1404-1603 Flashcards
1404冷cool
To keep your water cool, just order some ice.
1405領jurisdiction
Two cowboys are crossing a state limit. One says to him “Did you know that in this Jurisdiction there are Orders to get your head?”, so he takes out his gun and shoots him. He claims the reward afterwards. (Thanks Fuaburisu).
1406鈴small bell
Some restaurants have a small gold bell to call someone to take customers’ orders.
1407勇courage
I imagined some kind of initiation rite in old China, where every young man has to show his courage. They then receive a chopseal which is a mark of their courage.
1408通traffic
I bounce down the road on my pogo stick, easily getting through the dense traffic. (Note: New primitive: chop-seal + utilize = pogo stick. Because a chop-seal is long and thin with a rubbery bit at the end. If it were big enough, you could utilize it as a pogo stick). [Edit: pogo stick also appears in 1409, 1690, 2530]
1409踊jump
The high #jump#er has his wooden leg fitted with a pogo stick, and can now jump even higher. (See my note at {1408} for pogo stick). EDIT (2 years later): Keyword “jump” leads to confusion later on (see cjon256’s post), #”Dancing”# would be better (but be sure to keep it distinct from {1774}). New Story: I was no good at #dancing# due to my wooden leg… until I had it fitted with a pogo stick!
1410疑doubt
(Katsuo) You come at the zoo entrance. Here sir, a spoon to feed the animals. cool and a dart(gun) in case stuff go wrong …. please chop-seal (sign) here for in case of accidents the zoo is not responsible. lion feeding time is. bla bla You are having serious doubts about if you still want to go into this zoo.
1411擬mimic
Ask a MIMIC to give an impression of DOUBT, and he will no DOUBT scratch his head with his FINGER
1412凝congeal
I doubt that the jello would congeal sitting on the counter, so I placed it in the icebox.
1413範pattern
this pattern made of bamboo is for a new model of car designed to leave as small an ecological fingerprint as possible.
1414犯crime
Crimes can often be solved using the tools of dogs and fingerprints.
1415厄unlucky
Seeing some finger prints at the edge of a cliff, I wondered who that unlucky person was.
1416危dangerous
You’re bound up by ropes to an unlucky person. It’s dangerous, because whatever happens to him will happen to you too.
1417宛address
Your address should be displayed on your house and mailbox.For the primitive: This is a hi-tech Japanese mailbox, it automatically lights up in the evening, and has a biometric fingerprint scanner.
1418腕arm
Like in Memento, I tattoo my address on my fore#arm# flesh so I don’t forget it. Kinda like me because I tend to forget my address… alll the fucking time.
1419苑garden
Japanese “#gardens#” aren’t anything more than a pot of flowers on top of the mailbox.
1420怨grudge
I had a little #grudge# against my ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend…so I ripped out his heart (like in indiana jones and the temple of doom) and then I left it in her mailbox
1421柳willow
Having decided to use SIGN OF THE HARE rather than RECEIPT and STAMP my mnemonic goes as follows:The WILLOW is the TREE that droops likes a HARE’s ears.
1422卵egg
The Easter Bunny dropped an #egg# on my desk and got yolk all over my receipts and stamps.
1423留detain
Got a receipt for that dagger, son? If not, we’re going to #detain# you and send you to work in the rice fields.
1424貿trade
There’s a buyback program where you can trade in your dagger for money. But it’s quite ineffective, since only registered dagger-owners with the original receipts can participate, and not criminals with illegally-purchased daggers.
1425印stamp
before sticky backs, they had to staple stamps to letters
1426興entertain
To me, this looks like a pictograph of a road leading to the big city (see the buildings?) where there are plenty of places to be entertained. Unfortunately in this city, every store is the same: staples. What tools! [ayoung24]
1427酉sign of the bird
The sign of the bird on this whiskey bottle is of course the Famous Grouse blended Scotch.
1428酒saké
Sake is just watered down whisky
1429酌bartending
At the local pub, their bartending practises are unusual. They serve the whiskey by pouring it from a ladle, like one would from the punch bowl.
1430酵fermentation
The secrets of fermentation are passed to the son who displays the most filial piety.
1431酷cruel
It’s cruel to pour alcohol down a cow’s mouth.
1432酬repay
Imagine a different kind of tax refund - instead of money, the state repays you with whiskey.
1433酪dairy products
In an attempt to increase sales of dairy products, the grocery store is giving away a free miniature whiskey bottle with each dairy product you buy.
1434酢vinegar
Drinking alcohol that’s turned to vinegar feels like a saw going down your throat.
1435酔drunk
Whiskey with 90 percent alcohol will get you drunk. I don`t care who you are.
1436配distribute
To DISTRIBUTE WHISKY during Prohibition you had to be as sneaky as a SNAKE.
1437酸acid
Dealing alcohol requires a license, dealing acid requires fast legs (to run from the police).
1438猶waver
The waver for this kanji means to hesitate. I wavered before going into the bar with a bunch of horned wild dogs drinking whiskey straight out of the bottle.
1439尊revered
I drank the Devil Whiskey and was #revered# by all. Too bad I had to have my anus glued shut from the damage it did to my digestive system…-revered means admire-
1440豆beans
Depicts a pot of BEANS, althought it looks more like a table on which the pot is resting.
1441頭head
The head of the family sits at the head of the table.
1442短short
He’s so #short#, he can’t even throw over a table while playing darts.
1443豊bountiful
The bountiful feast was so bountiful that it bent the table below it under its weight! いただきま〜す！
1444鼓drum
Japanese festivals have #drums# so big, a samurai has to SIT (not stand) on a table to beat one with a tree branch!
1445喜rejoice
-feel or show great joy or delight.-The samurai sitting on the drum is on a stage, and the people below him are rejoicing with their mouths in unison. It helps me to imagine the placement this way.
1446樹timber-trees
The hippies object to trees being cut down for timber. They have glued themselves to the timber-trees and are beating their drums.
1447皿dish
three dishes stacked side-by-side in a dishwasher
1448血blood
vampire orders blood in one of those posh restaurants. Imagine his shock when all he gets is a giant white bowl and just a single drop of blood in the centre and a drizzling of balsamic around the edge. Disgusted he calls the manager over tells him its overpriced tosh and bites into his neck with a huge gush of blood spraying everywhere.
1449盆basin
The part of the kitchen sink in which you wash dishes in is the basin.
1450盟alliance
(re: Raichu) An undercover alliance between Japan (the sun on its flag) and Turkey (the moon on its flag) detected by a surveillance satellite dish. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100126a3.html
1451盗steal
you are so poor you dont know where your next dish will come from all you know is that you will have to steal it.
1452温warm
If you leave #water# out in the #sun# in a #dish#, naturally it will get warm.
1453監oversee
The slavetrader #oversees# the slaves washing dishes int he kitchen. No reclining on the floor!
1454濫overflow
Whos job is it to oversee the water level on the dam? Itts overflowing!
1455鑑specimen
The overseer tags his slaves with gold earrings, just like #specimens#.an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific study or display.
1456猛fierce
The fierce WILD DOG attacked the CHILD who came near his feeding DISH.
1457盛boom
Japan`s economic boom turned their empty plates into full ones.
1458塩salt
in the old days, salt was a worth alot, so it is not surprising to find someone reclining on the ground, mouth to plate, getting every last grain of that delicious salt.
1459銀silver
Like gold, silver is a metal.
1460恨resentment
The athlete’s state of mind is nothing but resentment after getting the silver medal.
1461根root
Since trees eat through their roots, one could imagine roots as tree silverware.
1462即instant
he scratches off the silver stamp and discovers that he is an instant winner
1463爵baron
An vulture stole the #baron#’s eye in the war, but now he has a silver coin glued in the socket instead.
1464節node
counting the nodes on bamboo is an instant way to tell its age
1465退retreat
you see a huge army of people in silver armour on the road so you retreat
1466限limit
The speed #limit# at The Pinnacle is posted on silver signs.
1467眼eyeball
Eyeballs# made of silver. That’s what they use to play pachinko with, isn’t it?
1468良good
A drop of silver is good, but a whole bar of it is better!
1469朗melodious
[Image: `Moonlight sonata’] The moon has inspired many good composers (like Ludwig van Beethoven) to write something melodious.
1470浪wandering
Water is a good thing to have when you’re out wandering.
1471娘daughter
your daughter is a good girl……well, let’s hope so… :-)
1472食eat
That umbrella looks good enough to eat!
1473飯meal
I’m anti-fastfood. Sit down and eat a real meal!
1474飲drink
When you lack food, just drink something to fill you up.
1475飢hungry
The smell of cooked food wafts past you in the wind, making your stomach rumble and feeling hungry.
1476餓starve
All those starving models in Hollywood - they want to eat, but their ego (about their appearance and trim look) makes sure they grin and bear it!
1477飾decorate
Naked sushi: a lady reclining on a towel as #decoration# for the food laid out on her.
1478館Bldg.
This Bldg. is like all the other government buildings - they house bureaucrats who sit around sipping wine and eating expensive meals at the taxpayers expense.
1479養foster
A sheep became the foster parent for a wolf pup, feeding it with milk. This story cannot end well…
1480飽sated
My gluttony was only #sated# after I ate the hamburger AND the wrapper!-satisfied to the full-
1481既previously
Distinguish from {501}. Think of previously as “the previous customer” in a restaurant. At a cheap sleazy diner, the waitress gives you unwashed silverware that was previously used by the previous customer. Yuck.
1482概outline
A murder has been commited. A corpse was found under a tree. The police chalks the outline of the victim, an old silvered-haired waitress working at a restaurant nearby.
1483慨rue
If you don’t leave some silver as a tip, you will rue the day you earned the resentment of your waitress-bitterly regret-
