt such a pain after his POGO STICK got stuck in his butt.
88
1691癖mannerism
*Caveman* has a bad #mannerism# of putting *ketchup* on everything he eats. I guess that's ok since raw mammoth can't be too good...
89
1692匿hide
*Young* kids likes to #hide# in *cardboard boxes*.(Primitive: *CARDBOARD BOX*, especially kids playing with them.)
90
1693匠artisan
The axe murderer considered himself an artisan for how his tastefully chopped up his victims and arranged their remains artfully in boxes.a worker in a skilled trade, esp. one that involves making things by hand.
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1694医doctor
The #doctor# puts the *cardboard box* on his head and throws a *dart* at a chart to determine his patients' illnesses.
92
1695匹equal
This kanji is used commonly as a #counter for small animals#. This is a pictograph of a SMALL ANIMAL'S view from inside a CARDBOARD BOX looking out at his masters HUMAN LEGS. He's probably hiding so the master does not COUNT him with the other animals which will probably be eaten (thus he avoids everyones EQUAL fate on the farm: the kitchen table).
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1696区ward
That's the homeless #ward# of the city. *Wolverine* lives in a *cardboard box* there.
94
1697枢hinge
The #hinge# on *Wolverine's* *cardboard box* is made of wood because he doesn't have enough budget to buy metal #hinge#s.
95
1698殴assault
The city decides to disperse the *homeless ward* with a precision *missile* #assault#. They didn't know *Wolverine* was living in a *cardboard box* there though...
96
1699欧Europe
"#Europe#? *Yawn...* I've been to every *ward*(country/area)," says *Wolverine* interviewed from his *cardboard box*.
97
1700抑repress
A true *stamp* collecting nerd won't be able to repress the urge to get his *fingers* on the latest *box* of collector *stamps*!
98
1701仰faceup
All *stamps* in *Mr T*'s collection *box* are lied carefully #face-up#.
99
1702迎welcome
*Stamp-collectors* sit and wait on the *road* to #welcome# new mail arrivals.
100
1703登ascend
When an American Indian warrior dies, his body is placed on a TABLE inside a TEEPEE, and a ritualistic ceremony is held to encourage his spirit to ASCEND to that big buffalo hunting ground in the sky.
101
1704澄lucidity
Scuba divers know that when you *ascend* in the *water*, your lucidity increases (For non-divers, the deeper you go, the more you become mentally impaired by nitrogen narcosis, every 50 feet is like drinking one martini). Scuba divers also know that as you *ascend* in the *water*, the lucidity of the *water* improves, too.
102
1705発discharge
I spent some time in her TEEPEE...just the TWO of us...but I looked between her HUMAN LEGS and I saw a nasty DISCHARGE...so I made my 出発 rather hastily.
103
1706廃abolish
I think *discharging* nuclear weapons should be abolished. That includes underground tests in *caves*. You listening Kim Jong-il?
104
1707僚colleague
Some businesses allow pets in the office. Here, my colleague is *Mr T* and he set up a little *pup tent* for his minidog, then turns around and completes his TPS reports.
105
1708寮dormitory
This guy would rather use his *pup-tent* as a *house*, than sleep in the dormitory. So he effectively turned that *pup-tent* into a *house* by getting a postal address for it etc. (just to emphasize house).
106
1709療heal
In Final Fantasy 4, sleeping in a tent completely heals you and recovers all your HP and MP (and cures any *sickness* your characters may have)
107
1710彫carve
Start with a *circumference* and carve away until you get the *shape* you want.
108
1711形shape
Everyone in the kindergarten came up with fun and interesting shapes made out of *Play-Doh*, except for the kid with the amputated arm. Seems like you *really need both hands*.
109
1712影shadow
The *sun* over the *capital* cast a shadow with the same *shape*.
110
1713杉cedar
Cedar is an evergreen tree that keeps its SHAPE all year long. That is, it doesn't loose its needles/leaves in the winter.
111
1714彩coloring
In Sydney we occasionally get exotic birds. You first notice a #colouring# in a *tree*. You look more carefully and you make out the *shape* of a bird (here represented by its *claws*).
112
1715彰patent
The *shape* of a sheriff's *badge* makes it patent who he is.nothing to do with trademarks and is to be understood in the sense of public recognition.
113
1716彦lad
A young lad is *standing* atop a *cliff*, looking at the writhing *shape* of his fallen lass below.
114
1717顔face
The *lad* jumps off the cliff, breaks his *head*, and smashes his face.
115
1718須ought
Since this Kanji is exceptional, the *shape* ought to be on the left side. Got that into your *head*?
116
1719膨swell
An injured *body part* may #swell#. It will begin to throb like a bass *drum* and will change *shape*.
117
1720参visit
I'm going to visit my grandpa in the hospital. He broke his *elbow*, and it became really *big* and contorted into a weird *shape*. I hope he will be all right!
118
1721惨wretched
Whenever I have to *visit* the relatives... that puts me in one hell of a wretched *state of mind*.
119
1722修discipline
*Mr. T* is a harsh *taskmaster* who will discipline you (beat you into *shape*) with his *walking stick*.
120
1723珍rare
The king has a really rare umbrella, it can change shape.
121
1724診checkup
The doctor at my checkup was expressing words of concern about my umbrella shaped gut.
122
1725文sentence
A twist on greenapple: The teacher puts a tophat on all pupils with gramatically correct sentences, while the rest are left with a big red X on their homework.
123
1726対vis-à-vis
When sitting #vis-a-vis#, *Scots* will *glue* their *kilt* down to avoid embaressment.
124
1727紋family crest
Who knew that *Spiderman* was *Scottish!* He has sewn his family crest onto his uniform.
125
1728蚊mosquito
The mosquito (an *insect*) knows only one *sentence*: Bzzzzz
126
1729斉adjusted
The *Scotsman goalkeeper* #adjusted# himself. He reached down and #adjusted# the *two things* between his skinny fencepost *legs*.
127
1730剤dose
When my medicine dose is way too large, I adjust it by cutting it into smaller pieces with my saber.
128
1731済finish
Finish him! Subzero *adjusts* the *water* in your body and crushes you into a few million pieces.
129
1732斎purification
An exorcism, or "purification" of the soul. The possessed girl is tied to two #posts# next to the #altar#, her head spinning around and around. Then the priest says the required #sentence#: "The power of Christ compels you!"
130
1733粛solemn
Even though it's a maddening task, the monks stay #solemn# as they rake *rice* between the *fenceposts*.
131
1734塁bases
Playing baseball in a *rice field* with *sparklers* stuck into the *ground* to act as bases
132
1735楽music
Zelda: Ocarina of Time - The *white sparkly* thing is Navi. She's hovering/dancing around a *tree* to the legendary Lost *Woods* music.
133
1736薬medicine
New-age medicine involves using things like *music* and *flowers* (aromatherapy) as treatment.
134
1737率ratio
It's quite *mysterious* how each *sparkler* gives of sparkles at a precise ratio of *ten* to one. Physicists have been studying this effect for decades, known as the Sparkler Effect, and using it to explain why stars look like sparklers in the night sky.
135
1738渋astringent
If you eat something astringent *water* will *stop* the *sparkly* sensation in your mouth.
136
1739摂vicarious
Now that I'm a responsible adult, I have to get my vicarious thrills from watching stupid people put *sparklers* up to their *ears* and burn their *fingers*.
137
1740央center
a person with a big mouth wants to be the center of attention.
138
1741英England
England was once the *flowering* *center* of civilization
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1742映reflect
In the solar system, the Sun is the central source of all light, everything else just reflects it.
140
1743赤red
He was stabbed with a *dagger*, and *little* drops of red blood dropped onto the *ground*.
141
1744赦pardon
The student blushed until his face was red, so the schoolmaster decided to pardon him.
142
1745変unusual
It's quite unusual and #abnormal# to see an *apple* with *walking legs* running away from the person who wants to eat it!
143
1746跡tracks
Pirate pokes the tip of his *wooden leg* into an *apple* to disguise his tracks.
144
1747蛮barbarian
The barbarian picks an *apple* from above and eats it even though there is a worm (*insect*) in it.
145
1748恋romance
The romance between Snow White and Prince Charming started when Snow White took a bite of poison *apple* and her *heart* stopped
146
1749湾gulf
In his most daring feat, William tell used his *bow* to shoot an *apple* off the head of his son across the *water* of the #gulf#.
147
1750黄yellow
The *salad* did not look very appetizing... The *sprouts* were yellow and there were *animal legs* sticking out of it.
148
1751横sideways
A tree went all yellow. It died and fell down, ending up sideways.
149
1752把grasp
Your *fingers* grasp the *Rubic's cube*... if only your brain could too.
150
1753色color
*Bound up* in the *Rubik's cube* are the 6 different #colours#
151
1754絶discontinue
The *Spider-man*'s multi-colored tie-dye costume comic book series was discontinued after only one issue because of poor sales and fan protests
152
1755艶glossy
To print something with bountiful colour, they use glossy paper.
153
1756肥fertilizer
PART OF YOUR BODY excretes something that is commonly used for FERTILIZER. Sometimes this process is slow, so you solve a RUBIK'S CUBE while you sit and wait.
154
1757甘sweet
Little red riding hood is carrying around a wicker basket filled with sweet baked cookies for granny.
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1758紺navy blue
Much like Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, *Spiderman* failed to heed *Willy Wonka*'s warnings, and upon chewing on the 3 course meal chewing gum turned a very navy shade of navy blue.
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1759某so-and-so
I had the same idea as fuabrisu. A generic person is described here as having body sort of like a tree trunk and head sort of like a wicker basket.
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1760謀conspire
i imagine a clique of catty girls #conspiring# against a another girl...they are exchanging lots of *words*, chatting about how *so-and-so* girl is now up to such-and-such (gasp!), and how they will spread the word about it.
158
1761媒mediator
In a divorce, the *woman* needs a mediator because she won't talk to that *so-and-so*. Imagine the woman on the ground and the so-and-so up in the tree, and the poor mediator climbing up and down, trying to mediate their fight.
159
1762欺deceit
Kasparov practices #deceit# by grabbing your *rook* while pretending to *yawn*.
160
1763棋chess piece
#Chess piece# = *wooden rook*.
161
1764旗national flag
The United Republic of Chess' #national flag# is actually a *banner* with a *rook*, that way they can hang it at every tournament.
162
1765期period
The slowest chess game ever: It took him a one *month* #period# to move the *rook*! (Edited from dingomick)
163
1766碁Go
#Go# is *chess* played with *stones*.
164
1767基fundamentals
Fundamentals of *chess*: use the *rooks* to protect your *ground*.
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1768甚tremendously
It's a tremendous match between the two chess-players. They are clearly eachother's equal.
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1769勘intuition
Intuition is a *tremendously* *power*ful resource of the mind.
167
1770堪withstand
Because I hid myself behind a huge *dirt* barrier I dug, I was able to withstand the *tremendous* nuclear blast.
168
1771貴precious
Inside your *purse* is all of your *money* and your keys (き) etc. All of your precious valuables.
169
1772遺bequeath
"#Bequeath#" is an odd old word, isn't it? Basically, it just deals with how I want my *precious* possessions dealt out, after I die, later down the *road*. "Being of sound, but antiquated, mind, I #bequeath# this to you!".
170
1773遣dispatch
#Dispatch# all cars and *chase* the *maestro*! He's gone crazy and stolen a ladies *purse*!
171
1774舞dance
I learned {無} first because it is a very common kanji. Probably easier to think of this kanji in that context. Attractive dancers should dance wearing #nothing# but #sunglasses#.
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1775無nothingness
When I enter the *wooden tub* heated by *flames* in the onsen, I can let all my worries slip away and be submerged into nothingness
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1776組association
The leader of the *Spiderman* association has tons of *Spiderman* figurines lined up on his *shelf*
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1777粗coarse
Ugh, why does this *shelf* feel so coarse? Because it's made of *rice*, of coarse! Get it? Of coarse?? Hahahahahahahahahah god i hate my life
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1778租tariff
The EU and US impose such high tariffs on food imports that third world *wheat* (the most basic of staples) never reaches first world supermarket *shelves*.
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1779祖ancestor
The urns of #ancestors# are kept on *shelves* next to the *altar*.
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1780阻thwart
In a last ditch effort to #thwart# the invaders of *The Pinnacle*, they push glass *shelves* over the edge onto their heads below.
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1781査investigate
A whole team of cops is sent to #investigate# how a *tree* could grow on top of a *shelf* with no soil or water.
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1782助help
HELP! Someone's pinned under this bookshelf and it's gonna take a lot of muscle to lift it off!
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1783宜best regards
It seems like every time my Japanese friends send me their best regards, they accompany them with a gift. Over time, I've gotten so many that I had to buy a *second house* which contains nothing but *several fancy shelves*. Each shelf is dedicated to a certain friend of mine and contains every last one of their presents.
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1784畳tatami mat
the king is peacefully sleeping on his new tatami mat when all of a sudden a shelf falls over and kills him. You can see his crown poking out and the brains splatter out the top of his head from all the pressure
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1785並row
This is a simplification of 竝, a ideogram of *two* people *standing* in a row.
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1786普universal
People at Universal Studios wait in rows so long that the sun goes down.
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1787譜musical score
Musical scores are in a universal language.
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1788湿damp
You first wash you clothes with *water* and wring them until they are just damp before hanging them in a *row* under the *sun* to dry. If you don't wring them damp first they will take days to dry!
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1789顕appear
One day a *row* of *Suns* appeared in the sky, turning everyone's *heads* upwards.
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1790繊slender
*Spiderman* has to stay slender, so during *thanksgiving*, he keeps away from the long *row* of food.
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1791霊spirits
After *raining* for *two* days in a *row*, you plead with the #SPIRITS# for some relief. (Adapted from johnskb,21-5-2006)
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1792業profession
A truly gruesome profession: an abattoir worker. Where the carcasses are *upside down in a row* that have *not yet* been cut up into sausages and steaks.
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1793撲slap
after a row husbands take their wives upsides down over the knee and slap them with their fingers on the bottom (if that doesn't get me banned…)
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1794僕me
Building on johnskb:Although it goes against the Heisig method, this story is a lot easier to remember when you know it's the kanji for "boku." Males usually use either "boku" or "ore" (instead of "watashi") to refer themselves. "Boku" is slightly boyish and soft; "ore" is rough & tough. Mr. T would definitely use "ore" -- but when he's one of the husbands hung upside down in a row about to be punished by his wife, he puts on a sweet act and switches to "boku" when he pleads "come on baby, it's ME!"
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1795共together
The character for {洪} gave me the idea to use together as a primitive for *Noah's Ark*. Noah kept plenty of *salad* on board to entice the animals with their *animal legs* to scurry on board together, two by two.
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1796供submit
It took over 600 frames for *Mr T* to {作}, the *Ark*, but when he was finally done, he cast his saw aside and submitted the *Ark* to Noah for his approval. "I pity the foo who doesn't climb aboard this ark," said Noah to his friend.
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1797異uncommon
Noah's Ark is so uncommonly large, he can even fit a rice field on top to feed the animals.
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1798翼wing
WINGS without any FEATHERS would be an UNCOMMON site. Well, unless you like to eat chicken WINGS alot.
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1799洪deluge
*Water* plus *Noah's Ark* equals deluge.lots of water coming together is called a deluge
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1800港harbor
During a *deluge*, all the poor *snakes* get washed into the #harbour#.
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1801暴outburst
Having spent all *day* *stringing together* *grains of rice* he suddenly had an outburst, "I can take it any longer!"
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1802爆bomb
Actually means explosion, like an outburst of fire.
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1803恭respect
If you wanna stay *together* you have to show your *valentine* respect.
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1804選elect
You're driving on the road and you see two snakes together. You can't avoid both, so you have to elect which one gets run over.
