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Question

映る

Answer 1

うつる | be reflected, projected ## Footnote primitives: sun + center

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なれる | get used to, get accustomed to ## Footnote passive form of 慣る, observe the primitives for state of mind + pierce (mama + oyster)

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なる | break sth. in, accustomize, warm up ## Footnote primitives: state of mind (heart) + pierce (mama + oyster)

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じょうほう | intelligence, gossip, news, information (in data, documents) ## Footnote 情: almost always associated with 報, love, sympathy, compassion on its own, 報: information, report, news

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ぜんいん | everyone, "all hands", everybody ## Footnote 全: whole, complete, pan-, 員: member of a group

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とつぜん | suddenly, abrupt, all at once ## Footnote 突: associated with intrusions, coming forward, things clashing together, 然: as such, -like

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ひじょう | emergency, extraordinary, unusual ## Footnote 非: error, fault, disadvantagous, 常: usual, eternity, associated with continuity

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ひじょうに | very, extremely, exceedingly ## Footnote from 非常, extraordinary, emergency

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もっていく | bear, bring along, take ## Footnote from 持つ, have, keep, いく (also 行く), go

Answer 10

almost, mostly, all but

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わらう | smile, laugh, sneer, ridicule ## Footnote primitives: "bamboo" + "heavens" story: laughter -- bubbling up to the heavens, like bamboo striving to the sky

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さっそく | immediately, at once, without delay ## Footnote 早: early, immediately, now, 速: speed, also in 速い, fast Fan fact: 速い and 早い are homonyms: はやい

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いと | thread, yarn ## Footnote primitives: "elbows" + "little" story: as a primitive in kanji: associated with things coming together, as in stitching; convergence 糸 is an exceedingly common element in kanji.

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くるしい | difficult; painful, agonizing ## Footnote primitives: "flowers" + "old": Putting down flowers at the grave of a beloved can be painful.

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じょうきょう | situation, circumstances, state of affairs ## Footnote 状: a polite prefix, in compounds associated with a state, 況: associated with not mentioning sth

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ざいりょう | material, ingredient ## Footnote 材: (raw) material, wood, 料: section, course (of study), fault

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かんじ | kanji (chinese characters) ## Footnote 漢: associated with China, 字: character (writing), section of a village, nickname. Do not confuse this with 学, learning, knowledge

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かんじ | feeling ## Footnote note the primitive for heart at the bottom

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かんじょう | emotion, feeling ## Footnote 感: feeling, 情: love, sympathy, conpassion note that 情感, じょうかん, is a word as well and means emotion, feeling, sensitivity

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はいたつ | delivery, distribution ## Footnote 配: associated with distributing things, 達: associated with reaching, mastering; note the primitives path and good fortune.

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with roles: in that role ## Footnote used in contexts like "We hired her as a translator".

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はば | width, breadth ## Footnote primitives: "width" + ??? + "rice field / brains"

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じこ | accident, incident, circumstances, trouble ## Footnote 事: thing, matter, affair; super widely used in professional contexts, too, 故: reason, cause fun fact: 故事, こじ, is the historical fact

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うしなう | lose, part with ## Footnote primitives: based on "husband", with a drop added story: something is falling from the husband, so he loses it

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せんよう | dedicated, for ... only, private / personal / exclusive use ## Footnote 専: first, number one priority, selfish; associated also with expertise, exclusively personal, 用: use; business, duty

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けつ | decision, determination ## Footnote primitives: "water" + "guillotine" story: etymology of "decide" it to cut sth off. add "fluently", et voila.

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そんざい | existence, being ## Footnote 存: diffuse kanji associated with being alive, presence 在: country , countryside; associated with bein enrolled, involved

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げんいん | cause, source, origin ## Footnote 原: original, primary; associated with raw, pricipal and principles, 因: cause; also rely on, be the cause of a consequence

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らいぬん | next year ## Footnote 来: since, next, come (as in 来る, くる), 年: year, age

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ぐうぜん | by chance / accident, coincidence ## Footnote 偶: rarw, occasional, casually, accidentally, 然: -like, as such, like that

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くる | come, get ## Footnote odd one out, learn as is

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おもう | think; want, consider, feel (as in believe) ## Footnote primitives: "brain" + "heart"

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とくべつ | special ## Footnote 特: associated with defining, outstanding characteristics; differentiate; special, 別: separate, dostinction, different (no connotation)

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ほこう | walking, walk ## Footnote 歩: step, walking, progress, advamcement, 行: going, row; also associated with carrying out something, governing, doing stuff

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さんぽ | a walk, stroll ## Footnote 散: associated with scattering, spreading out, diffusion, "here and there", 歩: walk

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はしる | run, retreat (from battle), travel, hurry ## Footnote primitives: "soil" + "mend"

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しつもん | question, inquiry ## Footnote 質: diffuse kanji referring to the quality or nature of something, quality as in quality control, collateral, 問: question, query

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しつ | qualiy, nature of sth, collateral ## Footnote primitives: "jin (unit for measuring)" or "axe" + "oyster" story: might be better to focus of the element "eye" here instead of oyster. then we get: dividing something up by eye, i.e. assessing its quality

Answer 39

りょう | amount, quantity ## Footnote primitives: "nightbreak" + "ri" (ri: a measuring unit for land areas, note the primitives for rice field land; rice fields were so ubiquitous that they came to ne standardized units of land size; Heisig's designation as a "computer" for ri is pretty far-fetched and I'll stick with ri) story: measuring things in time and space: time from nightbreak, a ri in space

Answer 40

ちょう | super- (more than normal), very, really ## Footnote elements: "run" + "summon, call in" story: if you run to a summons, it must be super important

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そこ | bottom, sole, base (logarithmic, binary, etc.) ## Footnote primitives: "cave" + "calling card" (a card with your family name on it, made up from "family" and "floor")

Answer 42

ちかづく | approach, get close ## Footnote primitives of 近: "path" + "axe" (also a measuring unit) story: to get closer to your goal, you hack your path with an ax through the underbrush.

Answer 43

ふべん | inconvenience ## Footnote 不: not, un-, non-, 便: mail, service, convenience

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あたらしい | new ## Footnote primitives: "spicy" (red pepper) + "axe"

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けいかく | plan; project, program, scheme ## Footnote 計: associated with planning, measuring, 画: picture, drawing, painting, sketch

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とき | time, when, time of ## Footnote primitives: "sun" + "Buddhist temple"

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りよう | use, utilisation ## Footnote 利: interest, benefit, profit, advantage, 用: use, business; generally associated with using something

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りようほう | means of use ## Footnote 利用: use, utilisation, 法: law, method, principle

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せんめい | clear; vivid, distinct ## Footnote 鮮: associated with vivid, bright, clear, 明: clear, clean

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おぼえる | learn, remember, memorize ## Footnote primitives: "schoolhouse" + "see" story: See things in a schoolhouse to remember them

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やくにたつ | be useful ## Footnote 役: role, use, service, 立つ: associated with standing up, departing

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りかい | understanding, comprehension ## Footnote 理: reason, truth, logic, 解: solution (of a problem, state); associated with dissolution, termination, dissolution, dismantling, endings, ...

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はかい | destruction; disruption ## Footnote 破: "stone" + "skin", associated with breaking, 壊: associated with destruction, breaking, withering

Answer 54

ぜんたい | whole, entirety ## Footnote 全: all, whole, 体: body

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せっけん | (bar) soap ## Footnote 石: stone, 鹸: rogue kanji meaning soap

Answer 56

ふつう | general; usual, normal, ordinary ## Footnote 普: associated with usual, normal, regular, (also universal),通: authority; also associated with communication and transfer

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もうれつ | violent; furious, spirited, vehement ## Footnote 猛: ferocious; severe, extreme, also associated with savage烈: associated with raging, fierceness, but also compatrionism and heroines (only females!)

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きけん | hazard, danger ## Footnote 危: danger; harm, 険: steepness, harsh

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あぶない | dangerous ## Footnote primitives: "bound up" + "unlucky"

Answer 60

きき | crisis ## Footnote 危: danger, 機: chance, opportunity this is very close to the original meaning of crisis, which is a "turning point" or "decision" (usually about life and death).

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うばう | steal; snatch away, claim (e.g. natural disaster) by force, rob ## Footnote primitives: "big" (St Bernard's dog) + "turkey" + "glue"

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もっとも | most (superlative) ## Footnote As in: 空で最も明るい星はシリウスです。The brightest star in the sky is Sirius.　　最: identifies the superlative, most

Answer 63

ぜいたく | (live in) luxury; extravagance ## Footnote 贅: luxury; associated with splurging, excess, 沢: mountain stream; marsh, valley, swamp; in one instance associated with "a lot": 沢山、たくさん

Answer 64

たくさん | a lot, many, much ## Footnote 沢: mountain stream, marsh: valley, swamp, 山: mountain Well, there ARE many streams in mountains.

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くらす | live (in a certain way), spend your time, making a livelihood ## Footnote primitives: "must not" (graveyard) + "sun" note urgently that 暮 in itself signifies an end; sundown, sunset, nightfall (which makes so much more sense given the kanji elements). How did we get from that to "livelihood"? Perhaps like this: You spend your time until sundown earning your livelihood.

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せいかつ | live, livelihood; the way you spend your life ## Footnote 生: life, raw, alive, 活: living, also stronglh associatedbwith activity, active (noge the "flowing" "tongue")

Answer 67

alternative spellings: のお陰, のお蔭 | assictance, benevolence; "thanks to (something)"

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はずれる | veer off, be off, get out of place ## Footnote 外: outside

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