Memrise Lesson 39

Study before Lesson 39 quiz.

Transcript

1. folded hands * Two folded hands, with the fingers interlaced. Remember that kanji 手 hands have only three fingers.
2. springtime folded hands + 日 sun Springtime is a good time to “stop and smell the flowers.” Take a break from your work, fold your hands, and enjoy the sun!
3. jester * 艹 grass + 口 mouth + 一 one + 大 large Picture a clown or jester with a crown of flowers and one large flower in his mouth.
4. Sino- 氵 water drops + jester Sino- refers to things related to China, including kanji (漢字), Chinese characters. What kind of jester came up with kanji, anyway? You might think he deserves Chinese water torture—having water drops dripped onto his head.
5. spool * Picture a spool with thread or wire wrapped around it. The vertical stroke from another element always passes through the middle of spool, as shown by the dotted line above.
6. ride 禾 grain + spool Want to ride my new ultra-green car? It doesn’t use gasoline at all; it’s powered by grain-based fuel and a complex system of spools.
7. now The 会 meeting is at 7? That’s right now!
8. beforehand マ ma + ア a Everytime something goes wrong, I yell “Ma-a!” but my mother is never sympathetic. She just says, “You should have listened to me beforehand.”
9. plains 里 key + 予 beforehand I’m totally lost here—nothing but fields and plains. If only I’d checked the directions on my computer beforehand.
10. west 一 one + 四 four Of the four directions, west is the one that is always listed last in English. Or remember the 酉 liquor bottle element: an empty liquor bottle is a common image of the American West, especially in Western movies.
11. south 十 ten + 冂 belt + yen symbol Everything is cheaper in the South; a belt costs only ¥10.