Lesson 17

Question 1

stop

Answer 1

止

he says its a foot I see a policeman holding up his hands infant of a stop sign

(primitive stop, footprint)

Question 2

walk

Answer 2

歩

footprints that follow one another a few times indicate walking

Question 3

ford

Answer 3

渉

to ford a bad of water means to walk across it

Question 4

repeatedly

Answer 4

頻

the image of something recurring repeatedly over and over again is of having ones head walked on

Question 5

agreement

Answer 5

肯

seeing footprints on someones flesh indicates a rather brutal way of having secured that persons agreement like a signature on a contract

Question 6

undertake

Answer 6

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.

Question 7

curriculum

Answer 7

歴

curriculum (CV) outs a stop to the calendar and talks only about the past

Question 8

warrior

Answer 8

武

with he quiver of arrows on his back the role of a warrior is to stop the attack of the enemies

Question 9

levy

Answer 9

賦

the warrior collects levy of shells to protect the villagers

Question 10

correct

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

evidence

Answer 11

証

words that testify to the correctness of some fact are classified as evidence

Question 12

politics

Answer 12

政

politics involves voting for the correct taskmaster

Question 13

determine

Answer 13

定

determination in the sense of setting on a certain course of action is likened to mending one house

Question 14

lock

Answer 14

錠

metal of itself doesn’t lock it need to be determined by a locksmith

Question 15

run

Answer 15

走

running we are told here mends the soil where your foot lands

Question 16

transcend

Answer 16

超

when one is running after something the goal that seduces you is to transcend the seeker

Question 17

proceed

Answer 17

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

Question 18

surpass

Answer 18

越

here we see two parades trying to surpass each other and running from one village to the next

Question 19

just so

Answer 19

是

in this kanji we are shown someone spending and entire day at mending one stocking because they want the job done just so

Question 20

topic

Answer 20

題

in many kinds of research one can find information on a given topic only if the headings are prepared just so

Question 21

dike

Answer 21

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

Question 22

build

Answer 22

建

to construct a building you first draw a set of plans and then stretch your drawing out to scale in reality

Question 23

key

Answer 23

鍵

the golden key you have been presented by the mayor gives you access to all the building in the city

Question 24

prolong

Answer 24

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

Question 25

nativity

Answer 25

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

Question 26

cornerstone

Answer 26

礎

the character depicts a cornerstone as a stone set at the end of a wildlife preserve, the zoo in the grove

Question 27

bridegroom

Answer 27

婿

a bridegroom is obviously a woman and her dowry here presented as a small zoo and a month away from it all(honeymoon)