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Question 1

紛糾

Answer 1

ふんきゅう
become entangled
**(1st) distract: thread…part…
It is easy to use a thread to distract a cat from something else you don’t want them messing with. The “must kill” part of their brain takes over. 1458
**(2nd) twist: thread…cornucopia…
One observant Hunger Games participant noticed that there was a thread attached to the cornucopia, so she gave it a tug and it twisted around to face her. It was quite the twist! 1627
**ALL: distract…twist…
I was distracted by her beautiful eyes, so I didn’t notice how twisted she was. Before I knew it I had become entangled in all of her drama.
Pronunciation: Once I realized this I really wanted to say F-you (ふんきゅう）

Question 2

become entangled

Answer 2

紛糾
ふんきゅう
**(1st) distract: thread…part…
It is easy to use a thread to distract a cat from the part of something else you don’t want them messing with. 1458
**(2nd) twist: thread…cornucopia…
One observant Hunger Games participant noticed that there was a thread attached to the cornucopia, so she gave it a tug and it twisted around to face her. It was quite the twist! 1627
**ALL: distract…twist…
I was distracted by her beautiful eyes, so I didn’t notice how twisted she was. Before I knew it I had become entangled in all of her drama.
Pronunciation: Once I realized this I really wanted to say F-you (ふんきゅう）

Question 3

紺

Answer 3

こん
dark blue, navy blue
**navy blue: thread…wicker basket…
Why is the thread that makes up the lining of the wicker basket navy blue? The deep blue is calming so that everyone gets along, and it makes the food look good. 1895

Question 4

dark blue, navy blue

Answer 4

紺
こん
**navy blue: thread…wicker basket…
Why is the thread that makes up the lining of the wicker basket navy blue? The deep blue is calming so that everyone gets along, and it makes the food look good. 1895

Question 5

紡績業

Answer 5

ぼうせきぎょう
the spinning industry
**(1st) spinning: thread…compass…
The witches who are spinning our life’s thread are like the compasses deciding what direction our lives will take. 1457
**(2nd) exploits: thread…blame…
When you exploit someone, you take advantage of their life (thread), and blame them for things that go wrong so they think they need you. 1662
**(3rd) profession: in a row upside down…not yet…
One horrifying thing about growing up is realizing that some adults in professions aren’t in line with everyone else yet. They are just kind of winging it. 1931
**ALL: spinning…exploits…profession….
Pronunciation: the spinners are spacing out (ぼう) while sitting in their seats (せき)

Question 6

the spinning industry

Answer 6

紡績業
ぼうせきぎょう
**(1st) spinning: thread…compass…
The witches who are spinning our life’s thread are like the compasses deciding what direction our lives will take. 1457
**(2nd) exploits: thread…blame…
When you exploit someone, you take advantage of their life (thread), and blame them for things that go wrong so they think they need you. 1662
**(3rd) profession: in a row upside down…not yet…
One horrifying thing about growing up is realizing that some adults in professions aren’t in line with everyone else yet. They are just kind of winging it. 1931
**ALL: spinning…exploits…profession….
Pronunciation: the spinners are spacing out (ぼう) while sitting in their seats (せき)

Question 7

紡ぐ

Answer 7

つむぐ
spin, make yarn
**spinning: thread…compass…
The witches who are spinning our life’s thread are like compasses deciding what direction our lives will take. 1457
**ALL: pronunciation: knitters who can spin their own yarn are extra smug (つむぐ)

Question 8

spin, make yarn

Answer 8

紡ぐ
つむぐ
**spinning: thread…compass…
The witches who are spinning our life’s thread are like the compasses deciding what direction our lives will take. 1457
**ALL: pronunciation: knitters who can spin their own yarn are extra smug (つむぐ)

Question 9

波紋

Answer 9

はもん
ripple, stir
**(1st) waves: water….pelt….
Waves look like bits of water peeling off like the skin of an orange or the pelt of an animal. 866
**(2nd) family crest: thread…sentence…
A family crest usually contains a sewn image of a mascot and a sentence/phrase that invokes the virtue associated with that family. It is an important part of every member’s life (thread).
**ALL: waves…family crest….
The way the waves ripples created an image I could imagine being part of a family crest. OR The changing of the family crest from a strong viking sailing across the water to a beer mug caused quite a ripple/stir among the family members. They certainly made waves with the new crest.
Pronunciation: think “harmony”

Question 10

ripple, stir

Answer 10

波紋
はもん
**(1st) waves: water….pelt….
Waves look like bits of water peeling off like the skin of an orange or the pelt of an animal. 866
**(2nd) family crest: thread…sentence…
A family crest usually contains a sewn image of a mascot and a sentence/phrase that invokes the virtue associated with that family. It is an important part of every member’s life (thread).
**ALL: waves…family crest….
The way the waves ripples created an image I could imagine being part of a family crest. OR The changing of the family crest from a strong viking sailing across the water to a beer mug caused quite a ripple/stir among the family members. They certainly made waves with the new crest.
Pronunciation: think “harmony”

Question 11

絞る

Answer 11

しぼる
wring, reduce scope
**strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448

Question 12

wring, reduce scope

Answer 12

絞る
しぼる
**strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448

Question 13

絞める

Answer 13

しめる
strangle
**strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448

Question 14

strangle

Answer 14

絞める
しめる
**strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your life thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448

Question 15

絞殺

Answer 15

こうさつ
strangle to death
**(1st) strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448
**(2nd) kill: Ronin/assassin….tree…missile…
Ronin shot through the trees like a missile to kill his enemy. 1607
**ALL: strangle…kill…

Question 16

strangle to death

Answer 16

絞殺
こうさつ
**(1st) strangle: thread…mingle…
It is hard for your thread to mingle with all the other threads if it keeps strangling them with its enthusiasm. 1448
**(2nd) kill: Ronin/assassin….tree…missile…
Ronin shot through the trees like a missile to kill his enemy. 1607
**ALL: strangle…kill…

Question 17

綱

Answer 17

つな
rope, line
**hawser (thick rope for mooring & towing ships): thread…Mount…
Hawser ropes are so thick that they could be used to move mountains. 2114
(right side) Mount: mountain goat (horns and a mountain)…glass canopy..
On Mount Fuji there is a small museum dedicated to the mountain goats that used to roam there before tourism. This is one in a glass display. 2112
**ALL (pronunciation): use a つな to more the tuna catching boat.

Question 18

rope, line

Answer 18

綱
つな
**hawser (thick rope for mooring & towing ships): thread…Mount…
Hawser ropes are so thick that they could be used to move mountains. 2114
(right side) Mount: mountain goat (horns and a mountain)…glass canopy..
On Mount Fuji there is a small museum dedicated to the mountain goats that used to roam there before tourism. This is one in a glass display. 2112
**ALL (pronunciation): use a つな to catch some tuna.

Question 19

綱領

Answer 19

こうりょう
party’s platform, general principles (of a group/organization)
**(1st) hawser (thick rope for mooring & towing ships): thread…Mount…
Hawser ropes are so thick that they could be used to move mountains. 2114
(right side) Mount: mountain goat (horns and a mountain)…glass canopy..
On Mount Fuji there is a small museum dedicated to the mountain goats that used to roam there before tourism. This is one in a glass display. 2112
**(2nd) jurisdiction: orders…head…
Where ever someone has jurisdiction, they are able to give the order to chop heads. 1507
**ALL: hawser…jurisdiction….
The republican party ran on the platform of hate, and they had the strong pull of a hawser within their jurisdiction (the republicans).
(pronunciation): the republican party decided that this (こう) platform would bring in the biggest amount (りょう) of voters.

Question 20

party’s platform, general principles (of a group/organization)

Answer 20

綱領
こうりょう
**(1st) hawser (thick rope for mooring & towing ships): thread…Mount…
Hawser ropes are so thick that they could be used to move mountains. 2114
(right side) Mount: mountain goat (horns and a mountain)…glass canopy..
On Mount Fuji there is a small museum dedicated to the mountain goats that used to roam there before tourism. This is one in a glass display. 2112
**(2nd) jurisdiction: orders…head…
Where ever someone has jurisdiction, they are able to give the order to chop heads. 1507
**ALL: hawser…jurisdiction….
The republican party ran on the platform of hate, and they had the strong pull of a hawser within their jurisdiction (the republicans).
(pronunciation): the republican party decided that this (こう) platform would bring in the biggest amount (りょう) of voters.

Question 21

網

Answer 21

あみ
net
**netting: thread…glass canopy…animal horns…perish…
Plastic thread-like netting entangles animals, it almost looks like a canopy, and they eventually die. 1473

Question 22

net

Answer 22

網
あみ
**netting: thread…glass canopy…animal horns…perish…
Plastic thread-like netting entangles animals, it almost looks like a canopy, and they eventually die. 1473

Question 23

通信網

Answer 23

つうしんもう
communications network
**(3rd) netting: thread…glass canopy…animal horns…perish…
Plastic thread-like netting entangles animals, it almost looks like a canopy, and they eventually die. 1473

Question 24

communications network

Answer 24

通信網
つうしんもう
**(3rd) netting: thread…glass canopy…animal horns…perish…
Plastic thread-like netting entangles animals, it almost looks like a canopy, and they eventually die. 1473

Question 25

縄

Answer 25

なわ
rope/cord
** straw rope: thread…eels (two headed eel with a tail)…
When catching eels you need to make sure that the rope’s threads are straw so that they don’t conduct the eels electricity. 1477

Question 26

rope/cord

Answer 26

縄
なわ
** straw rope: thread…eels (two headed eel with a tail)…
When catching eels you need to make sure that the rope’s threads are straw so that they don’t conduct the eels electricity. 1477

Question 27

束縛

Answer 27

そくばく
restrict, restrain, fetter, bind
**(1st) bundle: tree…mouth…
The industrial rubber band stretched around the cut trees, like an ever expanding mouth, bundling them together. 1793
**(2nd) truss/support beams: threads…acupuncturist…
The beams of the truss weaved through the attic space like threads and found the points that needed support like an acupuncturist. 1476
**ALL: bundle…truss/support beams…
If you keep the support beams bundled up then you restrict how durable the house is. OR When you are being restrained by someone or something, it keeps you bound up and away from your support system.
If anyone ever restrains you, you want to そく them in the face to get ばく at them.

Question 28

restrict, restrain, fetter, bind (two kanji)

Answer 28

束縛
そくばく
**(1st) bundle: tree…mouth…
The industrial rubber band stretched around the cut trees, like an ever expanding mouth, bundling them together. 1793
**(2nd) truss/support beams: threads…acupuncturist…
The beams of the truss weaved through the attic space like threads and found the points that needed support like an acupuncturist. 1476
**ALL: bundle…truss/support beams…
If you keep the support beams bundled up then you restrict how durable the house is. OR When you are being restrained by someone or something, it keeps you bound up and away from your support system.
If anyone ever restrains you, you want to そく them in the face to get ばく at them.

Question 29

縛る

Answer 29

しばる
bind (a person’s hands, feet, etc.), tie, restrict, restrain
**truss/support beams: threads…acupuncturist…
The beams of the truss weaved through the attic space like threads and found the points that needed support like an acupuncturist. 1476
**ALL: When you are being restrained by someone or something, it keeps you bound up and away from your support system.

Question 30

bind (a person’s hands, feet, etc.), tie, restrict, restrain (one kanji)

Answer 30

縛る
しばる
**truss/support beams: threads…acupuncturist…
The beams of the truss weaved through the attic space like threads and found the points that needed support like an acupuncturist. 1476
**ALL: When you are being restrained by someone or something, it keeps you bound up and away from your support system.

Question 31

経緯

Answer 31

けいい
circumstances, sequence of events, details
**(1st) sutra: thread…spool….
It is a Buddhist sutra that everyone has a thread that represents their life, and the one holding the spool is Buddha. 1460
(right side) spool: crotch…earth…
A spider’s crotch is like a natural (earth) spool of thread. pg.226
**(2nd) horizontal: thread…locket…
When your life thread goes fully horizontal (flat lining), you become yet another picture in an ever-expanding locket of ancestors. 1774
(right side) locket: almost five…mouth….sunglasses with one of the lenses popped out…
**ALL: sutra…horizontal…
The sequence of events that led to a monk saying a sutra over the man’s horizontal body were very crazy. Everyone was left saying “kaaayyy (けいい), that was weird…”

Question 32

circumstances, sequence of events, details

Answer 32

経緯
けいい
**(1st) sutra: thread…spool….
It is a Buddhist sutra that everyone has a thread that represents their life, and the one holding the spool is Buddha. 1460
(right side) spool: crotch…earth…
A spider’s crotch is like a natural (earth) spool of thread. pg.226
**(2nd) horizontal: thread…locket…
When your life thread goes fully horizontal (flat lining), you become yet another picture in an ever-expanding locket of ancestors. 1774
(right side) locket: almost five…mouth….sunglasses with one of the lenses popped out…
**ALL: sutra…horizontal…
The sequence of events that led to a monk saying a sutra over the man’s horizontal body were very crazy. Everyone was left saying “kaaayyy (けいい), that was weird…”

Question 33

裁縫

Answer 33

さいほう
sewing, needlework
**(1st) tailor: Thanksgiving…garments….
“You might think here of garments that have been specially tailored for Thanksgiving celebrations to look like traditional Pilgrim garb.” 424
(top half) Thanksgiving: land…fiesta…
A fiesta of having found this land. pg 145
**(2nd) sew: thread…walking legs…bushes…road…
Sewing is a very versatile and useful skill. As long as you have some thread you can fix your outfit if something goes wrong while you are walking around downtown, when you tear your clothes while trimming the bushes or when you are on the road traveling. 1685
**ALL: tailor…sew…
(pronunciation) get yourself a girl who can sew and you have the さい（こう）hoe (ほう)

Question 34

sewing, needlework (two kanji)

Answer 34

裁縫
さいほう
**(1st) tailor: Thanksgiving…garments….
“You might think here of garments that have been specially tailored for Thanksgiving celebrations to look like traditional Pilgrim garb.” 424
(top half) Thanksgiving: land…fiesta…
A fiesta of having found this land. pg 145
**(2nd) sew: thread…walking legs…bushes…road…
Sewing is a very versatile and useful skill. As long as you have some thread you can fix your outfit if something goes wrong while you are walking around downtown, when you tear your clothes while trimming the bushes or when you are on the road traveling. 1685
**ALL: tailor…sew…
(pronunciation) get yourself a girl who can sew and you have the さい（こう）hoe (ほう)

Question 35

縫う

Answer 35

ぬう
sew, stitch
**sew: thread…walking legs…bushes…road…
Sewing is a very versatile and useful skill. As long as you have some thread you can fix your outfit if something goes wrong while you are walking around downtown, when you tear your clothes while trimming the bushes or when you are on the road traveling. 1685

Question 36

sew, stitch (one kanji)

Answer 36

縫う
ぬう
**sew: thread…walking legs…bushes…road…
Sewing is a very versatile and useful skill. As long as you have some thread you can fix your outfit if something goes wrong while you are walking around downtown, when you tear your clothes while trimming the bushes or when you are on the road traveling. 1685

Question 37

修繕

Answer 37

しゅうぜん
mend, repair
**(1st) discipline: person…walking stick…taskmaster…shape…
It is an old form of discipline where a person is hit with a stick by their taskmaster in order to shape their development. 1858
**(2nd) darning: thread…virtuous…
Using thread and darning the clothes you already own instead of buying new ones is the virtuous thing to do. 1433
(right side) virtuous: sheep…horns…mouth…
When something is virtuous we always assume it will win. Good (sheep) wins out over evil (horns) is what they say (mouth). 1112
**ALL: discipline…darning…
(pronunciation) Once you have been very disciplined and mended all of the holes in your socks, you can wear your shoes (しゅう) with a feeling of ぜん

Question 38

mend, repair (two kanji)

Answer 38

修繕
しゅうぜん
**(1st) discipline: person…walking stick…taskmaster…shape…
It is an old form of discipline where a person is hit with a stick by their taskmaster in order to shape their development. 1858
**(2nd) darning: thread…virtuous…
Using thread and darning the clothes you already own instead of buying new ones is the virtuous thing to do. 1433
(right side) virtuous: sheep…horns…mouth…
When something is virtuous we always assume it will win. Good (sheep) wins out over evil (horns) is what they say (mouth). 1112
**ALL: discipline…darning…
(pronunciation) Once you have been very disciplined and mended all of the holes in your socks, you can wear your shoes (しゅう) with a feeling of ぜん

Question 39

繕う

Answer 39

つくろう
mend, patch, keep up (appearances)
**darning: thread…virtuous…
Using thread and darning the clothes you already own instead of buying new ones is the virtuous thing to do. 1433
(right side) virtuous: sheep…horns…mouth…
When something is virtuous we always assume it will win. Good (sheep) wins out over evil (horns) is what they say (mouth). 1112

Question 40

mend, patch, keep up (appearances)

one kanji

Answer 40

繕う
つくろう
**darning: thread…virtuous…
Using thread and darning the clothes you already own instead of buying new ones is the virtuous thing to do. 1433
(right side) virtuous: sheep…horns…mouth…
When something is virtuous we always assume it will win. Good (sheep) wins out over evil (horns) is what they say (mouth). 1112

Question 41

船舶

Answer 41

せんぱく
vessel, ship
**(1st) ship: boat…gully (small valley)…
This is a bigger boat, so much so that it creates a small valley in the water as it cuts through. Big ship, like the one that blocked the trading rout. 2019
**(2nd) liner: boat…dove/white….
Imagine it is olden times and you are on an ocean liner (boat) traveling to see your love on the other side of the world. You use doves to send letters to each other during the long trip. 2013
**ALL: ship…liner…
You can pack (ぱく) thousands (せん) of people onto vessel/ship like an ocean liner. OR You can pack thousands of white people onto a giant cruise ship.

Question 42

vessel, ship

Answer 42

船舶
せんぱく
**(1st) ship: boat…gully (small valley)…
This is a bigger boat, so much so that it creates a small valley in the water as it cuts through. Big ship, like the one that blocked the trading rout. 2019
**(2nd) liner: boat…dove/white….
Imagine it is olden times and you are on an ocean liner (boat) traveling to see your love on the other side of the world. You use doves to send letters to each other during the long trip. 2013
**ALL: ship…liner…
You can pack (ぱく) thousands (せん) of people onto an ocean liner. OR You can pack thousands of white people onto a giant cruise ship.

Question 43

託す

Answer 43

たくす
entrust (someone with something)
**consign (give over to another’s care): words…lock of hair…
By saying the magic words and tying the lock of hair to a doll, the witch made the man consign the magic jewel to her. He had no choice but to entrust her with its care. 2066

Question 44

entrust (someone with something)

Answer 44

託す
たくす
**consign (give over to another’s care): words…lock of hair…
By saying the magic words and tying the lock of hair to a doll, the witch made the man consign the magic jewel to her. 2066

Question 45

詐称

Answer 45

さしょう
make a false statement regarding one’s educational background, age, name, etc.
**(1st) lie: words…saw…
Sawing apart the words and rearranging them into something that isn’t true. A lie. 1223
**(2nd) appellation (giving a name to a person or thing): wheat…reclining…little
The wheat farmer was reclining in his little chair thinking about an appropriate appellation for his wheat products. 971
**ALL: lie…appellation…
A specific kind of lie that gives a false name to something.
(pronunciation) Why would someone tell a lie like this? Because these days your real experiences won’t get you a job or into school. You have to make it up and put on さch a しょう in order to succeed.

Question 46

make a false statement regarding one’s educational background, age, name, etc.

Answer 46

詐称
さしょう
**(1st) lie: words…saw…
Sawing apart the words and rearranging them into something that isn’t true. A lie. 1223
**(2nd) appellation (giving a name to a person or thing): wheat…reclining…little
The wheat farmer was reclining in his little chair thinking about an appropriate appellation for his wheat products. 971
**ALL: lie…appellation…
A specific kind of lie that gives a false name to something.
(pronunciation) Why would someone tell a lie like this? Because these days your real experiences won’t get you a job or into school. You have to make it up and put on さch a しょう in order to succeed.

Question 47

詰める

Answer 47

つめる
stuff, cram, pack, plug up
**packed: words…aerosol can…
There is so much meaning packed into the words of this piece of writing that it feels like an aerosol can ready to explode. 367

Question 48

stuff, cram, pack, plug up

Answer 48

詰める
つめる
**packed: words…aerosol can…
There is so much meaning packed into the words of this piece of writing that it feels like an aerosol can ready to explode. 367

Question 49

詰問

Answer 49

きつもん
cross examine
** (1st) packed: words…aerosol can…
There is so much meaning packed into the words of this piece of writing that it feels like an aerosol can ready to explode. 367
**ALL (pronunciation): the cross examination was so packed with questions that it was きつ（い）

Question 50

cross examine

Answer 50

詰問
きつもん
** (1st) packed: words…aerosol can…
There is so much meaning packed into the words of this piece of writing that it feels like an aerosol can ready to explode. 367
**ALL (pronunciation): the cross examination was so packed with questions that it was きつ（い）

Question 51

該当

Answer 51

がいとう
fall under (an applicable rule/provision), be applicable, correspond to
**(1st) above-stated: words…acorn…
Words that you strategically planted (like a squirrel’s acorn) earlier in what you said. 1640
**(2nd) hit: little…broom…
The witch riding the littlest broom hit it big by winning 1st place. 1236
**ALL: above-stated…hit…
(pronunciation) it がいとうs under this section in the ガイド

Question 52

fall under (an applicable rule/provision), be applicable, correspond to

Answer 52

該当
がいとう
**(1st) above-stated: words…acorn…
Words that you strategically planted (like a squirrel’s acorn) earlier in what you said. 1640
**(2nd) hit: little…broom…
The witch riding the littlest broom hit it big by winning 1st place. 1236
**ALL: above-stated…hit…
(pronunciation) it がいとうs under this section in the ガイド

Question 53

承諾

Answer 53

しょうだく
consent, agree
**(1st) acquiesce: three…complete…water…
You must complete three quests, and then the pirate (water) will acquiesce your request. 2050
**(2nd) consent: words…young…
“The words of the young do not have legal validity unless they are backed up by ‘parental consent’” 375
**ALL: acquiesce…consent…
Once you get an agreement from someone, they say sure (しょう), you hug (だく) to seal the deal.

Question 54

consent, agree

Answer 54

承諾
しょうだく
**(1st) acquiesce: three…complete…water…
You must complete three quests, and then the pirate (water) will acquiesce your request. 2050
**(2nd) consent: words…young…
“The words of the young do not have legal validity unless they are backed up by ‘parental consent’” 375
**ALL: acquiesce…consent…
Once you get an agreement from someone, they say sure (しょう), you hug (だく) to seal the deal.

Question 55

教諭

Answer 55

きょうゆ
school teacher
**(2nd) rebuke: words…meeting of butchers…
The rebukes at the meeting of butchers are particularly harsh, because not only do they fight with words but with their sabers. 376
(right side) meeting of butchers: meeting…meat…saber…
A meeting of people with meat and sabers is clearly a meeting of butchers. 307
**ALL: teach…rebuke…

Question 56

school teacher

Answer 56

教諭
きょうゆ
**(2nd) rebuke: words…meeting of butchers…
The rebukes at the meeting of butchers are particularly harsh, because not only do they fight with words but with their sabers. 376
(right side) meeting of butchers: meeting…meat…saber…
A meeting of people with meat and sabers is clearly a meeting of butchers. 307
**ALL: teach…rebuke…

Question 57

諭す

Answer 57

さとす
admonish, counsel, reason with
**rebuke: words…meeting of butchers…
The rebukes at the meeting of butchers are particularly harsh, because not only do they fight with words but with their sabers. 376
(right side) meeting of butchers: meeting…meat…saber…
A meeting of people with meat and sabers is clearly a meeting of butchers. 307

Question 58

admonish, counsel, reason with

Answer 58

諭す
さとす
**rebuke: words…meeting of butchers…
The rebukes at the meeting of butchers are particularly harsh, because not only do they fight with words but with their sabers. 376
(right side) meeting of butchers: meeting…meat…saber…
A meeting of people with meat and sabers is clearly a meeting of butchers. 307

Question 59

諮問機関

Answer 59

しもんきかん
advisory body
**(1st) consult with: words…next…mouth…
“To seek the words of a second (next) mouth is to consult with someone about something.” 514
**(3rd) mechanism: tree…abacus…
The abacus is a mechanism used for counting, that is made of wood. 1482
(right side) abacus/how many: two cocoons…person…fiesta…
The number of people participating in the fiesta this year was larger than most, so the chief mathematician used an abacus to figure out how many cocoons each person would get to crack open. 1481
**(4th) connection: gates…golden calf…
After the golden calf’s sacrifice, he went through the gates and made a connection with heaven. He put in a good word for his tribe. 2173
**ALL: consult with…question…mechanism…connection…

Question 60

advisory body

Answer 60

諮問機関
しもんきかん
**(1st) consult with: words…next…mouth…
“To seek the words of a second (next) mouth is to consult with someone about something.” 514
**(3rd) mechanism: tree…abacus…
The abacus is a mechanism used for counting, that is made of wood. 1482
(right side) abacus/how many: two cocoons…person…fiesta…
The number of people participating in the fiesta this year was larger than most, so the chief mathematician used an abacus to figure out how many cocoons each person would get to crack open. 1481
**(4th) connection: gates…golden calf…
After the golden calf’s sacrifice, he went through the gates and made a connection with heaven. He put in a good word for his tribe. 2173
**ALL: consult with…question…mechanism…connection…

Question 61

諮る

Answer 61

はかる
consult, refer (a matter to a committee)
**consult with: words…next…mouth…
“To seek the words of a second (next) mouth is to consult with someone about something.” 514

Question 62

consult, refer (a matter to a committee)

Answer 62

諮る
はかる
**consult with: words…next…mouth…
“To seek the words of a second (next) mouth is to consult with someone about something.” 514