Lesson 17 Flashcards
stop
止
he says its a foot I see a policeman holding up his hands infant of a stop sign
(primitive stop, footprint)
walk
歩
footprints that follow one another a few times indicate walking
ford
渉
to ford a bad of water means to walk across it
repeatedly
頻
the image of something recurring repeatedly over and over again is of having ones head walked on
agreement
肯
seeing footprints on someones flesh indicates a rather brutal way of having secured that persons agreement like a signature on a contract
undertake
企
to undertake a project is to take some idea floating in the air and stop it so that it can be brought down to earth and become reality. here we see some undertaking made to stop under a beach umbrella.
curriculum
歴
curriculum (CV) outs a stop to the calendar and talks only about the past
warrior
武
with he quiver of arrows on his back the role of a warrior is to stop the attack of the enemies
levy
賦
the warrior collects levy of shells to protect the villagers
correct
正
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, here we see one footprint completing that proverb with he sound advice that is the first step is not made correctly the whole point of the journey will be forfeited.
evidence
証
words that testify to the correctness of some fact are classified as evidence
politics
政
politics involves voting for the correct taskmaster
determine
定
determination in the sense of setting on a certain course of action is likened to mending one house
lock
錠
metal of itself doesn’t lock it need to be determined by a locksmith
run
走
running we are told here mends the soil where your foot lands
transcend
超
when one is running after something the goal that seduces you is to transcend the seeker
proceed
赴
in proceeding to a new city or a new job something in you runs ahead with excitement and something else holds you back like a divining rod built into your psyche warning you to check things out carefully before rushing in too widely
surpass
越
here we see two parades trying to surpass each other and running from one village to the next
just so
是
in this kanji we are shown someone spending and entire day at mending one stocking because they want the job done just so
topic
題
in many kinds of research one can find information on a given topic only if the headings are prepared just so
dike
堤
a dike is a successful bit of engineering only if the amount of earth piled up is measured just so for the height and pressure of the water it is meant to contain
build
建
to construct a building you first draw a set of plans and then stretch your drawing out to scale in reality
key
鍵
the golden key you have been presented by the mayor gives you access to all the building in the city
prolong
延
this character is a kind of pictograph image of how prolonging is a clever way of stopping things by trying to stretch them out a little bit at a time
nativity
誕
the key word of course calls to mind the feast of christmas. as the famous poem at the start of st johns gospel tells us the nativity we celebrate at christmas had its origins t the very start of time governs all human history. it represents the prolongation of the eternal word in time and space
cornerstone
礎
the character depicts a cornerstone as a stone set at the end of a wildlife preserve, the zoo in the grove
bridegroom
婿
a bridegroom is obviously a woman and her dowry here presented as a small zoo and a month away from it all(honeymoon)
