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One
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一
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Roman numeral I
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Two
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二
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Roman numeral II
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Three
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三
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Roman numeral III
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Four
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四
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He got four years to life for putting his human legs in someone’s mouth.
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Five
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五
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Pictograph
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Six
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六
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Top hats are worn by creatures with six animal legs.
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Seven
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七
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Upside down and crossed out.
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Eight
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八
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Infinity
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Nine
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九
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Nine players on a baseball team, with a toe stuck out.
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Ten
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十
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Roman numeral X turned 45 degrees.
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Mouth
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口
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Pictograph
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Day
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日
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Pictograph
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Month
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月
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Man in the moon’
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Rice Field
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田
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Pictograph. Agriculture showed the brains of human civilization.
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Eye
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目
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Pictograph
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Old
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古
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Cross over tombstone.
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I
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吾
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I have five senses, but one mouth.
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Risk
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冒
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Mother always warned, its not worth the risk of losing ones’ sight to cast the eye up to the sun.
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Companion
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朋
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God made Adam’s companion in Eve. “Flesh of my flesh”.
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Bright
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明
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The two brightest things in the sky, the sun and the moon.
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Chant
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唱
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A chanting mouths maybe prosperous.
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Sparkle
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晶
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A diamond sparkles like three suns.
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Goods
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品
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Like the mouths of the masses waiting to consume goods that have been mass produced for consumption.
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Spine
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呂
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Pictograph
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Prosperous
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昌
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What’s more prosperous than two suns in the sky?
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Early
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早
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The sun touches its favorite flower earliest. The sunflower.
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Rising Sun
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旭
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Atop a baseball bat is the flag of the land of the rising sun.
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Generation
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世
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30 years = 10 + 10 + 10
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Stomach
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胃
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The stomach is the flesh that keeps the brain functioning.
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Nightbreak
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旦
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The opening of night into day occurs as the sun appears over the horizon/floor.
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Gall Bladder
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胆
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Never watch the moon and let nightbreak on your anger, otherwise it will fester in the gall bladder to make you ill.
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Span
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亘
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The sun moves from the floor to the ceiling of the sky, day after day, marking the span of our lives.
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Concave
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凹
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Curved like the interior of a circle.
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Convex
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凸
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Curved or rounded outward.
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Olden Times
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旧
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I remember the olden times; I didn’t need a walking stick those days.
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Oneself
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自
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Think to oneself, the nose is a drop mother nature placed between the eyes.
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White
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白
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A drop of sun light is white when the colors are broken by a prism.
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Hundred
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百
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Japanese refer the the 99th birthday as the White Year because white is what you are left with if you subtract one from a hundred.
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In
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中
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Mother needs to get medicine into the kid, so she uses a walking stick to pry the mouth open.
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Thousand
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千
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Drop two more zeros on ten to make a thousand.
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Tongue
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舌
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A thousand mouths speaking a language share a common tongue.
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Measuring Box
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升
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A thousand needles belong in a measuring box. But don’t drink sake out of it!
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Rise Up
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昇
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Even the sun would rise up if over a thousand needles.
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Round
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丸
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Nine plus a drop rounds to ten.
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Measurement
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寸
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The measurement should equal ten drops of glue.
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Speciality
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専
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People generally endeavor to have multiple specialties and extend themselves over a number of fields: Ten rice fields glued together.
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Dr.
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博
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Needles are the speciality of Doctors.
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Fortune-Telling
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占
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The fortune-teller has a magic wand over her mouth.
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Above
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上
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Magic wand above floor.
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Below
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下
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Magic wand below ceiling.
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Eminent
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卓
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A famous magician uses a magic wand and a sunflower in his act.
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Morning
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朝
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A mist falls as the moon fades in the first light of morning.
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Only
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只
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Side show freak! Only one of its kind, one big mouth and two animal legs.
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Shellfish
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貝
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An eye with animal legs, a freaky image on the seafloor.
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Upright
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貞
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A magic wand would be needed for a clam to be upright.
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Employee
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員
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“New employees should keep their mouths shut and do their jobs.” They walk around with clams pinched over their mouths.
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See
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見
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Everyone’s eye see from atop their human legs.
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Newborn Babe
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児
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In the olden times, newborn babes came with human legs.
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Beginning
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元
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In the beginning, God made two of everything, including human legs.
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Page
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頁
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One page dropped on the shellfish’s head.
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Stubborn
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頑
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A stubborn person begins with a belief in their head and sticks with it not matter the prevailing wisdom.
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Mediocre
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凡
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Insignificant as a drop in the wind.
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Defeat
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負
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Shell to shell combat, defeated clam is bound and gagged with seaweed.
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Ten Thousand
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万
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Under the floor are ten thousand yen bound together.
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Phrase
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句
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A phrase is a bunch of words bound up so they fit in your mouth.
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Texture
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肌
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The texture of your flesh will change due to the hot desert winds.
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Decameron
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旬
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Decameron is a tale of a ten day journey taken taken by a group of people bound together.
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Ladle
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勺
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A ladle hold bound up drops of liquid.
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Bull’s Eye
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的
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The dove beside the ladle, thats your target. Shoot a bull’s eye!
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Neck
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首
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A giraffe has horns and a nose atop a long neck.
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Fish Guts
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乙
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Pictograph. (Also means two in the Chinese Zodiac, along with: pure, tasteful and quaint like a small fishing village)
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Riot
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乱
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Barbed tongues could start a riot.
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Straightaway
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直
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The fishhook must be straighten out straightaway so that it can pass through they eye of the needle.
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Tool
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具
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Atop the table the carpenter can eye all of his tools.
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True
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真
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Through the eye of the needle, the fate’s favorite tool, they can see what is true and what is not.
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Craft
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工
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Pictograph resembles I-beam used in construction.
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Left
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左
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The left is associated with sinister things like witch-craft.
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Right
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右
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Imagine a mouth hanging down by your left side telling you to do the right thing.
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Possess
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有
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An evil spirit possess you by hanging close to your side, clinging to the flesh.
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Bribe
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賄
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If one were possessed by money, they would be likely to accept a bribe.
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Tribute
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貢
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Kings have to be crafty to collect their tributes and taxes.
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Paragraph
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項
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A writer’s craft is to write many paragraphs and these pearls of wisdoms descend from their heads to the page.
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Sword
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刀
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Pictograph of guard of sword.
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Blade
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刃
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If you confuse your dagger with your razor blade, it will get a drop of blood on it.
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Cut
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切
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A knife happy chef cuts with seven dagger.
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Seduce
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召
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Which object does the seducing, the long narrow object or the small round object?
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Shining
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昭
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He shines his shoes in order the seduce the sun down on them for all to see.
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Rule
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則
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Those with the money and weapons make the rules.
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Vice-
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副
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The weapon behind the wealth in the company is the vice-president.
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Separate
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別
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Yelling with a wide mouth, bound up and separated from his saber, the samurai is experiencing separation anxiety.
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Street
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丁
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Sesame Street is brought to you by the letter ‘T’.
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Village
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町
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The street sign at the corner of the rice field marks the village limits.
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Can
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可
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The little engine that could. “I think I can, I think I can ...” Spitting railroad spikes out of its mouth as it chugs along up the hill.
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Place On The Head
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頂
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“Hitting the nail on the head” or beside it in this case.
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Child
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子
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Mom carries child in cocoon on back wrapped up, arms sticking out, legs bound together.
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Cavity
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孔
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Every child fears the dentist finding cavities, and his hook of a drill.
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Complete
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了
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A child completely wrapped in cocoon.
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Woman
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女
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The woman has two legs, two arms and is graceful.
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Fond
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好
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A woman is fond of her child.
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Likeness
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如
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Resembles likeness of a woman’s cave - vagina.
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Mama
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母
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Resembles breasts of a mother
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Pierce
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貫
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Imagine piercing an ear so you can wear that new mother of pearl earring.
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Elder Brother
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兄
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He has the biggest mouth and the longest human legs of all the siblings.
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Overcome
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克
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Teenagers must confront and overcome the obstacle of drugs.
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Little
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小
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Three little drops
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Few
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少
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A tiny drop indicating a further belittling of what is already little, thus making a few of something little.
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Large
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大
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Pictograph. Person taking up entire space.
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Many
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多
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Once upon a time, many moons ago. The final stroke of the moons are obscured by clouds.
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Evening
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夕
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Evening moon obscured by a cloud.
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Eventide
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汐
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Water reach the shore as the eventide rolls in.
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Outside
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外
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Every magician knows his magic wand is strongest outside under an evening sky.
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Name
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名
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On the evening of their birth, African father’s mouths whisper the chosen name of their baby.
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Stone
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石
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Imagine the mouth of a cave bellow a cliff with a huge stone blocking it.
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Resemblance
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肖
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A little bit of flesh. ‘A chip off the old block.’ A son resembles his father.
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Nitrate
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硝
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In chemistry class, nitrate eats through anything. Imagine a stone with sparks flying as nitrate is poured on it.
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Smash
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砕
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Imagine using a stone to smash a baseball and the needle that would be needed to stitch you up afterwards.
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Sand
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砂
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Good beach sand has few stones.
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Plane
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削
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Long before the invention of the carpenter’s plane, people used sabers to smooth out their work, sending sparks flying.
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Ray
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光
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Little particles of dust dance in the rays of sun light. As they come though the window, I imagine them with little disembodied human legs.
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Plump
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太
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Imagine a large round person falling like a drop on to a couch.
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Utensil
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器
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Imagine a large dog on a table, stuffed and garnished with 4 empty mouths waiting for utensils to eat.
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Stinking
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臭
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No wonder something is stinking, you have your nose over a large dog.
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Exquisite
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妙
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Exquisite women are few and far between
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Focus
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省
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Focusing should intel blocking out the non essential and fixing the eye on a few important matters.
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Thick
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厚
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Thick skins is the result of upbringing. Under a cliff and the hot sun, a child is abandoned and is doomed to develop a thick skin.
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Strange
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奇
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Its strange to see a large dog with its mouth nailed shut.
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Stream
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川
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Pictograph
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State
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州
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When a river runs through two states, state lines are drawn over drops of land to mark it location.
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Obey
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順
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In an organization, people either follow the stream of opinions or the the head of the organization.
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Water
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水
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A walking stick is dropped in water and it splashed in four directions.
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Icicle
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氷
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A fifth drop resembles the the frozen crystal of a five pointed star.
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Eternity
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永
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“Infinity in a grain of sand, and eternity in an hour”. Instead, how about: Eternity in a drop of water.
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Spring
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泉
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Imagine white bubbles above a bubbling spring water.
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Meadow
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原
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Imagine a cliff and a meadow spring and the chick from the ‘Sound of Music’, singing, slipping, and going over. Wee!
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Petition
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願
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In a meadow, The Wizard of Oz head listens to petitions for a brain, a heart and courage.
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Swim
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泳
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The waters of the infinity pool are an eternal bliss of an endless expanse in which to swim.
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Marsh
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沼
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Marshland is soggy because water was seduced to the desert too successfully.
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Open Sea
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沖
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In the middle of a great body of water is the open sea.
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Creek
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江
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All creeks are man made, a water’s craft.
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Soup
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汁
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Soup is water plus ten ingredients.
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Tide
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潮
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Water rolls a shore in the morning tide.
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Source
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源
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The source of the water lies beyond the meadow.
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Lively
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活
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A person with a lively personality has a tongue that splashes around like water.
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Extinguish
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消
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Water can extinguish a spark.
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But Of Course
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況
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But of course is the response of a water sodden teenager when mother asks whether he took a shower. (Phrases connects contrasting phrases and sentences)
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River
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河
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In water, the little engine that could has become a mighty river boat.
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Overnight
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泊
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Hotel guests who stay overnight expect clean water and white towels.
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Lake
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湖
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There is a legend about people set adrift in the waters of lake because their flesh has gotten too old to bear the burden of life.
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Fathom
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測
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Rule - Ruler. Water is measured by the ruler of fathoms.
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Soil
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土
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Pictograph
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Spit
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吐
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If you find your mouth is full of dirt, you will probably spit it out.
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Pressure
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圧
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Without pressure, erosion occurs from the cliff, soil rolls under.
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Cape
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埼
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Cape cod is a land with a strange name.
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Hedge
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垣
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The land on which Sleeping Beauty’s castle lies is spanned by hedges of briar rose.
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Squared Jewels
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圭
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Piles and piles of land are bound to hold square jewels.
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Seal
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封
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Rather than a wax seal, I’ll have a sprig of ivy glued to the envelope.
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Horizon
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涯
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A sea weary sailor would welcome the sight of ivy clad cliffs on the horizon.
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Buddhist Temple
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寺
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The Buddhist Temple is literally the glue that hold together the people and its land
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Time
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時
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As the monk watches the sun rise beside the Buddhist Temple, he contemplates time.
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Level
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均
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Soil is scooped up in the ladle and made level by brushing off excess drops.
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Fire
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火
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Pictograph
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Inflammation
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炎
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A fire belongs in the fireplace, not over it. Its spreading through the house, inflaming it.
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Anxiety
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煩
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Anxiety rises from frustration do to the fact that the hearth fire has spread to my head.
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Thin
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淡
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Water is the cure for physical inflammation due to dehydration causes one to shrivel up and look thin.
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Lamp
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灯
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Lamps, an invention of man’s to keep fire nailed down.
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Farm
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畑
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Every farm needs two things, a warm hearth and a rice field.
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Disaster
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災
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Natures solution to a disaster, pour a deluge over a conflagration.
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Ashes
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灰
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Cinderella sweeps ashes from the fireplace and dumps them under the cliff.
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Spot
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点
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Think of those spots you see from looking into a fire. Imagine a fortune teller who uses them to divine the future as she looks into her cauldron fire.
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Illuminate
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照
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What’s more illuminating than a shining cauldron fire?
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Fish
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魚
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For tonights dinner, the fish was bound up and caught, the rice was pulled from the rice field and the cauldron fire was lit.
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Fishing
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漁
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Water and fish are necessary for fishing.
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Ri
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里
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Ri is a Japanese word for measuring distance, like a rice field’s land.
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Black
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黒
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Computers over heat a cauldron fire pours out turing it sooty black.
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Black Ink
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墨
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Black soil is used like ink to mark lines on the soccer field.
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Carp
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鯉
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Every father wishes for a son with the courage and determination of a carp swimming up stream and the logical memory of a computer.
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Quantity
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量
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Nightbreak and Ri form measurements of time and distance which are quantities.
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Rin
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厘
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If you chuck a computer off a cliff, its value would equal a rin. (Rin is a Japanese currency equivalent to 1/1000th of a yen. Current meaning is something very tiny)
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Bury
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埋
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The time has come to bury in the ground the ancient computer that has finally died. R.I.P.
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Same
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同
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Resembles a monk’s cowl pulled down over his one mouth. Monastic lifestyle of all one in the same, same habits, same prayers.
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Den
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洞
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Beside the sacred puddle of water, imagine a bear in a monk’s cowl, living a monastic lifestyle.
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Trunk
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胴
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The trunk is the part of the body that looks the same once the limbs are removed.
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Yonder
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向
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“Over yonder,” yells the astronaut. Through the helmet, all you can see is his mouth and that drop (his finger) pointing to the enemy spacecraft on the horizon.
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Esteem
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尚
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This is a family heirloom, preserved in a little glass hood is the mouth of an esteemed relative who spoke wise words.
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Character
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字
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Under a Japanese house, a child is given a character for its name. Also that child is stamped by the character of those who raise him.
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Guard
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守
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A guard glues himself to the house, alert for danger.
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Perfect
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完
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The house was built perfectly from the beginning, and could not be improved upon.
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Proclaim
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宣
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When the preacher proclaims good news that spans the nation, he shouts it from the roof tops.
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Wee Hours
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宵
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The resident of the house is burning the candle at both ends, woking into the wee hours.
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Relax
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安
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Traditionally, under a house was a woman’s place to relax.
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Banquet
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宴
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An entire day’s work came between the woman and her relaxing.
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Draw Near
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寄
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In horror movies, there is always something strange occurring to draw nearer people to the haunted house.
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Wealth
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富
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The rich keep their wealth under a single house.
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Savings
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貯
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Before banks, the only way to keep a savings was to place money in the house nailed down in a secret place.
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Tree
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木
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Pictograph
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Groove
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林
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A small cluster of trees.
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Forest
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森
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A large expanse of trees.
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Japanese Judas-Tree
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桂
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This tree has ivy growing down in the shape of a noose.
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Oak
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柏
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The wood of the oak tree is almost white.
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Frame
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枠
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Consider a frame as a piece of wood bent at 90 degree angles. 90 = 10 X 9.
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Treetop
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梢
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European myth mentions the tying in treetops of candles to lure the sun from running away at night.
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Shelf
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棚
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A wooden companion for books are its shelves.
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Apricot
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杏
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Apricots are sweetest straight from the tree, this mouth is waiting the moment it falls.
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Paulownia
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桐
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Princess Paulownia planted thousands of the same tree all over Russia.
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Plant
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植
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Bonsai tress are kept small and twisted. Plants should grow tall straightaway.
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Wither
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枯
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Trees grow old and wither.
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Crude
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朴
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Every magician knows that to fashion a wand, it must maintain its original crude tree branch shape, otherwise it cannot draw its power from nature.
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Town
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村
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Around its limits, trees are glued close together to mark the confines of the town.
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Inter-
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相
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A proverb states that if you take a tree from your neighbors eye, they will help you with yours. (Inter-human relationships)
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Desk
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机
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The enemy of any organized wooden desk is an open window on a windy day.
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Book
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本
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Books are cut from paper, which come from trees. See this tree is already cut.
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Tag
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札
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Trees in public parks are labeled with tags to identity the species. Did you know those tags hang from fishhooks?
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Calendar
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暦
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How many days would it take for this grove of trees to grow from the base of the cliff to the top? One calendar year.
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Plan
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案
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Time spend relaxing atop trees is invariably spent planning.
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Parch
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燥
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The parchment says you need a hearth fire to make goods from trees.
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Not Yet
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未
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The tree is not yet fully grown. The extra stroke marks a new branch that must spread before it fully matures. (2nd stroke is the longest)
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Extremity
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末
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The branch has reached the extremity (furthest point, limit) of its growth and will drop down. (Resembles Not Yet, except 1st stroke is longer than second)
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Splash
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沫
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When the ocean reaches its extremity, it splashes on shore.
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Flavor
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味
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Farmer’s trick: customers will wait with open mouths beside the tree if it pruned and kept not yet mature. The best fruit flavors come from immature trees.
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Younger Sister
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妹
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The newest woman on the family is not yet mature.
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Vermillion
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朱
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Vermillion is the red-orange of fall foliage and depicts the very last leaf on a tree not yet ready to fall. Vermillion Hells!
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Stocks
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株
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Those who play the stock market are foolish enough to believe that money falls from trees like vermillion leaves in fall.
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Young
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若
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Any flower picked from the magic garden with the right hand will bestow eternal youth.
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Grass
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草
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Flowers bloom earlier when planted in grass.
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Suffering
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苦
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Flowers placed near the old and dying ease suffering.
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Tolerant
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寛
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House of flowers. A hippies’s house is tolerant, believing in peace in putting flowers out for all to see.
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Dilute
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薄
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The specialist acupuncturist developed a method using water and flowers to dilute the body’s impurities.
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Leaf
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葉
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Leaves, which feed the flowers, represent the next generation of trees.
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Imitation
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模
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Fake plastic trees make modern graveyards are cheap imitations.
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Vague
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漠
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In a dark foggy graveyard the only vague shapes are discernible as you trip and fall into a puddle of water.
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Grave
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墓
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In the graveyard, the soil below is full of graves.
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Livelihood
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暮
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An undertaker is in the graveyard spending his day dealing with the dead-hood of other to make his livelihood.
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Membrane
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膜
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The thin membrane of flesh, skin, gets goosebumps as one enters a creepy graveyard.
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Seedling
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苗
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To speed up the harvest, the farmer planted seedlings rather than seeds because the flowers are nearly ready to bloom
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Portent
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兆
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Pictograph of turtle’s back which was used to foretell omens.
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Peach Tree
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桃
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Peach trees are associated with portents because, Momotaro was the peach boy who did heroic things, but his birth portended misfortunate.
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Stare
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眺
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‘Evil eye’.
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Dog
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犬
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Large dog dropped to a small dog.
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Status Quo
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状
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The turtle and Chihuahua wished to marry however their family’s refused and argued to maintain the status quo.
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Silence
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黙
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Silence is a black chihuahua that follows his master like a shadow, silently.
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Sort Of Thing
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然
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Refers to time when eating small dogs was common. Imagine the flesh of a small dog over a cauldron fire, (suffix that gives word before adjective quality)
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Reed
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荻
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Reeds, or cattails are like furry flowers. To get rid of a pack of wild dogs, lure to the swam with the cattails reeds and set it on fire.
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Hunt
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狩
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When hunting, its the wild pack of dog from which you have to guard your kill.
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Cat
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猫
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The wild pack of dogs love chasing cats so much, they planted cat seedlings to harvest and chase.
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Cow
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牛
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Pictograph
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Special
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特
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In India, cows are in a special class because they can wander into a Buddhist Temple without fear of being turning into a hamburger.
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Revelation
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告
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Oracular utterance from animals: This revelation is straight from the cow’s mouth
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Before
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先
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In a cow-suit with human legs, I’d rather be the one that comes before.
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Wash
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洗
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Water must first be found before you can wash anything.
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Jammed In
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介
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The umbrella stand by the door is occupied, but the man jammed in his walking stick.
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World
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界
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From a bird’s eye view, the world is as packed as a rice field, and more and more people get jammed in everyday.
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Tea
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茶
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Tea blooms have delicate flowers. To protect them, an umbrella was devised with wooden pole supports.
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Fit
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合
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A meeting of the minds is an exchange of ideas. A meeting of the mouths is a romantic kiss. What happens if the couple’s mouths don’t fit?
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Pagoda
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塔
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A Pagoda is a temple made of dirt beside thousands of flowers fitted closely together.
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King
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王
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Pictograph of a king’s scepter, without which he cannot rule.
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Jewel
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玉
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The king’s scepter with a drop of a jewel.
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Treasure
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宝
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A jewel under the house is a treasure.
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Pearl
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珠
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The largest pearl ever found was as round as a ball and vermillion in color.
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Present
|
現
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The crystal ball enables us to see the present, anywhere.
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Lunatic
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狂
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The lunatic believes that of the wild pack of dogs, he is the king.
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Emperor
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皇
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The emperor has a dove perched atop his kingly head that is his messenger to god.
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Display
|
呈
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4 and 20 black birds baked in a pie.’ Wasn’t that a dainty dish set above the king. There he waits, mouth wide open.
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Whole
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全
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The king is like Travelers Insurance, the whole of the kingdom fits under his red umbrella.
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Plug
|
栓
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My period was so bad, I could use a whole tree to plug it. Tampon ... plug, get it?
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Logic
|
理
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The most logical creature in the universe is a thinking machine named deep thought, the king of computers.
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Lord
|
主
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Traditionally every man was the lord of his own home, a drop of a king under his own roof.
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Pour
|
注
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Imagine pouring water from a lit candlestick. Silly huh?
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Pillar
|
柱
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The wooden pillar in the entrance way of traditionally Japanese homes is actually a giant candlestick.
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Gold
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金
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Under the umbrella of night, thieves stole the king’s scepter and melted it down drop by drop into gold bullion.
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Pig Iron
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銑
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Pig iron is a crude metal before it is refined.
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Bowl
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鉢
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The mad man mashes books in his metal mixing bowl.
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Copper
|
銅
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The copper metal buttons distinguish the warrior monk from the other cops.
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Angling
|
釣
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The best angler can use a golden ladle to fish goldfish out of the pond.
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Needle
|
針
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The solid gold needle is reserved for the best patients.
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Inscription
|
銘
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This metal is for the inscription of names.
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Tranquillize
|
鎮
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Lie detectors use metal rods to test for the truth. Clever people take tranquilizers to fool the machine.
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Road-way
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道
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Traffic has come to a standstill at a ‘bottle-neck’ on this road.
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Guidance
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導
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For guidance on the road-way, glue the GPS unit to your dashboard.
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Crossing
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辻
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Pictograph
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Swift
|
迅
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A swift way of crossing the city in rush hour is fishhook ave.
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Create
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造
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On the road to revelation, god created everything.
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Urge
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迫
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To urge someone to do something, you must make the road as appealing as possible, white-washing it a bit.
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Escape
|
逃
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If you encounter a portent on the road of life, it is best to escape.
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Environs
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辺
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If you encounter a portent on the road of life, it is best to escape.
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Patrol
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巡
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The patrol was spread as wide and thin as deluge on the road.
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Car
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車
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A car can span the world, aiding in mobility the same way as a walking stick.
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Take Along
|
連
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Any of these hitchhiker’s you take along in your car on the road could be an ax murderer.
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Rut
|
軌
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The baseball team has fallen into a rut, losing so many games, they can only afford a single car.
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Transport
|
輸
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The vehicle used to transport meat is the subject of the meeting of the butchers.
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In Front
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前
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To cut the horns of the beast, the butcher first has to place it on the table in front of him.
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Each
|
各
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“To each his own.” Between their walking legs, some people keep a mouth.
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Status
|
格
|
A tree is a status symbol and each household should aim to have the biggest one in their yard.
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Abbreviation
|
略
|
Fields each have their own abbreviations: Chemistry - Chem., Philosophy - Phil.
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Guest
|
客
|
House-holds each have their own ways of greeting guests.
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Forehead
|
額
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Never look into a guest’s eyes, instead address their fore-head.
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Summer
|
夏
|
The summer heat has your head so fuddled. You’ve lost your animal legs for walking legs.
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Dispose
|
処
|
On a windy day, the ax murderer takes a stroll to stretch his walking legs and dispose of the dead bodies.
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Twig
|
条
|
Pinocchio’s walking legs were fashioned from the twigs of a tree.
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Fall
|
落
|
A flower petal flutters gently in the breeze, water splashes down, each thing has its own way of falling.
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Superfluous
|
冗
|
What’s more superfluous than a crown atop a weather vain and what ass would wear it?
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Army
|
軍
|
The crowning vehicle in the army’s arsenal is the chariot.
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Radiance
|
輝
|
The army’s new secret weapon is a radiant solar ray powered chariot.
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Carry
|
運
|
‘Swing low sweet chariot,’ on this road, ‘The lord is coming forth to carry me home.’
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Crown
|
冠
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The crown was what at the beginning glue the people and the kingdom together.
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Dream
|
夢
|
Flower petals over cylon eyes guarantee a peaceful sleep. Pleasant dreams are the crown to the perfect evening.
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Pit
|
坑
|
Digging its way into the soil like a drill, the whirlwind made a pit.
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Tall
|
高
|
An alien with a big mouth placed a decapitated top hat wearing head over his helmet to disguise himself as tall.
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Receive
|
享
|
Tall children receive more attention.
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Cram School
|
塾
|
Tall kids and fat kids get picked on so much on the school grounds that they have to go to cram school to keep up.
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Mellow
|
熟
|
Tall kids and fat kids are placed over the cauldron fire to mellow out.
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Pavilion
|
亭
|
The pavilion is a tall crowned tent nailed down.
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Capital
|
京
|
The capital is a tall domed building with swarm of little people protesting in front.
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Refreshing
|
涼
|
A shower of water, on a warm day would refresh the capital building.
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Scenery
|
景
|
A sun rise over the capital is the only scenery city dwellers get.
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Whale
|
鯨
|
Having swallowed so many fish, the whale’s stomachs became the fish capital.
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Cottage
|
舎
|
An umbrella over a lidded crock pot provides a nostalgic feel to the cottage design.
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Circumference
|
周
|
The lidded crock pot is about the same circumference as your helmet. Damn your head is big!
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Week
|
週
|
Imagine a road with 7 markers for the days of the week. On this road it takes one week to jog a lap.
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Gentlemen
|
士
|
Gentlemen have broad shoulders and narrow waists. (Resembles soil except, 2nd stroke is shorter)
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Good Luck
|
吉
|
This samurai has never lost a fight. This is due either to good luck or his wide mouth battle cry.
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Robust
|
壮
|
The teenage mutant turtle samurai is robust.
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Villa
|
荘
|
After sending a day at the villa amongst the flowers, the teenage mutant samurai turtle returns robust.
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Sell
|
売
|
The jobless samurai sells windup toy crowns with human legs of Miss. Universe.
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Study
|
学
|
Under the schoolhouse, children only study.
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Memorize
|
覚
|
Under the schoolhouse, everything you see must be memorized.
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Flourish
|
栄
|
Bloom where you are planted. Anything under a schoolhouse, even a tree, will flourish.
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Write
|
書
|
The wise sage talks rapidly with a tongue wagging in his mouth, while the brush strokes of the scribe run a pare to write what his master says.
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Haven
|
津
|
Dirty water is a haven for bacteria on tooth-brushes.
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Breed
|
牧
|
When breeding new cows, the taskmistress may need to get forceful. Kinky!
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|
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Aggression
|
攻
|
Remaining aggressive at all times is the special craft of the taskmistress.
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|
Failure
|
敗
|
Clamming up and not answering her questions is viewed as a failure by the taskmistress.
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A Sheet Of
|
枚
|
Sheets of paper are whipped from an unwilling tree by the taskmistress. (Counter)
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Happenstance
|
故
|
The fates are the oldest known taskmistresses. Imagine them with whips!
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Awe
|
敬
|
Elizabeth Bennet stood in awe of Mr. Darcy, trying to remember all the flowery phrases the taskmistress drilled into her.
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Say
|
言
|
Pictograph of four sound waves above a mouth.
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Admonish
|
警
|
Elizabeth Bennet stood in awe of Lady Catherine as her words of admonishment (reprimand) hit her like a slap in the face.
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Plot
|
計
|
The writer weaves words into the plot of a story with a needle.
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Prison
|
獄
|
Inside prison, the only thing standing between a wild pack of dogs (hardened criminals) and a Chihuahua (1st time offender) are his frightened words.
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Revise
|
訂
|
After completing the first draft, the words are nailed down as the writer revises it, hammering them into shape.
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Chastise
|
討
|
Imagine a teenage girl crying in the bathroom. Words spoken to chastise stick to her like glue.
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Instruction
|
訓
|
Words pour off the instruction manuel, guiding one’s progress like a gentle stream.
|
|
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Imperial Edict
|
詔
|
Propaganda or words spoken with the unquestionable force of law are intended to seduce the masses in to obedience.
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Packed
|
詰
|
This work of words is packed so tightly into the lidded crock pot, the lid was difficult to close.
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Tale
|
話
|
Tales are words spoke in a babble of tongues around campfires.
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Recitation
|
詠
|
The recitation of the words of this haiku will take an eternity.
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Poem
|
詩
|
Words are spoken so rarely in a Buddhist Temple, when they are, they hold the well chosen form and beauty of poetry.
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Word
|
語
|
The simplest word to say is ‘I’.
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Read
|
読
|
In this age of advertising, the words we read the most are meant to sell us something.
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Tune
|
調
|
A tune is composed of not only notes, but of words which lap each other in the form of lyrics.
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Discuss
|
談
|
A heated discussion can result in words a inflamed.
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Consent
|
諾
|
The words of the young do not have legal validity without a parental consent form.
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Rebuke
|
諭
|
Stern words of rebuke are spoke by the angry butcher as he waves his cleaver at the meeting of the butchers.
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Style
|
式
|
A crafty style that was once fashionable in the past were arrows in hats.
|
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Test
|
試
|
Manufactures test the consumer market by asking them to speak their words of opinion, before producing a new style
|
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II (Two)
|
弐
|
The quiver has two arrows in it. This kanji is an older version of the number two.
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Range
|
域
|
“Home, home on the range.” We the cowboys come home, they get down on the ground, bring their mouths to the floor and kiss it during the fiesta.
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|
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Burglar
|
賊
|
Money was stolen using the lock picking needle by the burglar during the fiesta.
|
|
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Plantation
|
栽
|
During thanksgiving on the fruit plantation, trees are given particular reverence.
|
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|
Load
|
載
|
They load the bails of hay onto the cart in preparation for the hay ride during Thanksgiving.
|
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|
Overgrown
|
茂
|
A parade of weeds (outcast flower) has overgrown the garden.
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Turn Into
|
成
|
A thrown dagger can turn a parade into a stampede.
|
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Castle
|
城
|
His highness can move heaven and earth. A mound of dirt he can turn into a castle.
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Sincerity
|
誠
|
Sincerity is the act of turing words into actions.
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Intimidate
|
威
|
Any time men see some many woman marching in one place for equal rights, its intimidating.
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Destroy
|
滅
|
A march of flames will destroy everything unless you put water in front of it.
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Dwindle
|
減
|
A group of thirsty mouths march across the country drinking up everything until the water supply has dropped to a dwindling trickle.
|
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Scaffold
|
桟
|
Wooden scaffolding enables construction workers to float beside skyscrapers.
|
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Coin
|
銭
|
Gold coins are tossed from the floats during Mardi Gras.
|
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Shallow
|
浅
|
In water, you should seek shallow depths when floating.
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Stop
|
止
|
Pictograph of a foot.
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Walk
|
歩
|
Footprints that follow one another a few at a time indicate walking.
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Ford
|
渉
|
To ford a body of water means to walk a across it like Jesus, who as we all know, on water walks.
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Repeatedly
|
頻
|
Imagine something funny occurring repeatedly, like someone walking on Bob’s head, repeatedly.
|
|
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Agreement
|
肯
|
A failure to abide by the agreement will result in footprints atop your flesh, as I kick your ass!
|
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Undertake
|
企
|
To undertake a project is to stop an idea hovering around in the air and to put it under your umbrella.
|
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|
Curriculum
|
歴
|
Metaphorically, has your grove of trees reached the top of the cliff? When you write your C.V. (Curriculum Vitae), stop and measure you life’s and your personal growth.
|
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Warrior
|
武
|
With a quiver of arrows on his back, the goal of the warrior is to stop enemy advance.
|
|
|
Levy
|
賦
|
A warrior must levy money before defending the village from the barbarian hordes.
|
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|
Correct
|
正
|
“A journey of a thousand mile begins with one step.” Take care to choose correctly making that first step.
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Evidence
|
証
|
Words testify to the correctness of evidence.
|
|
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Politics
|
政
|
Correct taskmastering is the role of politics.
|
|
|
Determine
|
定
|
After fleeing to their brother’s house of brick, the first and second piggies were determined to mend their house.
|
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Lock
|
錠
|
A metal lock is determined not to open without the key.
|
|
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Run
|
走
|
Running mends the soil, stomping it into place.
|
|
|
Transcend
|
超
|
When running after a goal, at times its seduction transcends the seeker.
|
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|
Proceed
|
赴
|
The marathon jogger ran faster after he proceeded to use the magic wand.
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|
|
Surpass
|
越
|
Two parades run to surpass the other, the winner is ahead by only a dash.
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Just So
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是
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She spent all day mending his sock because he wanted it just so.
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Topic
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題
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The information is arranged just so researches can find their topic with the right heading.
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Dike
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堤
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A dike is built to prevent flooding and will only work if the dirt is place just so.
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Build
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建
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When constructing a building, draw the plans out with a brush, then stretch it out to scale in reality.
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Prolong
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延
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Stretching correctly prolongs life.
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Nativity
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誕
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It’s be nice if we could say the things we really feel by prolonging christmas nativity.
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Cornerstone
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礎
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The cornerstone is a stone near the grove of trees set into the side of the zoo.
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Bridegroom
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婿
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The bridegroom spent his honeymoon with his woman at the zoo for a month.
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Garment
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衣
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Resembles a top hat and the folds of a garment.
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Tailor
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裁
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The garment worn on thanksgiving was made by the tailor.
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Attire
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装
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The turtle samurai’s garment must form the proper attire.
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Back
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裏
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The top hat and the scarf were a cleaver disguise to hide the computer strapped to your back you evil spy.
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Demolition
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壊
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Land is demolished with it. Thin enough to pass through the cylon eye of the needle, this garment is serious stuff.
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Pathetic
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哀
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A pathetic drunk man sits with a tattered top hat, an open snoring mouth and an ugly scarf.
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Distant
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遠
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A distant figure stands on the road wearing a lidded crock pot and a scarf.
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Monkey
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猿
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The cleaver monkey trapped the pack of wild dogs inside the lidded crock pot and tied it with a scarf.
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First Time
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初
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The assassin wears a cloak and carries a dagger the first time he kills.
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Linen
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布
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The maid keeps a towel by her side as she distributes linen.
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Sail
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帆
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A sail made of a towel make for a mediocre vessel.
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Hanging Scroll
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幅
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The towel of the wealthiest man in the world is made into a hanging scroll detailing his billions.
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Cap
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帽
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Fashion that towel into a cap to minimize the risk of getting sun in the eyes.
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Curtain
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幕
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Serving as a curtain to keep death inside the graveyard, a dirty towel is draped under the entrance.
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Canopy
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幌
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A towel stretch out blocks the suns rays like a canopy.
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Brocade
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錦
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With a metal weave, this white towel forms a brocade (fabric with a raised pattern).
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Market
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市
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Dressed only in a top hat and towel I am off to market.
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Elder Sister
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姉
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Of the women of the family, it is the duty of the elder sister to shop at market.
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Lungs
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肺
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While strolling though the meat section of the market, I was surprised to find lungs.
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Sash
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帯
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The part of the apron that ties the thing together is the sash.
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Stagnate
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滞
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People sashed, or tied to something for too long become like unmoving water, stagnate.
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Thorn
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刺
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Thorns grew and wrapped around this tree like a belt, cutting the tree like little sabers.
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System
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制
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The system leads the cows to slaughter, tying them with belts and cutting them with sabers.
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Made In ...
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製
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The systemization of labeling garments details if they were made in ... China ... Japan ...USA
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Revolve
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転
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As the wheels of the car revolve, they kick up a rising cloud of dust and debris.
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Technique
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芸
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There is a special technique to turning a rising cloud into flowers.
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Rain
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雨
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Pictograph
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Cloud
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雲
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Tis the nature of clouds, rain falls on rising clouds.
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Cloudy Weather
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曇
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The sun is above the cloud in cloudy weather.
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Thunder
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雷
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To really experience thunder you must be under the rainy weather in a rice field.
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Frost
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霜
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Jack Frost’s inter-personal relationships result in frosty weather.
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Winter
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冬
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Walking legs slipping on ice is a sure sign of winter.
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Heaven
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天
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All large dogs go to heaven, and this large dog hit his head on heaven’s ceiling.
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Bridge
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橋
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By flying from tree tops, angels bridge heaven and earth.
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Attractive
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嬌
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An attractive woman resembles an angel.
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Stand Up
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立
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A vase with a top hat stands up properly.
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Cry
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泣
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Bob cried and cried until he was standing up knee high in water.
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Badge
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章
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Depicting a vase over a sun flower, the idiot drew the badge all wrong.
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Vie
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競
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Two teenagers standing up to one another, vie for the attention of the crowd.
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Sovereign
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帝
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Even the sovereign has to stand up with an apron and help his wife in the kitchen.
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Juvenile
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童
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The hacker standing on top of his computer is actually a juvenile delinquent.
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Pupil
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瞳
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If he keeps his eyes on the chalk board, the juvenile is a good pupil.
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Bell
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鐘
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The metal bell signifies to the juveniles that class is over.
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Making A Deal
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商
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The mad man with the shaky human legs standing a top is helmet shouts with a wide mouth that the end is nigh and we should all make a deal with the devil.
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Legitimate Wife
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嫡
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Bob is looking for a younger woman because his legitimate wife has become an antique.
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Suitable
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適
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It is not suitable to display antiques in the middle of the road-way.
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Drip
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滴
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Water dripping on those antiques reveals that they are all fakes.
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Enemy
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敵
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Your most precious antiques were stolen by the taskmistress, making her your sworn enemy.
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Spoon
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匕
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Pictograph
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North
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北
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Two people sitting back to back on the ground against a cold northern wind, so they don’t blow away.
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Stature
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背
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One’s stature is measure according to the northern most part of the body, their height.
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Compare
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比
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Two spoons, compare mine and my mother’s cooking.
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Descendants
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昆
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Grandparents spend all day comparing photos of their descendants.
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All
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皆
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In T.V. commercials for All, housewives compare the whiteness of their laundry.
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Mix
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混
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The statement, ‘mix marriages water down the quality of one’s descendants,’ is outrageous.
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Thirst
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渇
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Turn the water hose on the muchacho taking the siesta on the street and crying out about thirst.
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Audience
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謁
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As the speech was given, the audience fell asleep like the muchacho on siesta.
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Brown
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褐
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The poncho/cloak worn by the muchacho on siesta was an ugly brown.
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Hoarse
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喝
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Opening his mouth, the muchacho awakes from his siesta, but his voice is too hoarse to be understood.
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Delicious
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旨
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The cake was so delicious, I kept the spoon hanging over the tongue wagging in my mouth all day.
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Fat
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脂
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Bob’s flesh grew fat after eating the delicious cake.
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I (One)
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壱
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The samurai that is crowned and sitting on the ground was ranked # 1. (Roman number I)
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Every
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毎
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“Behind every successful man reclines a good woman ...” and a great mother.
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Cleverness
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敏
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Every taskmistress is as cleaver as a fox.
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Plum
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梅
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The plummy plumber plundered the plum tree of every plum.
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Sea
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海
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Every drop of water originated in the sea.
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Beg
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乞
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Reclining in the gutter, Captain Hook begs for loose change.
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Drought
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乾
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Victims of a drought will do anything, for even mist they will beg.
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Abdomen
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腹
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That part of the body has to be doubled back to get flat abs.
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Duplicate
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複
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Superman has to hide his cloak when he double backs as Clark Kent because with it, he is a duplicate of the man of steel.
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Lack
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欠
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Pictograph of a person yawning which is a sign of a lack of sleep.
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Blow
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吹
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After blowing, one’s mouth lacks air.
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Cook
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炊
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Cooking is dangerous. The hearth fire blazes as the cook yawns and dozes off.
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Song
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歌
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The song sung by the can-can girls elicited yawns from the audience.
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Soft
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軟
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If the cushions in the car are too soft, the driver may yawn and doze off.
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Next
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次
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The Ice Capades left me yawning. I’m not coming back next year.
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Briar
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茨
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The briar rose flower garden is next on our tour of sleeping beauty’s castle at Disney.
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Assets
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資
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The first money I earn will pay the debts. The next money I accumulate will become assets.
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Figure
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姿
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After expensive shoes, the second more pressing thought of a vain woman is her figure.
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Consult With
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諮
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To seek words from a second mouth is to consult with someone.
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Compensation
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賠
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Compensation is money given to muzzle someone.
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Cultivate
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培
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So that he could cultivate vegetables in the soil, the farmer muzzled the bunnies.
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Divide
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剖
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“To divide and conquer,” is to use a muzzle and saber.
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Sound
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音
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A sound stands in the air over a wagging tongue in a mouth before dissipating.
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Darkness
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暗
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At the beginning of time, when darkness covered the earth, there was neither sun nor sound.
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Rhyme
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韻
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Poets are ‘sound employees’, slaves to making their poetry rhyme rather than sound good.
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Discriminating
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識
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A person with a discriminating ear can tell the difference between a words spoken wisely and a kazoo buzzing.
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Mirror
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鏡
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People once used polished metal for mirrors.
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Boundary
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境
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The boundary of our lands are marked with mirrors so that we can readily see trespassers.
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Deceased
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亡
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The deceased left his top hat on the hook in the front hall.
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Blind
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盲
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Deceased eyes mean blindness.
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Delusion
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妄
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Allow that delusion to perish here, the ideal woman is a fantasy.
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Laid Waste
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荒
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The flowers that perished in the flood are now a symbol of the area that was laid waste.
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Ambition
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望
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There once was a king who would walk under a perishing moon and think about the ambitions he had for his kingdom.
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Direction
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方
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The rogue spins his dagger below the top hat allowing it to guide the direction of his travels.
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Disturb
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妨
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When a woman passes by the stupid compass is disturbed.
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Boy
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坊
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The boy scout cleans dirt from his compass.
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Perfumed
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芳
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The flowers most suited for making perfume are pointed out by the compass.
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Obese
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肪
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Bob’s flesh was so obese, you need a compass to find your way around him.
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Call On
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訪
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Gage the atmosphere of the words spoken with the compass before you call on someone unannounced.
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Set Free
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放
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With only a compass, the slave was set free by the taskmistress.
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Violent
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激
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Shipwrecked, water, white and frothy violently tore the compass from my hands. The comic taskmistress is a real *****.
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Undress
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脱
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Showing flesh and undressing in public is a devilish thing to do.
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Rumor
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説
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Rumors are the words of the devil.
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Pointed
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鋭
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Metal that serves the devil has the pointed edge of a weapon.
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