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22 Cards in this Set
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丨
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walking stick
conn. lameness etc can be laid sideways, very rare, always skewering another radical - cannot be confused with ichi |
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丶
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a drop of
can make all the difference, like a DROP of arsenic in mother's coffee can slant either way, can be stretched a bit |
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旧
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olden times
M: WALKING STICK for olden DAYs |
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自
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oneself
M: the nose - the DROP between your EYES - Japanese refer to themselves by pointing to their noses R: oneself, alt. nose/nostrils |
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白
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white
M: a DROP of SUN R: white, white bird, dove |
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百
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hundred
M: 99th birthday is white in Japan because that's what's left if you subtract ONE from a HUNDRED |
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中
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in
M: see a foolish old man trying to put his WALKING STICK into his MOUTH |
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千
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thousand
M: TEN plus two more DROPs (zeros) makes 1000 radical: (ten) |
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舌
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tongue
M: MOUTH + THOUSAND = the common TONGUE (language) - meaning and ext. as English |
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升
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measuring box
M: the saké drinker's nightmare - a measuring box spiked with a THOUSAND NEEDLES |
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昇
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rise up
M: SUN rising up from MEASURING BOX |
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丸
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round
M: round up NINE with a DROP to a round number |
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寸
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measurement
M: one DROP of TEN - a Japanese inch Pr: glue/glued to |
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専
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speciality
M: TEN+RICE FIELDS+GLUE - your special subject extends over TEN FIELDS GLUED with RICE paste |
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博
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Dr.
M: a Dr. whose SPECIALITY is NEEDLES = acupuncturist, ie Dr. - the DROP on the SPECIALITY is the dot after Dr. |
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卜
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divining rod
M: the WALKING STICK that leads to the DROP (alt Magic Wand) - conn. magic, fortune telling |
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占
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fortune telling
M: DIVINING ROD + MOUTH |
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上
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above
M: MAGIC WAND stands above the FLOOR |
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下
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below
M: MAGIC WAND hangs from CEILING |
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卓
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eminent
M: for a MAGIC WAND the world's most eminent magician uses a SUNFLOWER |
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mist
M: mist falls like NEEDLES in the EARLY morning on the SUNFLOWERS |
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朝
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morning
M: the MOON fades as the MIST of dawn rises to usher in the morning. |
