Memrise Lesson 23

Study before Lesson 23 quiz.

Transcript

1. claws Three long, sharp claws (think of Wolverine!) When it appears above another element, the long claws are shortened into three drops. We will call this version talons—the shorter claws of a bird.
2. accept 爫 talons + 冖 crown + 又 crotch The people could not accept the new king, so they trained birds to snatch his crown in their talons and claw him in the crotch as well.
3. impart 扌 finger + 受 accept This kanji is used in the word for “class”, and it represents a teacher and student: the teacher imparts knowledge, pointing the way with her finger, while the student passively accepts the teachings.
4. elbow * Remember this element as a picture of an arm bent at the elbow, with the hand at the end.
5. pay 扌 finger + ム elbow After dinner at the restaurant, no one reached out their fingers to take the bill, so my friend elbowed me in the side. “It’s your turn to pay!”
6. wide 广 cave + ム elbow How wide is this cave? Not very—I can’t even raise my elbows. A wide cave would have a lot of “elbow room.”
7. pedestal ム elbow + 口 mouth When speaking in a big crowd, it’s best to stand on a pedestal. Otherwise you may get someone’s elbow in your mouth.
8. begin 女 woman + 台 pedestal At the beginning of every Japanese event, there is an opening ceremony. Picture a woman standing on a pedestal: “Hello, everyone. Let’s begin.”
9. gone 土 soil + ム elbow In war movies, they fake injuries by burying an actor’s arm in soil up to the elbow and then sprinkling blood around on the ground. “Ahhh! It’s gone! My arm’s gone!” If you want those dirt stains gone from your clothes, you’ll have to put some elbow-grease into cleaning them.
10. revolve 車 car + 二 two + ム elbow When riding a bicycle, you usually use your knees to make the wheels turn. Imagine a strange kind of vehicle: to make its wheels revolve, you have to use your two elbows instead.
11. meeting umbrella + 二 two + ム elbow My boss is very strange, and always wants to have our meetings under an umbrella. But there’s really not enough room for more than two people, so I’m always getting poked by someone’s elbow.
12. room 宀 house + 一 ceiling + ム elbow + 土 soil The room I’m renting is the worst: there’s a roof over my head, but I have to use my elbow to hold the ceiling up, and the floor is just dirt. I should have paid for a better room.