Lesson 10

Question 1

Tree

Answer 1

木

Primitive - tree or wood (modified - pole)

Question 2

Grove

Answer 2

林

Question 3

Forest

Answer 3

森

Question 4

Japanese Judas tree

Answer 4

桂

Ivy growing down a tree in the shape of a hangman’s rope

Question 5

Oak

Answer 5

柏

White tree of fable

Question 6

Frame

Answer 6

枠

Made of wood with 90 degree corners

Question 7

Treetops

Answer 7

梢

Candles on the tops of the trees

Question 8

Shelf

Answer 8

棚

The companion to a tree is a wooden shelf

Question 9

Paulownia

Answer 9

桐

The monks of paulownia

Question 10

Apricot

Answer 10

杏

Open mouth under tree to catch apricots

Question 11

Plant

Answer 11

植

For a tree to grow well you must plant it straight

Question 12

Chair

Answer 12

椅

A strange chair made from a whole tree

Question 13

Wither

Answer 13

枯

Old trees wither

Question 14

Crude

Answer 14

朴

Best wands made from crude wood
Magnolia

Question 15

Town

Answer 15

村

Trees glued around the boundaries of a village

Question 16

Inter-

Answer 16

相

You must first remove the block of timber from your own eye before helping your neighbours remove theirs. Inter-human relationships

Question 17

Desk

Answer 17

机

Desk made of wood with wind blowing across it

Question 18

Book

Answer 18

本

A book is a slice of a tree

Question 19

Tag

Answer 19

札

Fishhook holding a tag labelling the types of trees

Question 20

Calendar

Answer 20

暦

It takes a whole year of days for trees to grow up a cliff the time in a calendar

Question 21

Plan

Answer 21

案

Relax in a hammock between trees to plan your future

Question 22

Parch

Answer 22

燥

Wooden goods are parched for parchment

Question 23

Not yet

Answer 23

未

Tree is not yet fully grown

Question 24

Extremity

Answer 24

末

A tree at the extremity of its growth

Question 25

Obscure

Answer 25

昧 Most obscure ideas are those that the sun has not yet shone on

Question 26

Splash

Answer 26

沫 Splash at the extremity of a wave

Question 27

Flavour

Answer 27

味 A tree not yet finished growing produces fruit of great flavour to eat

Question 28

Younger sister

Answer 28

妹 A woman not yet grown

Question 29

Vermillion

Answer 29

朱 A leaf on the end of a branch turns vermillion in autumn

Question 30

Stocks

Answer 30

株 Stock comes from the sturdiness of trees that grow vermillion when healthy

Question 31

Young

Answer 31

若 Flowers picked with the right hand grant eternal youth

Question 32

Grass

Answer 32

草 Fast veg

Question 33

Suffering

Answer 33

苦 Old flowers suffer

Question 34

Bullying

Answer 34

苛 Flowers can be used for bullying especially if poison ivy

Question 35

Tolerant

Answer 35

寛 You must see through the hot house to become tolerant

Question 36

Dilute

Answer 36

薄 An acupuncturist uses flowers in stead of needles to dilute the blood with water

Question 37

Leaf

Answer 37

葉 Movement of a tree from one generation to the next is like turning over a new leaf

Question 38

Imitation

Answer 38

模 Graveyards use imitation trees

Question 39

Vague

Answer 39

漠 Graveyard is vague through the mist

Question 40

Grave

Answer 40

墓 Soil removed from the graveyard for graves

Question 41

Livelihood

Answer 41

暮 Some people work a day in the graveyard for their livelihood

Question 42

Membrane

Answer 42

膜 All the membranes in your flesh crawls in a graveyard

Question 43

Seedling

Answer 43

苗 Ideas and values are planted in your brain like seedlings