Level 19-2 Flashcards
宙
Mid Air
N/A
On’Yomi:
ちゅう
Kun’Yomi:
None
Meaning Mnemonic
The reason your helmet fell off is because you got tackled in mid-air. You got hit so hard that your helmet just flew off. It probably would have stayed on had you been standing on the ground, but you were up in mid-air and this is the reason you lost your helmet.
Additional Info:
Imagine yourself being tackled in mid-air. Feel the wind being knocked out of you as you are hit and crash to the ground. It hurts a lot. You may have broken a rib or two.
Reading Mnemonic
But wait, who tackled you? It was Chewbacca (ちゅう). That wily wookie. Chewbacca just came from outta nowhere and tackled you in mid-air. You were just skipping along in your helmet like any other day and BAM, Chewbacca nails you.
Additional Info:
Hear Chewbacca’s wookie yell as he tackles you out of mid-air. Now you’re on the ground trying to catch your breath, but you keep inhaling wookie hairs from Chewbacca’s body. It’s terrible.
履
Boots
N/A
On’Yomi:
り
Kun’Yomi:
は.く
Meaning Mnemonic
If you loiter around a black hole holding a flag, you’d better have some boots with rocket boosters or something on them to keep you from getting sucked into that black hole. You’re just loitering around holding your flag, and the black hole wants to suck you in. You use your rocket boots to counteract the gravitational pull of the black hole.
Additional Info:
Picture this as being you. Feel the pull of the black hole as your rocket boots keep you safe. Hear the roar of their rocket engines.
Reading Mnemonic
As you’re loitering there in your rocket boots holding your flag, someone walks by with a bag of Reese’s (り) Pieces candy. All of a sudden, their bag of Reece’s Pieces bursts open and is drawn into the black hole, but not before smacking into you and your boots.
Additional Info:
Imagine being bombarded by a full bag of Reese’s Pieces. The candy smacks all over your body. Some of the candy even gets in your mouth. Mmm, chocolate-peanut-buttery.
暴
Violence
N/A
On’Yomi:
ぼう
Kun’Yomi:
あば.れる
Meaning Mnemonic
When the sun gets together with water, only violence can ensue. They don’t mix well together. The sun loves to fight water and water loves to fight the sun. Lots and lots of violence.
Additional Info:
Picture this violent fight scene in your brain. Imagine water locked in battle with the sun as the sun’s fire flares up and the water starts to sizzle.
Reading Mnemonic
But after a while, the sun and the water have had enough of violence. They decide to settle their differences with a friendly game of bowling (ぼう). Bowling is a great way to relieve stress and in the end, they bond over it.
Additional Info:
Imagine the sun and the water trying to bowl. Hear the sound of bowling balls rolling down the lane and pins rattling around and crashing together.
減
Decrease
N/A
On’Yomi:
げん
Kun’Yomi:
へ.る
Meaning Mnemonic
For a tsunami to become a creeper, it need only decrease in size. A small tsunami isn’t really much of a tsunami at all, and with this decrease in size, the tsunami is just kind of creepy. It just hovers around you, not really doing anything, but it’s really creeping you out. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME, TSUNAMI?
Additional Info:
Picture this tsunami wave coming at you, then decreasing in size, only to become a creeper who follows you around. Imagine the tsunami in a hat, sunglasses, and trench coat. This tsunami creeper is really freaking you out.
Reading Mnemonic
This is the new generation (げん) of creepers. Old men and social outcasts are in a steep decrease. Tsunami creepers are the way of the future. They’re ushering in a new generation of creepers.
Additional Info:
Picture this new army of tsunami creeps. The generation of tsunami creepers is upon us and they will stop at nothing to creep us out. Imagine yourself being followed around by them wherever you go.
笛
Flute
N/A
On’Yomi:
てき
Kun’Yomi:
ふえ
Meaning Mnemonic
Is there a reason you’re in the bamboo grove? Why yes there is. It’s so you can get yourself some bamboo and make a flute out of it.
Additional Info:
Imagine yourself cutting down some bamboo, thinking “this is the reason I’m here, I need a flute, asap!” There is no other reason to be here besides this.
Reading Mnemonic
You cut down the bamboo and whittle a flute. You start playing a song. You know the reason why. An alien spacecraft comes flying down and drops a box full of alien tech (てき) in front of you.
Additional Info:
You’ve done what you came to do. You summoned an alien craft with your bamboo flute, gaining some alien tech in the process. Open up the box to see what tech awaits you.
詞
Part Of Speech
speech particle, particle of speech, grammar particle
On’Yomi:
し
Kun’Yomi:
None
Meaning Mnemonic
What would you say to a flasher trying to teach you a part of speech? You’d probably tell the flasher to keep his clothes on. It’s pretty difficult to learn the parts of speech when he keeps removing his clothes like that.
Additional Info:
Imagine your language teacher in a trench coat, teaching your class about a part of speech. Every once in a while, he flashes the class at random. How does this make you feel?
Reading Mnemonic
Actually, your language teacher is Charlie Sheen (し). He’s teaching you about his favorite part of speech: winning. As well as being a druggie, Charlie Sheen is also a flasher. And a language teacher as well, it would seem.
Additional Info:
Picture Charlie Sheen teaching your class now, flashing it at random. He’s a pretty crazy guy, so I wouldn’t put it past him to do such a thing.
財
Wealth
N/A
On’Yomi:
さい, ざい
Kun’Yomi:
None
Meaning Mnemonic
A genius clam has no problem accumulating wealth. The clam is a genius so it went to the best schools and landed a top job, raking in a huge salary. This genius clam has a lot of wealth.
Additional Info:
Imagine this genius clam in all of his wealth. Picture the clam flopping about in a huge pile of money while you hear the excited clack of his clam shells opening and closing.
Reading Mnemonic
At university, the genius clam majored in science (さい ) as well as the xylophone (ざい). This clam is a genius, so of course his brain is capable of exceling at both science and music. He’s quite the talented xylophone player, and a decent amount of his wealth was accrued from xylophone performances.
Additional Info:
Now imagine the clam playing the xylophone. He also majored in science, so he’s using scientific tools as implements to play the keys instead of the usual xylophone sticks. Hear the plink plink of the keys in your head as the genius clam puts on his performance.
