Memrise Lesson 18

Study before Lesson 18 quiz.

Transcript

1. sound 立 stand + 日 day I stand up every day when I hear the sound of my alarm clock. It’s my least favorite sound!
2. deceased That man is deceased; his top hat will rest forever on its hook.
3. direction 亠 top hat + 勹 bound up A man wearing a top hat and bound up in rope stumbles over to you and asks for directions to the police station. He says he’s been kidnapped.
4. theory 言 say + 丷 horns + 兄 older brother I say that my older brother, the one with the horns, is actually a devil, but he says that’s just a baseless theory.
5. east 木 tree + 日 sun Which way is east? It’s that way—see the sun rising behind that tree?
6. spear * Remember 弋 dart? Adding a long handle to a dart gives us a spear.
7. age 止 stop + 厂 cliff+ 一 one + 小 small + 戈 spear I really hate when people ask me about my age! The next time someone asks, I’m going to threaten them with my small spear until we stop at the edge of a cliff, and then tell them to ask me just one more time how old I am… Note that the cliff and spear elements share their horizontal stroke.
8. scorpion * This character was used in old Japanese to mean ‘to be,’ but we’ll adopt a more memorable image: picture it as a scorpion. The first stroke shows the body and the head, the vertical line adds the front claws, and the long final stroke with its hook is the poisonous tail.
9. ground 土 soil + 也 scorpion Many children play “the floor is lava,” a game in which you try not to touch the ground. But this game is rather more dangerous—try not to touch the ground, because the soil is covered in scorpions!
10. insect 中 in + 一 one + 丶 drop An insect preserved inside one drop of amber. Or think of this insect as a mosquito, poking its long, needle-like mouth into your arm to suck out one drop of blood.