Lesson 15

Question 1

study

Answer 1

学

A child in the school house study hard

Question 2

memorise

Answer 2

覚

you need to see things that aren’t there in the school house in order to memorise them

Question 3

flourish

Answer 3

栄

you wish to flourish at the school house like the blossom of a tree

Question 4

write

Answer 4

書

sage talks fast with his tongue wagging and the script uses his brush to write it down

Question 5

haven

Answer 5

津

seeing mortal struggling at see the all merciful used their brush to draw little havens into the coast

Question 6

breed

Answer 6

牧

the taskmaster forces the cow to behave during breeding season

Question 7

aggression

Answer 7

攻

the special craft of the successful taskmaster is aggression

Question 8

failure

Answer 8

敗

mermaid trunchball taskmaster telling of the matilda clam for failing in her exams

Question 9

a sheet of

Answer 9

枚

taskmaster whipping a tree to produce sheets against it’s will

Question 10

happenstance (coincidence)

Answer 10

故

happenstance is the oldest taskmaster we know

Question 11

awe

Answer 11

敬

standing in awe you may wish to speak in flowery phrases language so the taskmaster is drilling you on your honerifics

Question 12

admonish (reprimand)

Answer 12

警

the person you are in awe of admonishes you with straight forward words

Question 13

say

Answer 13

言

four little sound waves from a mouth

Question 14

plot

Answer 14

計

words and meters both used to create plots or plot a course of action

Question 15

elucidate (elaborate)

Answer 15

詮

you use whole words to elucidate your points

Question 16

prison

Answer 16

獄

the existing pack (current prisoners) are intimidating to the new chihuahua inmate who only has his words for protection

Question 17

revise

Answer 17

訂

after completing a first draft you revise it by nailing words into place

Question 18

obituary

Answer 18

訃

the words obituaries work like magic wands to bring the dead back to life

Question 19

chastise

Answer 19

討

words spoken to chastise us stick like glue

Question 20

instruction

Answer 20

訓

instruction guide our progress with a gentle stream of words

Question 21

imperial edict

Answer 21

詔

imperial edicts are made from words designed to seduce the audience

Question 22

packed

Answer 22

詰

a piece of writing that is pregnant with meaning is packed with words like air in an aerosol can

Question 23

tale

Answer 23

話

the words of a tongue should come to gather to make a tale

Question 24

recitation

Answer 24

詠

listening to the words of poets reciting their poetry is like being transported for a moment into eternity where the rules of everyday life have been suspended

Question 25

poem

Answer 25

詩

because silence is important in boddest temples words must be chosen well so many records in temples read like poems

Question 26

word

Answer 26

語

even though I speak them the word of a language are not my own

Question 27

read

Answer 27

読

in the age of advertising the words read are used to sell us something

Question 28

tune

Answer 28

調

a complete tune is not only made of successive notes but of a lap of words

Question 29

discuss

Answer 29

談

in almost every attempt to discuss and issue, the favour of conditions creates and inflammation of words

Question 30

consent

Answer 30

諾

the words of the young to not have legal validity unless backed by parental consent

Question 31

rebuke

Answer 31

諭

the stern tone of a rebuke is seen here at a meeting of butchers waving their clever at each other and cutting one another with their words