804-1003 Flashcards
804婆old woman
An old woman is seen here as a woman with waves (i.e. wrinkles, creases).
805披expose
You expose holes in a pelt by passing your fingers through them and wiggling them on the other side. The sense of the kanji here is to reveal something that was hidden, to make known, to open your heart (thus revealing it, exposing it to others), express your opinion, etc.
806破rend
Before the invention of scissors or knives, sharp STONES were used to REND PELTs, so that caveman designers could complete new styles for the upcoming year.
807被incur
A #cloak# of fur (#pelt#) will * incur* the wrath of animal lovers.
808残remainder
The remainder of the bones have been thrown from the float (for the dogs maybe, at the end of the parade).
809殉martyrdom
Think of the early Christian martyrs who suffered martyrdom because of their faith. See them held in cells for 10 days (a decameron) before being fed to the lions. They appear before the chanting Roman crowds as bones to be devoured. Think of what was leftover after the lions finished them off….nothing, not even a pile of bones to bury.
810殊particularly
A t-bone steak is vermilion - particularly if served rare.
811殖augment
Advertisement for Breast Implants – Tired of nights all alone? Want to get boned straightaway? AUGMENT your breasts and all your troubles will be solved!
812列file
A line of skeletal warriors, all armed with sabers.
813裂split
They tried issuing the skeleton warriors with proper garments to wear, but they kept getting split by the sharp bones or by their sabres. In the end, it was decided they look scarier naked anyway.
814烈ardent
The nazis were ardent believers in the master arian race, see them marching everyone else into the oven fires, single file.
815死death
Worst thing that can happen after your death is someone eating your BONES with a SPOON
816葬interment
•ritual of interring or burying•The simple form of INTERNMENT; the DEATH is covered with FLOWERS, you are two people using both HANDS to INTERNMENT the death.
817瞬wink
What a dilemna, you wore SUNGLASSES over your EYES when you went to the BIRDHOUSE so you wouldn’t be recognized - but now you can’t WINK at the girl you want!
818耳ear
Pictograph if ear.
819取take
You TAKE someone in their EAR and CROTCH, maybe your’re trying to punish them.
820趣gist
•the central idea, the essence•You RUN after someone, takes them (in the ear and crotch) and ask then: “what was the GIST of that comment?”
821最utmost
You should take the UTMOST care of your SKIN when TAKING in the sun.
822撮snapshot
Take the utmost care that you don’t have your finger in the way when you take a snapshot.
823恥shame
This surgeon brought SHAME onto himself and his profession: under an operation, he placed the EAR where the HEART was supposed to be, and vice versa.
824職post
Worst post in history: quality checker at the kazoo factory. Imagine the toll on your ears!
825聖holy
A holy man hears with his ears before he speaks with his mouth, which places him higher than a king in people’s esteem.
826敢daring
See that EAR spiked (NAIL) over there? It’s the EAR of someone who were DARING the TASKMASTER.
827聴listen
I promise to use my ear to do nothing but listen … stick a needle in my eye, cross my heart and hope to die! (Intentionally said backwards to get the order of the primitives correct)
828懐pocket
(re: taijuando) When you are in New York City you have to be alert, i.e. in the “New York State of Mind”: you need ten eyes to make sure no one will go through your garments and pick your pockets
829慢ridicule
The monks are RIDICULING the monk who sat down in the MANDALA and got his CROTCH printed. The RIDICULING STATE OF MIND were not suitable for monks, so they all reached for their MIND switch to get back to normal.•Mandala• a pupil with the sun was painted on the temple’s floor, and a monk sat down and for his CROTCH full of the painting.
830漫loose
This magic WATER (imagine a Disney movie where the water dances), LOOSENS the MANDALA on the floor and brings it back where it came from; bucket of paint
831買buy
This one-eyed freakish SHELL buys another EYE and out it sideways on top of the other.
832置placement
Working in retail you learn the placement of any item should be at eye level so it’s seen straightaway
833罰penalty
In a soccer game, the game is paused when a player broke the rule of the game. Whole everyone is watching (their eye), the referee gives the player a short SPEECH and execute the PENALTY with a SABER.
834寧rather
You’re asked by an interrogator: “Would you RATHER have your HEART sent home to your house or one of your EYES on a SPIKE?”
835濁voiced
My EYES WATERED when I got an INSECT BOUND UP in my throat, and all my consanants became VOICED. ブッキング インシェクト。。。
836環ring
The right side shows us the EYE of Sauron watching over the land; but under the CEILING, we have the fellowship represented by the MOUTH of Gollum (my precious) and Pippin’s SCARF. There’s a JEWEL on a nice RING as this of course.
837還send back
This is the WAY that Sam and Frodo take to SEND BACK the RING to Mount Doom.
838夫husband
There is one large man in the family; the husband…
839扶aid
In Homer Simpsons’ house, the first aid kit is usually used for when he smashes his fingers trying to build something (there are countless Simpsons episodes you can draw from for this).
840渓mountain stream
The Simpsons are on vacation. Homer stops to take a leak in a #mountain stream# but gets snatched by an eagle. Hear his scream?
841規standard
In the male-dominated world of yesterday, the husband’s way of seeing things was considered the standard point of view. Women who dared to disagree were frowned upon.
842替exchange
Marge’s dream: to exchange Homer for another husband for just one day.
843賛approve
Out of two potential husbands, which would you approve of? Well, the one with shells (money) of course!!!
844潜submerge
When a submarine or similar vessel SUBMERGES an EXCHANGE of air for WATER takes place in special compartments.
845失lose
The drop falling here is the husband’s toupee… he’s already #lost# his hair once, now he’s #losing# it again. Such is life, I suppose.
846鉄iron
Iron is a* metal* that gradually becomes lost due to oxidation and rust.
847迭alternate
Something is DROPPED on the ROAD (maybe from a truck), so that you have to take an ALTERNATE route.
848臣retainer
Retainer: a servant, especially one who has worked for a person or familly for a long time.Now, if you imagine looking at a retainer (e.g. Igor) from top, you see how he is bending his head (middle rectange) between his two shoulders as he offers something with his two hands (upper and lower lines) to his master.
849姫princess
Princess Leia becomes Jabba’s slave (“princess Leia is a woman slave”).
850蔵storehouse
The #storehouse# is overgrown with slaves. The slaves are to be sold in the store, to differentiate from a warehouse, which doesn’t have the word “store” in it.
851臓entrails
The ENTRAILS, maybe of the same slaves as in the previous frame, is taken out and put in some hideaway STOREHOUSE, making it a part of the BODY-STOREHOUSE.
852賢intelligent
The SLAVE who is INTELLIGENT enough to use her CROTCH in the right way, might be able to make some extra SHELL-MONEY.
853堅strict
These SLAVES works under one of the STRICTEST employers in the area; if they get as much as some DIRT on their CROTCH they’ll face punishment.
854臨look to
This SLAVE LOOKS TO the future, where she reclines on a comfortable bed, just one of the many GOODS she will have.
855覧perusal
•examine with detail•“Please come in and make a PERUSAL of all my SLAVES LYING on the FLOOR. Tell me if you SEE anyone you like.
856巨gigantic
Depicts a GIGANTIC “pop eye” which accounts for it’s shape.
857拒repel
Having gigantic fingers is useful to repel insects. You can swat them away a lot easier!
858力power
With a little imagination, one can see a muscle in this simple two stroke character meaning POWER
859男man
This is the male working at the RICE-FIELD as he has more POWER than the woman.
860労labor
Those jocks who always tried to show their muscles in the schoolhouse are now the ones out there doing manual labor jobs while we sit here and learn Japanese. Ha!
861募recruit
WANTED: Hardworking GRAVEYARD diggers. Must have 6 months experience with POWERFUL muscles as will be working in South Africa burying deceased elephants.
862劣inferiority
I have an inferiority complex because I have fewer muscles than everyone else at the gym. They all look like Macho Man Randy Savage (power) to me.
863功achievement
The great #achievement#s of humankind, were crafts completed by muscle power: the pyramids, the Eiffel tower, etc.
864勧persuade
Only the #power#ful can persuade #Pegasus# to let them ride her.
865努toil
•hard and continuous work•Hundreds of GUYS TOILed their POWER and MUSCLES for years, building the pyramids.
866励encourage
A TV show has gathered TEN THOUSAND body builders to lift a CLIFF, and the MC (the TV host) tries to ENCOURAGE the body-builders, showing his MUSCLES in front of them.
867加add
A more appropriate MOUTH is ADDED to this MUSCLE-man, hoping he will stop swearing and be more appropriate on TV.
868賀congratulations
When someone at work gets married, you pass around an envelope to which you add some money and a card which you sign with your congratulations
869架erect
Instant wood. Just add Viagra.
870脇armpit
The PART OF THE BODY on the flank, where the triceps is attached, is the ARMPIT.
871脅threaten
Compare the primitive positions of {870} and {871}. When your triceps rest alongside your body, they fit snugly against your #armpit#. When you hold them above your body, however, your posture becomes quite threatening.
872協co-
The nurse; if you just CO-operate, the NEEDLE in your TRICEPS will not hurt.
873行going
By joining the four strokes, you should get a picture of the front current if a river, the steam trailing behind. Hence the character for GOING.
874律rhythm
Someone is writing kanji down a COLUMN, the BRUSH going steadily down in a RHYTHM.
875復restore
Before going all the way to the Boss in a Final Fantasy game, you should probably double back to save at a restore point.
876得gain
To gain more knowledge of what’s goin on in the world I’m reading column after column of articles in the newspapers, and it takes so much time I’m glued to it till nightbreak
877従accompany
I’m going to accompany the horny girl to her room so I can “mend” her.
878徒junior
The junior employee is always RUNNING around GOING here and there for his superiors.
879待wait
A line queued up outside the Buddhist temple, #waiting# to see the shrine on New Year’s Day.
880往journey
On the JOURNEY of the fellowship, they go through a hall of COLUMNS, only guided by some CANDLESTICKS.
881征subjugate
America seeks to GO and CORRECT other nations. But really what they do is subjugate them…
882径diameter
Suggestion: Replace “spool” with “toilet paper/roll”. Reasons: (1) Toilet paper/roll usually comes on a spool. (2) Toilet paper is used to clean the soil off your crotch. Story: Measure the diameter of a column (maybe Nelson’s Column in London?) using a roll of toilet paper. Spool also appears in {715}, {716}, {717}, {1360}
883彼he
What’s the main difference between a he and a she? The he has a column covered in a pelt… a penis. Badum-ching.
