Lesson 5

Question 1

Riot

Answer 1

乱

Riotous tongues get barbed

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Question 2

Straightaway (honesty, frankness)

Answer 2

直

Barb has been straightened out to pass through the eye of a needle

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Question 3

Tool

Answer 3

具

Table full of tools with eyes watching you

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Question 4

True

Answer 4

真

You need the truth as a tool to pass through the eye of a needle

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Question 5

Craft

Answer 5

工

An I beam is used to craft things

(primitive- I beam, artificial)

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Question 6

Left

Answer 6

左

Left is the sinister side or crafty side

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Question 7

Right

Answer 7

右

Mouth hanging by your side acting like a conscience telling you what is right

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Question 8

Posses (have exist)

Answer 8

有

One can be exorcise from a possession by carrying some meat by your side

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Question 9

Bribe (poss)

Answer 9

賄

One who is possessed by money is easy to bribe

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Question 10

Tribute

Answer 10

貢

Tributes are the earliest craft to get people’s money

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Question 11

Paragraph

Answer 11

項

Old books written by monk where the paragraph headings were crafted

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Question 12

Sword

Answer 12

刀

(primitive- dagger / is stretched thin is sabre)

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Question 13

Blade

Answer 13

刃

Drop of blood on a blade

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Question 14

Cut (be sharp)

Answer 14

切

You need to cut something with a dagger to dice it

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Question 15

Seduce (to call, send for, invite)

Answer 15

召

Male and female are needed for seduction

(primitive- seduce)

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Question 16

Shining

Answer 16

昭

Seduce the sun to shine

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Question 17

Rule

Answer 17

則

Rule with money or the sabre

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Question 18

Vice-

Answer 18

副

Divide ones property to give a share to ones vice-wealth-holder

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Question 19

Separate

Answer 19

別

Samurai bound up and separated from his sword and screaming

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Question 20

Street

Answer 20

丁

Street sign on a long pole

(primitive- nail or spike)

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Question 21

Village

Answer 21

町

Street sign on the corner of a field

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Question 22

Can

Answer 22

可

Little engine saying I think I can whilst spitting nails from its mouth

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Question 23

Place on head

Answer 23

頂

Nail to your head

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Question 24

Fishhook (the latter, duplicate, strange, witty)

Answer 24

乙

(Primitive- fishhook)

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