804-1003 Flashcards
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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)