Memrise Lesson 38

Study before Lesson 38 quiz.

Transcript

1. new 立 stand + 木 tree + 斤 ax I can tell that lumberjack is new to the job; he’s standing at the top of a tree with his ax. Even a newbie should know that to cut a tree down, you need to start at the bottom!
2. parent 立 stand + 木 tree + 見 see A parent’s job is to always watch over their child, and these parents take that very literally, standing on a tree to see what their child is doing.
3. spicy 立 stand + 十 ten “How spicy do you want your food?” “I can stand anything. Give me level ten,” I said. Five minutes later, I was coughing so hard I could barely stand. My friends couldn’t stop laughing; they said it was 10/10. This kanji can also mean painful or suffering. You can imagine how all the meanings are related!
4. happiness 辛 suffering + 一 one Think of this kanji as a metaphor for life: there’s a very slight difference—just one stroke—between happiness and suffering. Happiness: one bite of spicy curry.
5. grow up * Picture a plant growing up from the soil: first the stem, and then branches.
6. blue grow up + 月 moon In Japanese, you can use the same word for blue and green: grass and traffic lights are both ‘blue.’ Plants are normally green in order to absorb sunlight; this strange plant grew up under the light of the moon instead, and turned blue!
7. feelings 忄 state of mind + 青 blue “Feeling blue” describes your state of mind when someone hurts your feelings.
8. surface grow up + scarf Some animals like snakes and lizards shed their outer surface as they grow up. If they don’t shed it completely, it may end up wrapped around them like a scarf.
9. life 丶 drop + grow up Picture the drop as the first leaf on a plant as it grows up—a symbol of new life.