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15 Cards in this Set
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plate
訓読み：さら (plate) |
皿
話し：It looks like three plates stacked on a dish rack. |
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stop
訓読み：と.める (I stop it)、と.まる (it stops) |
止
話し：It’s a pictograph of a foot. |
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heart
訓読み：こころ 音読み：シン 熟語(じゅくご)：しん配(しんぱい) (to worry)、安しん(あんしん) (safe) |
心
話し：It’s a pictograph of a heart. |
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voice
訓読み：こえ |
声
話し：A samurai can split his enemy’s flag in half with just his voice. |
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tea
音読み：チャ、サ 熟語(じゅくご)：お茶ちゃ (tea)、さ道(さどう) (tea ceremony)、喫さ店(きっさてん) (coffee/tea shop) |
茶
話し：Tea is grown on a plant with flowers, and is protected from the sun by umbrellas held up by wooden poles. |
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flat object/a sheet of
音読み：マイ 熟語(じゅくご)：一まい(いちまい) (one sheet)、二まい(にまい) (two sheets)、何まい(なんまい) (how many sheets?) |
枚
話し：The taskmaster karate-chops the tree and gets a sheet of paper. |
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both
音読み：リョウ 熟語(じゅくご)：りょう方(りょうほう) (both ways)、りょう親(りょうしん) (both parents), りょう手(りょうて) (both hands) |
両
話し：Both my parents killed themselves: one hung himself from the ceiling with a belt, and the other jumped off a mountain. |
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not/nothing
訓読み：な.い 音読み：ム 熟語(じゅくご)：む料(むりょう) (free/no fee)、む理(むり) (impossible) |
無
話し：Just get in the wooden tub heated by the flames, and watch your troubles melt into nothing. |
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to pay
訓読み： はら.う |
払
話し：You are out to lunch with a friend. He raises his finger to signal the waiter, but you elbow him in the ribs, saying ”I’ll pay!” |
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smile
訓読み：わら.う、え 熟語(じゅくご)：え顔(えがお) (smiling face) |
笑
話し：A panda bear is smiling because he is in bamboo heaven! |
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discontinue
音読み：ゼツ、ゼッ 熟語(じゅくご)：ぜっ対(ぜったい) (absolutely, without fail) |
絶
話し：Some colors of thread get discontinued because they are just plain ugly. |
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against/opposition/versus
音読み：タイ 熟語(じゅくご)：絶たい(ぜったい) (absolutely, without fail)、反たい(はんたい) (opposite) |
対
話し：When a Scotsman is sitting opposite someone else, he glues down his kilt! |
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hurt/pain
訓読み：いた.い (to hurt)、いた.み (pain) |
痛
話し：You get sick, but you really want to play on your pogo stick anyway. But the pain meds are making you a bit wobbly, so you fall down and get hurt!! |
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most
訓読み：もっと.も 音読み：サイ 熟語(じゅくご)：さい初(さいしょ) (first)、さい後(さいご) (last) |
最
話し：Make the most of your life: Seize (i.e. take) the day!! |
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continue
訓読み：つづ.く |
続
話し：When you sell things, you attach a thread to them so you can reel them back in and continue to make a profit. |
