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LESSON 01
0001
一
one
one line. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkumm/2709555496/
0002
二
two
two lines. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2241974478/
0003
三
three
three lines.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/webponce/439775423/
0004
四
four
a mouth with human legs inside.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiccked/348866434/
0005
五
five
high five.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/3010942219/
0006
六
six
eight owns six hats.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caroslines/3199813700/
0007
七
seven
seven turned upside down.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/56235039/
0008
八
eight
the volcano hasn't erupted for eight years.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/59037501/
0009
九
nine
an elaborate letter "n" for nine. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quasimondo/106774214/
0010
十
ten
tilted roman numeral ten.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesperll/475371477/
0011
口
mouth
looks like a mouth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/3000410746/
0012
日
day
the sun starts the day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33955224@N08/3158209041/
0013
月
month
the cycle of the moon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72527902@N00/2212978720/
0014
田
rice field
a rice field divided into four parts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rice_ … _Japan.JPG
0015
目
eye
an eye turned sideways.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/numlok/30801221/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 April 02, 10:50 am)
LESSON 02
0016
古
old
the old gravestone has ten mouths.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noisecollusion/338952456/
0017
吾
I
luckily I don't have five mouths. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twofivethr … 630120188/
0018
冒
risk
an eye directly at the sun is of high risk. 
http://flickr.com/photos/gee01/871781364/
0019
朋
companion
my companion and I are like two moons side by side.
http://flickr.com/photos/kt/171224425/
0020
明
bright
the sun and the moon shining together. 
http://flickr.com/photos/9610484@N05/1121057526/
0021
唱
chant
his mouth chants always when prosperous. 
http://flickr.com/photos/paysage_du_temps/3044332440/
0022
晶
sparkle
a diamond sparkles as brightly as three suns. 
http://flickr.com/photos/eric_album/2864740147/
0023
品
goods
three mouths waiting for the goods to come. 
http://flickr.com/photos/austinevan/3202048732/
0024
呂
spine
spine connects head and body. 
http://flickr.com/photos/damclean/35524167/
0025
昌
prosperous
when you are prosperous, you shine as brightly as two suns. 
http://flickr.com/photos/framboise/14403886/
0026
早
early
the sun is up early, well before ten.
http://flickr.com/photos/anthonythomas/1084445061/
0027
旭
rising sun
at 9 am the sun rises. 
http://flickr.com/photos/thepma/640151954/
0028
世
generation
three tens make a generation.
http://flickr.com/photos/aricee/487464542/
0029
胃
stomach
the stomach is the part of the body that digests rice . 
http://flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/159455284/
0030
旦
nightbreak
the sun rises over the horizon. 
http://flickr.com/photos/mcdemoura/860622818/sizes/o/
0031
胆
gall bladder
the gall bladder digests the flesh (meat) before nightbreak. 
http://flickr.com/photos/saintmurse/258163646/
0032
亘
span
the sun spans from horizon to horizon in a day. 
http://flickr.com/photos/storm-crypt/401986952/
0033
凹
concave
the letter "u" is concavely written.
http://flickr.com/photos/trblmkr/323040628/
0034
凸
convex
convex like tetris.
http://flickr.com/photos/kevygee/3094577576/
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LESSON 03
0035
旧
olden times
age 18 = olden times. 
http://flickr.com/photos/regoryn/354254733/
0036
自
oneself
point at the drop between your eyes. 
http://flickr.com/photos/nihonbunka/26231098/
0037
白
white
a white ray is a drop of sun. 
http://flickr.com/photos/kitkaphotogirl/676120388/
0038
百
hundred
one drop of sun is 100 °C. 
http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2639803231/
0039
中
in
a stick in a hole. 
http://flickr.com/photos/emaringolo/334487488/
0040
千
thousand
many drops of ten = thousand. 
http://flickr.com/photos/evaekeblad/3178219623/
0041
舌
tongue
a tongue permits a mouth to speak a thousand things. 
http://flickr.com/photos/pablo_perez/2071903601/
0042
升
measuring box
is it a thousand or ten? I need my measuring box. 
http://flickr.com/photos/sergiooaf/2201951973/
0043
昇
rise up
when your measuring box has has enough dollars in it to reach the sun your salary has risen up.
http://flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/2076693476/
0044
丸
round
nine plus a drop rounds off to ten. 
(made with http://www.tuxpaint.org/ hehe)
0045
寸
measurement
measuring ten out of something, one drop at a time. 
http://flickr.com/photos/cat-sidh/381205221/
0046
専
specialty
I measured up the rice field ten times and it became my specialty. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N.H._ … strict.JPG
0047
博
Dr.
ten specialties grants you the title of Dr. with a dot.
http://flickr.com/photos/curt/673212690/
0048
占
fortune telling
using a mouth as a divining rod. 
http://flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2435004957/
0049
上
above
a magic wand standing on above the floor. 
http://flickr.com/photos/don_exempli/1374709987/
0050
下
below
a magic wand hanging below the ceiling. 
http://flickr.com/photos/snarl/95711201/
0051
卓
eminent
eminent wizards use their magic wands early. 
http://flickr.com/photos/7547397@N06/2593800956/
0052
朝
morning
the moon fades in the morning mist. 
http://flickr.com/photos/63543004@N00/334658838/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 17, 1:17 pm)
LESSON 04
0053
只
only
an animal with only a mouth and legs. 
http://flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/373377433/
0054
貝
shellfish
Eye thought I saw a shellfish legging it down the beach. 
http://flickr.com/photos/mychatham/378772235/
0055
貞
upright
a magic wand is needed to make a clam stand upright. 
http://flickr.com/photos/robanhk/866345788/
0056
員
employee
an employee has to clam up his mouth if he wants keep the job. 
http://flickr.com/photos/kitakitts/302490045/
0057
見
see
the large eye on human legs sees all. 
http://flickr.com/photos/bredgur/2834559095/
0058
児
newborn babe
in the olden times, a newborn babe came out legs first. 
http://flickr.com/photos/dark_heart/2768471848/
0059
元
beginning
in the beginning were just two who walked on human legs.
http://flickr.com/photos/lospino/3103791516/
0060
頁
page
a shellfish carrying a page balanced on its head. 
http://flickr.com/photos/jacqueline-w/56107224/
0061
頑
stubborn
getting something in the head in the beginning and sticking to it. 
http://flickr.com/photos/carquestguy/1154010591/
0062
凡
mediocre
a drop is trapped in a mediocre wind. 
http://flickr.com/photos/tiffanybrown76/2846295976/
0063
負
defeat
tied up, the shellfish had to accept defeat. 
http://flickr.com/photos/jbhill/2543673104/
0064
万
ten thousand
I bound ten thousand dollars together and hid it under the floor. 
http://flickr.com/photos/modifiedenzyme/495446268/
0065
句
phrase
a bound mouth cannot utter a single phrase. 
http://flickr.com/photos/assbach/249609877/
0066
肌
texture
the moon's lack of wind preserves its texture. 
http://flickr.com/photos/omar_eduardo/327235732/
0067
旬
decameron
if you bind up ten days, you get a decameron. 
http://flickr.com/photos/rakka/35566437/
0068
勺
ladle
a ladle dropping the last drop out of itself. 
http://flickr.com/photos/blmurch/1153835291/
0069
的
bull's eye
I managed to hit the white bull's eye by throwing my ladle. 
http://flickr.com/photos/duncan/87584525/
0070
首
neck
with horns on oneself, you need a strong neck. 
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/349485312/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 17, 7:12 pm)
LESSON 05
0071
乙
fishguts
a hook that pulls out the fishguts.
http://flickr.com/photos/jeffcapeshop/773085408/
0072
乱
riot
a tongue with a hook can cause a riot. 
http://flickr.com/photos/titoslack/114128270/
0073
直
straightaway
if you get a needle in your eye that is hooked in there, get to a hospital straightaway. 
http://flickr.com/photos/viamoi/2094010135/
0074
具
tool
keep an eye on your tools while you work at the table. 
http://flickr.com/photos/bre/552152780/
0075
真
true
true swiss-army knives are ten tools in one. 
http://flickr.com/photos/capcase/2735500813/
0076
工
craft
the number two being joined together makes a craft.
http://flickr.com/photos/ogcodes/2372271351/
0077
左
left
the left side of my brain is for crafts.
http://flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/3063991224/
0078
右
right
the right hand is for putting food in your mouth. 
http://flickr.com/photos/ryonedwards/284265477/
0079
有
possess
possessed by the earth's gravity, the moon stays by its side. 
http://flickr.com/photos/fleur-design/698695850/
0080
賄
bribe
to bribe someone, money is a necessary possession.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar … 8nNLBH6_2g
0081
貢
tribute
tribute is the craft of raising money. 
http://flickr.com/photos/vandan/1162732032/
0082
項
paragraph
the craft of grouping sentences on a page. 
http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/2841806516/
0083
刀
sword
looks like the handle of a sword. 
http://flickr.com/photos/mrsikhnet/266693033/
0084
刃
blade
a drop of blood on the blade of my sword. 
http://flickr.com/photos/awrose/2248144224/
0085
切
cut
seven swords cut better than one. 
http://flickr.com/photos/remcat/1450958444/
0086
召
seduce
to seduce is to make a sword of one's mouth. 
http://flickr.com/photos/yuyang226/534828883/
0087
昭
shining
shining is the sun's seduction. 
http://flickr.com/photos/narro/148287274/
0088
則
rule
when you have both money and a sword, you can make the rules.
http://flickr.com/photos/litherland/2614531003/
0089
副
vice-
the wealthy guy with the sword is the vice-roy.
http://flickr.com/photos/pinkmoose/395043352/
0090
別
separate
the prisoner with the bound mouth was separated from his sabre.
http://flickr.com/photos/ripdownthetape … 627139432/
0091
丁
street
a street with nails on it had best be avoided.
http://flickr.com/photos/sierraromeo/2718117042/
0092
町
village
actually this means town, one with many streets and rice fields.
http://flickr.com/photos/maong/2527002771/
0093
可
can
I can open my mouth with teeth as sharp as nails.
http://flickr.com/photos/ariffjrs/1395821146/
0094
頂
place on the head
a nail has no place on the head.
http://flickr.com/photos/13010608@N02/2494600411/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 18, 9:42 am)
LESSON 06
0095
子
child
a ten year old child asks for his ma (top looks a bit like katakana ma).
http://flickr.com/photos/usr_c/232528007/
0096
孔
cavity
when a child falls into a cavity we need a hook to get it out. 
http://flickr.com/photos/themensp/2515027426/
0097
了
complete
the child is not complete - he's got no arms. 
http://flickr.com/photos/dsevilla/368883419/
0098
女
woman
the woman has her legs crossed. 
http://flickr.com/photos/teducation/2703562771/
0099
好
fond
a woman is fond of her child. 
http://flickr.com/photos/anna/231834141/
0100
如
likeness
the woman smiled, and her mouth was a likeness of the mona lisa.
http://flickr.com/photos/caribb/2355878576/
0101
母
mama
the two breasts of a mama who breastfeeds.
http://flickr.com/photos/goetter/1853834576/
0102
貫
pierce
the sad fate of mama shellfish was to be captured and pierced to make an earring.
http://flickr.com/photos/mocephus/9702628/
0103
兄
elder brother
my elder brother was basically a mouth on legs when he was a teenager. 
http://flickr.com/photos/rsgranne/3148793629/
0104
克
overcome
a teenager addicted to heroine must overcome the needle.
http://flickr.com/photos/kritonvisuals/156539950/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 18, 10:50 am)
LESSON 07
0105
小
little
looks like a little aeroplane.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dryfish/138352031/
0106
少
few
a few drops.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cldodds/2661352724/
107
大
large
a person showing itself larger widening its arms.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kliefi/2044243031/
0108
多
many
many moons ago... 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anna/414877281/
0109
夕
evening
this evening, the moon is not full.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rrosie/2247295944/
0110
汐
eventide
another word for evening which we associate with water.
http://flickr.com/photos/mindfulness/187574795/
0111
外
outside
outside in the dark of evening, only a magic wand can help you.
http://flickr.com/photos/rhoadeecha/30671266/
0112
名
name
in the evening, her sweet mouth whispered my name.
http://flickr.com/photos/hamedmasoumi/3008188345/
0113
石
stone
a mouth open beneath a cliff is bound to swallow some stone. 
http://flickr.com/photos/treehouse1977/2994550107/
0114
肖
resemblance
this kanji bears resemblance to a candle.
http://flickr.com/photos/ntr23/1057883775/
0115
硝
nitrate
nitrate can turn a stone into a candle.
http://flickr.com/photos/misshaley/134358554/
0116
砕
smash
to smash a stone you need to hit it nine or ten times.
http://flickr.com/photos/ruthieki/335714196/
0117
砂
sand
sand starts as stones, and only later they become few.
http://flickr.com/photos/theyoungthousands/3194584421/
0118
削
plane
sparks will fly if you attempt to plane your sabre.
http://flickr.com/photos/45367588@N00/2460833347/
0119
光
ray
little legs at play are a ray of light.
http://flickr.com/photos/sniecikowski/3151364177/
0120
太
plump
a large person with a big drop of sweat dripping off of him because he is so plump.
http://flickr.com/photos/jasohill/8609021/
0121
器
utensil
four hungry mouths banging their utensils on the table impatiently waiting for a big meal.
http://flickr.com/photos/prettywarstl/364654344/
0122
臭
stinking
the st. bernard dog itself stinks pretty bad.
http://flickr.com/photos/erikmitk/3183300730/
0123
妙
exquisite
exquisite women are few and far between.
http://flickr.com/photos/torley/618029478/
0124
省
focus
concentrating your eye on fewer objects.
http://flickr.com/photos/overdaforest/3201324929/
0125
厚
thick
the thick cliff walls protected the children from the sun.
http://flickr.com/photos/treehouse1977/3003182339/
0126
奇
strange
strange - that is when a st. bernard dog can stand on top of can.
http://flickr.com/photos/praram/3203430982/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 18, 4:11 pm)
LESSON 08 (first half, 0127-0150)
0127
川
stream
three streamers streaming down a stream.
http://flickr.com/photos/ajschu/71223/
0128
州
state
three independent island states in the stream.
http://flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570278183/
0129
順
obey
obey the orders streaming down from the head office.
http://flickr.com/photos/aper3caper/2235211827/
0130
水
water
looks like a splash of water.
http://flickr.com/photos/meshal/45821858/
0131
氷
icicle
icicles start with one frozen drop of water.
http://flickr.com/photos/viamoi/2401412014/
0132
永
eternity
it would take an eternity to count all the drops of water.
http://flickr.com/photos/30953739@N08/2893934052/
0133
泉
spring
white water = pure water = spring water.
http://flickr.com/photos/zero_data/469603655/
0134
原
meadow
follow the springs up the cliff and you will find a nice meadow.
http://flickr.com/photos/fipsy/2935640214/
0135
願
petition
the petition to save the meadow was written down on a page. 
http://flickr.com/photos/pntphoto/867516557/
0136
泳
swim
with that much water you would need to swim for an eternity.
http://flickr.com/photos/dr_john2005/1615408337/
0137
沼
marsh
a marsh is where water is seduced into the ground.
http://flickr.com/photos/slack12/486854755/
0138
沖
open sea
the water in the middle of an ocean.
http://flickr.com/photos/miticdjd/2768589460/
0139
江
creek
a small trail of water easily crossed with an i-beam.
http://flickr.com/photos/cindy47452/430844824/
0140
汁
soup
to make soup you just take water and add ten tasty ingredients.
http://flickr.com/photos/guccibear2005/2351320156/
0141
潮
tide
the tide water comes in in the morning.
http://flickr.com/photos/meaculpa/206601889/
0142
源
source
water is the source of all grass on the meadow.
http://flickr.com/photos/nickpix2008/2214704090/
0143
活
lively
lively tongues need water.
http://flickr.com/photos/ed_aisela/41957992/
0144
消
extinguish
to extinguish a spark you need water.
http://flickr.com/photos/sfcamerawork/2399061385/
0145
but of course
況
if you ask a teenager if what he's drinking is water (and not vodka) he will answer "but of course".
http://flickr.com/photos/tartanpodcast/246741577/
0146
河
river
a river can exist only if there is water.
http://flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/267331298/
0147
泊
overnight
please supply a guest who stays overnight with water and white sheets.
http://flickr.com/photos/suzanneandsimon/204090853/
0148
湖
lake
water reflects the old moon in the lake.
http://flickr.com/photos/peasap/1285407742/
0149
測
fathom
a fathom is the unit you use when making rules about water's depth.
http://flickr.com/photos/salford_ian/2859682525/
0150
土
soil
looks like two layers of soil.
http://flickr.com/photos/tgchen/3086269172/
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Last edited by stoked (2009 January 27, 5:35 am)
LESSON 08 (second half, 0151-0172)
0151
吐
spit
spit goes from my mouth to the ground.
http://flickr.com/photos/samfoxphotography/3156698321/
0152
圧
pressure
the cliff exerts a lot of pressure on the soil below it.
http://flickr.com/photos/whalt/73750964/
153
埼
cape
when the soil forms a strange shape, it's called a cape.
http://flickr.com/photos/juergenschulte/2234579698/
0154
垣
hedge
the hedge spans the grounds of the estate.
http://flickr.com/photos/75166820@N00/5546906/
0155
圭
square jewel
I found a square jewel hidden under two layers of soil.
http://flickr.com/photos/sharples/37266134/
0156
封
seal
ivy glued to a letter makes a seal.
http://flickr.com/photos/pikerslanefarm/3012298241/
0157
涯
horizon
over the water and past the horizon there is said to be a cliff that holds a jewel.
http://flickr.com/photos/riot/2697757005/
0158
寺
buddhist temple
the buddhist temple is made of soil with glue underneath.
http://flickr.com/photos/dynamosquito/2923936525/
0159
時
time
a day at a buddhist temple is time well spent. 
http://flickr.com/photos/baklavabaklava/379989638/
0160
均
level
the dirt in the ladle was made level by brushing off two drops of it.
http://flickr.com/photos/drs2biz/2241830151/
0161
火
fire
looks like the flames of a fire.
http://flickr.com/photos/quiero-un-pantano/326412394/
0162
炎
inflammation
an inflammation can feel like two burning flames.
http://flickr.com/photos/haniamir/681372929/
0163
煩
anxiety
an anxiety feels like fire in the head.
http://flickr.com/photos/luke_stearns/2407890143/
0164
淡
thin
how to get thin? drink water and burn twice as many calories as you eat.
http://flickr.com/photos/wrathofthegods/2515214211/
0165
灯
lamp
a lamp is fire you can hang from a nail.
http://flickr.com/photos/starrynight1/714785752/
0166
畑
farm
the rice field on our farm is on fire.
http://flickr.com/photos/amenielsen/259327143/
0167
災
disaster
floods and fires are nature's two worst disasters.
http://flickr.com/photos/peasap/1752872124/
0168
灰
ashes
the fire beneath the cliff will leave only its ashes.
http://flickr.com/photos/dornfeld/762694101/
0169
spot
点
a fortune teller uses a fire to spot the future.
http://flickr.com/photos/felipenavarro/2990124665/
0170
照
illuminate
shining flames illuminate.
http://flickr.com/photos/jenpilot/2593539299/
0171
魚
fish
bind that fish and cook his brains.
http://flickr.com/photos/thevortext/259708395/
0172
漁
fishing
you need water and fish for fishing.
http://flickr.com/photos/xave/2767194469/
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LESSON 09
0173
里
ri
ri is a japanese way of measuring the area of the ground underneath a rice field.
http://flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/382428209/
0174
黒
black
if you burn the ground of a rice field with fire eventually it will turn black.
http://flickr.com/photos/23068052@N02/2285402550/
175
墨
black ink
black ink comes from black soil.
http://flickr.com/photos/tsukimi/2934883366/
0176
鯉
carp
carp are massive fish - they are measured in ri.
http://flickr.com/photos/wallyg/476718205/
0177
量
quantity
a quantity can be a measure of time or space (day/ri).
http://flickr.com/photos/keankelly/1040968000/
0178
厘
rin
the square root of 1 ri = 1 rin.
(made with http://www.tuxpaint.org/ hehe)
0179
埋
bury
to bury something means to put a whole ri of soil on it.
http://flickr.com/photos/kmcdesigns/2232089563/
0180
同
same
one mouth under a hood looks the same as any other.
http://flickr.com/photos/lanuiop/2348741362/
0181
洞
den
all the monks in the den share the same water. 
http://flickr.com/photos/mac42/1799879536/
0182
胴
trunk
the trunk (torso) of everyone's body is mostly the same.
http://flickr.com/photos/dr_john2005/1704465448/
0183
向
yonder
the hood over yonder will protect your mouth from drops of poison.
(made with http://tuxpaint.org/ hehe)
0184
尚
esteem
I have little self-esteem so I keep my mouth under a hood.
http://flickr.com/photos/theredphotogra … 207843720/
0185
字
character
children learn kanji character underneath a house.
http://flickr.com/photos/jrkester/2343938623/
0186
守
guard
a guard is usually glued to the house he watches.
http://flickr.com/photos/katedahl/2404292989/
0187
完
perfect
their new house was the perfect place to begin a family.
http://flickr.com/photos/moonuniti/430655521/
0188
宣
proclaim
I proclaim that my house shall span the world.
http://flickr.com/photos/whartz/3006832856/
0189
宵
wee hours
in my house I light a candle in the wee hours.
http://flickr.com/photos/stawarz/2749787331/
0190
安
relax
a woman relaxing in her (cheap) house.
http://flickr.com/photos/alejandrocastillo/478564042/
0191
宴
banquet
the woman spent all day preparing a banquet in the house.
http://flickr.com/photos/justin/2056777545/
0192
寄
draw near
as I draw near the house I notice that it's strange.
http://flickr.com/photos/jonathanpoh/2938069428/
0193
富
wealth
a rice field is a unit of wealth as it can produce enough to feed all the mouth in one house.
http://flickr.com/photos/autanex/478347745/
0194
貯
savings
it takes a lot more than one clam of savings to buy a house on a street.
http://flickr.com/photos/the_undergraduate/281549206/
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LESSON 10 (first half, 0195-0215)
0195
木
tree
looks like a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/joiseyshowaa/1400175456/
0196
林
grove
looks like a grove.
http://flickr.com/photos/hameed/2129359555/
197
森
forest
looks like a forest.
http://flickr.com/photos/unbrauchbar/318677844/
0198
桂
japanese judas-tree
the tree on which judas hang himself to the ivy.
http://flickr.com/photos/matzuva/2333094987/
0199
柏
oak
an oak tree is white, from left to right.
http://flickr.com/photos/tkksummers/2497833384/
0200
枠
frame
wood at 90 (9 * 10) degrees.
http://flickr.com/photos/barnoid/151529520/
0201
梢
treetops
we put candles in the treetops at christmas.
http://flickr.com/photos/maloxp/243527395/
0202
棚
shelf
a shelf is a wooden companion to books.
http://flickr.com/photos/scherre/3178013070/
0203
杏
apricot
from the tree straight into the mouth is the best way to eat an apricot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apricot_whole444.jpg
0204
桐
paulownia
all paulownia trees look the same.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95% … A7%8B).jpg
0205
植
plant
plants don't become trees straightaway.
http://flickr.com/photos/danielweber/99076002/
0206
枯
wither
a tree withers away as it gets old.
http://flickr.com/photos/88016903@N00/287183987/
0207
朴
crude
you can make a crude magic wand from any tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/dieselbug2007/442640383/
0208
村
town
a tree is glued to its village - this does not mean town.
http://flickr.com/photos/jvk/415408969/
0209
相
inter-
the minister of trees has a good eye for inter-action.
http://flickr.com/photos/eliya/2150545792/
0210
机
desk
a tree blown over in the wind makes a desk.
http://flickr.com/photos/andrewpescod/47812236/
0211
本
book
the basis of a book is one tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/ari/167179566/
0212
札
tag
in order to put a tag on a tree you need a hook.
http://flickr.com/photos/treacletart/3024790381/
0213
暦
calendar
you can use a calendar to count the number of days it takes to grow two trees under a cliff.
http://flickr.com/photos/treehouse1977/3050113666/
0214
案
plan
man's plan of life: build a house, find a woman, plant a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/eyermonkey/2840792150/
0215
燥
parch
a fire's heat will parch any goods made from wood.
http://flickr.com/photos/mvbalaji/1028804445/
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LESSON 10 (second half, 0216-0234)
0216
未
not yet
the tree is not yet fully grown.
http://flickr.com/photos/daveiga/3070289363/
0217
末
extremity
the tree's top branches have grown to extremities.
http://flickr.com/photos/randomcuriosity/2083360000/
218
沫
splash
a splash is water that has reached its extremity.
http://flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3113387011/
0219
味
flavor
my mouth is not yet ready to taste the flavor of a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/bekahstargazing/3135847220/
0220
妹
younger sister
my younger sister is not yet a full grown woman.
http://flickr.com/photos/tanvach/355998765/
0221
朱
vermilion
only one vermilion leaf on the tree has not yet fallen.
http://flickr.com/photos/sudachi/2128088011/
0222
株
stocks
I bought stocks in a company called "tree and vermillion ltd".
http://flickr.com/photos/trombamarina/308334996/
0223
若
young
the young little girl held a cute flower in her right hand.
http://flickr.com/photos/daexus/329687468/
0224
草
grass
grass grows in earlier than flowers.
http://flickr.com/photos/mythoto/1771493248/
0225
苦
suffering
do flowers experience suffering as they grow old?
http://flickr.com/photos/15589859@N02/2836817034/
0226
寛
tolerant
to be tolerant is to see flowers in every house.
http://flickr.com/photos/cielleandlacey/35236228/
0227
薄
dilute
a Dr. missing his needle can only use dilute flower water for medicine.
http://flickr.com/photos/sirwiseowl/337692243/
0228
葉
leaf
between a flower and a fully grown tree lies a generation.
http://flickr.com/photos/drumsnwhistles/159849090/
0229
模
imitation
lol @ all the fake imitation trees in the graveyard.
http://flickr.com/photos/loungerie/299060401/
0230
漠
vague
water and graveyard can only result in a vague mnemonic for this kanji.
http://flickr.com/photos/79586895@N00/286104068/
0231
墓
grave
a grave is a patch of soil in a graveyard.
http://flickr.com/photos/adurbin/292864972/
0232
暮
livelihood
a gravedigger makes his livelihood every day below the graveyard.
http://flickr.com/photos/flashmaggie/521788701/
0233
膜
membrane
the membranes in your flesh rot when placed in the graveyard.
http://flickr.com/photos/jenbradford/2184283430/
0234
苗
seedling
if you plant seedlings in a field eventually they will flower.
http://flickr.com/photos/skimcoat/2423961045/
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LESSON 11
0235
兆
portent
a bad portent makes the hairs on your legs stand.
http://flickr.com/photos/vectorlyme/2683319828/
0236
桃
peach tree
the peach tree is a tree with portents of evil.
http://flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/110305085/
237
眺
stare
a stare is a portentous eye.
http://flickr.com/photos/4blueeyes/135032932/
0238
犬
dog
a large dog, dripping drool.
http://flickr.com/photos/msimmons/201358633/
0239
状
status quo
meet status the turtle and quo the dog.
http://flickr.com/photos/loririelly/208340230/
0240
黙
silence
it was striking silence when they put the ri dog on fire.
http://flickr.com/photos/zen/1231262/
0241
然
sort of thing
there are all sorts of things in hot dogs.
http://flickr.com/photos/septemtrionis/1258907191/
0242
荻
reed
reeds are flowers that can survive fire and dogs.
http://flickr.com/photos/earthwatcher/449530949/
0243
狩
hunt
when i go hunting guard dogs guard my house.
http://flickr.com/photos/anythreewords/2826059435/
0244
猫
cat
wild dogs plant seedlings to grow cats to chase.
http://flickr.com/photos/elsie/5062450/
0245
牛
cow
a vermilion cow, almost.
http://flickr.com/photos/thunderchild5/65472180/
0246
特
special
cows are special when left in buddhist temples.
http://flickr.com/photos/penny7b/1411083113/
0247
告
revelation
out of the cows mouth came a revelation.
http://flickr.com/photos/coincoyote/18848964/
0248
先
before
I've never seen a cow with human legs before!
http://flickr.com/photos/melanieandjohn/200829755/
0249
洗
wash
washing a cow and its (human) legs with water.
http://flickr.com/photos/aehack/992216735/
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LESSON 12
0250
介
jammed in
the two strokes at the bottom look like a J and I, which stands for jammed in.
(made with http://tuxpaint.org/ hehe)
0251
界
world
the entire world is jammed in the borders of a little rice field.
http://flickr.com/photos/hradcanska/2909524778/
252
茶
tea
the flowers of the umbrella tree make the best tea.
http://flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2346311557/
0253
合
fit
He could easily fit one umbrella in his mouth.
http://flickr.com/photos/shimonkey/9170836/
0254
塔
pagoda
I managed to fit all the soil and flowers around my pagoda.
http://flickr.com/photos/daryl_mitchell/208825502/
0255
王
king
a king is one level craftier than others.
http://flickr.com/photos/mnshots/2756806104/
0256
玉
jewel
the king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt.
http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lee/2058799270/
0257
宝
treasure
I have treasure: jewels which I hide in my house.
http://flickr.com/photos/danielygo/3015217975/
0258
珠
pearl
king vermilion likes pearls.
http://flickr.com/photos/sonictk/336250421/
0259
現
present
as we can see, he is the present king
http://flickr.com/photos/freshelectrons/477608364/
0260
狂
lunatic
only a lunatic would use a wild pack of dogs to protect the king.
http://flickr.com/photos/mikemccallum/625912743/
0261
皇
emperor
an emperor is a king in white.
http://flickr.com/photos/61066736@N00/361000124/
0262
呈
display
the mouth of the king is displaying his bling.
http://flickr.com/photos/29487767@N02/2856745088/
0263
全
whole
the king takes up the whole space under his umbrella.
http://flickr.com/photos/mrlob/1915918340/
0264
栓
plug
you need a whole tree to plug a leaking ocean.
http://flickr.com/photos/suswar/2142392560/
0265
理
logic
a king allocates how much ri a person should have, via logic.
http://flickr.com/photos/666_is_money/3135898114/
0266
主
lord
a lord is a little drop down from king in hierarchy.
http://flickr.com/photos/giveawayboy/2063824079/
267
注
pour
like water the hot wax poured down the side of the candlestick.
http://flickr.com/photos/re-ality/49453732/
0268
柱
pillar
imagine a pillar that looks like a wooden candlestick.
http://flickr.com/photos/jystewart/2889114015/
0269
金
gold
the king walks under the umbrella with a bag of gold on both sides.
http://flickr.com/photos/curtisperry/56998544/
0270
銑
pig-iron
before you have gold - you have pig-iron.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TwoPigWeights.jpeg
0271
鉢
bowl
if I was begging with a bowl I would want gold and books.
http://flickr.com/photos/monikahoinkis/2035264535/
0272
銅
copper
copper looks the same as gold.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nativ … Digon3.jpg
0273
釣
angling
I would never be angling with a golden ladle.
http://flickr.com/photos/antrix/392843737/
0274
針
needle
it's a golden needle, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/hel2005/2864187483/
0275
銘
inscription
on gold, the inscription of famous names is found.
http://flickr.com/photos/ramriot/2454317273/
0276
鎮
tranquilize
enough gold can tranquilize the truth in anyone.
http://flickr.com/photos/pixieclipx/2493834096/
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LESSON 13
0277
道
road-way
when we go out on the road-way we often risk our necks.
http://flickr.com/photos/echoforsberg/2380381683/
0278
導
guidance
good guidance will help you stay glued to the right roadway.
http://flickr.com/photos/drbrain/2210899225/
279
辻
crossing
cross-road, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/tigion/2561238357/
0280
迅
swift
he went too swiftly through the crossing and was hooked by the cops.
http://flickr.com/photos/beglendc/251630244/
0281
造
create
creation is the road to revelation.
http://flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/2512983749/
0282
迫
urge
if you have the urge for cocaine you're on the white road.
http://flickr.com/photos/trevhunter/102493220/
0283
逃
escape
a turtle is unlikely to escape on the road.
http://flickr.com/photos/redjar/168019757/
0284
辺
environs
to separate the environs, create the border by placing daggers on the road.
http://flickr.com/photos/blmurch/168995689/
0285
巡
patrol
the cops don't patrol anymore - they just flood the road.
http://flickr.com/photos/xenithorg/129606857/
0286
車
car
looks like a car.
http://flickr.com/photos/79055297@N00/332340827/
0287
連
take along
when I am on the road I always take along my car.
http://flickr.com/photos/diadainconsupe … 726921162/
0288
軌
rut
car nine got stuck in a rut.
http://flickr.com/photos/timpatterson/2427292802/
0289
輸
transport
the vehicle transports animals for a meeting with the butcher.
http://flickr.com/photos/waikin/251324812/
0290
前
in front
if you stand in front of a bull's horns, you are asking for your flesh to be butchered.
http://flickr.com/photos/palagret/553941792/
0291
各
each
each and every one of us walks and talks differently.
http://flickr.com/photos/publicenergy/164329677/
0292
格
status
please tell me the status of each tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/_belial/449897981/
0293
略
abbreviation
ab-brain-each-ation, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2876509531/
294
客
guest
each person under my roof is treated as a guest.
http://flickr.com/photos/olivander/336311057/
0295
額
forehead
sign the guestbook page with your forehead.
http://flickr.com/photos/zzilch/1752538909/
0296
夏
summer
in summer you are hot from the top of your head down to your walking legs.
http://flickr.com/photos/kagey_b/62224729/
0297
処
dispose
to dispose of rubbish you should walk it to the bin not throw it to the wind.
http://flickr.com/photos/rustyparts/228894497/
0298
条
twig
they all say they have a tree between their walking legs but most only have a twig.
http://flickr.com/photos/matsuoamon/1166911662/
0299
落
fall
water each flower or the petals will wither and fall.
http://flickr.com/photos/tj_relic/2204990591/
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LESSON 14
0300
冗
superfluous
a crown for the wind would just be superfluous.
(made with http://tuxpaint.org/ hehe)
0301
軍
army
army cars are at the service of the crown.
http://flickr.com/photos/docman/3871220/
0302
輝
radiance
radiance is an army of rays.
http://flickr.com/photos/kcpdad/2811657274/
0303
運
carry
swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me hoooommmee...
http://flickr.com/photos/zilpho/2966348102/
0304
冠
crown
in the beginning what glued the nation together was the crown.
http://flickr.com/photos/tillwe/482926836/
0305
夢
dream
flowers fluttering down over the eye crown the perfect evening, just like a dream.
http://flickr.com/photos/mslivenletlive/1394111911/
0306
坑
pit
a pit is created when all the earth is thrown into the air by a whirlwind.
http://flickr.com/photos/keoki/348493243/
0307
高
tall
two tall mouths, one wearing a top hat, the other a helmet.
http://flickr.com/photos/obo-bobolina/1107940657/
0308
享
receive
tall children receive all the attention.
http://flickr.com/photos/theotherinternet/402086385/
0309
塾
cram school
welcome to our cram school: you will receive a rounded education on our grounds.
http://flickr.com/photos/ybite/1395136693/
0310
熟
mellow
imagine tall children sitting round the fire toasting marsh-mellows.
http://flickr.com/photos/22326055@N06/2778423246/
0311
亭
pavilion
the tallest pavilion crowns the street.
http://flickr.com/photos/wallyg/159714449/
0312
京
capital
Tokyo, capital of Japan: tall buildings, small people.
http://flickr.com/photos/ncbrian/780423901/
0313
涼
refreshing
the water from the capital of Japan, Tokyo, is so refreshing.
http://flickr.com/photos/buck82/207284800/
0314
景
scenery
imaging the sun rising over the capital-classic postcard scenery.
http://flickr.com/photos/jamesjustin/3161512924/
0315
鯨
whale
if fish were cities, the whale would surely be the capital.
http://flickr.com/photos/bensheldon/2833199805/
0316
舎
cottage
my cottage has an umbrella for the roof, soil for the floor and room for only one mouth.
http://flickr.com/photos/glisglis/146490586/
0317
周
circumference
the circumference of my helmet was so full of earth I got some in my mouth.
http://flickr.com/photos/60852569@N00/156855043/
0318
週
week
imagine a road built so well that it takes only a week to travel the circumference of the earth.
http://flickr.com/photos/pulpolux/141318348/
0319
士
gentleman
a samurai gentleman starts a duel with open arms to show he has no personal grudges against the challenger.
http://flickr.com/photos/84327574@N00/236943863/
0320
吉
good luck
a gentleman samurai will mouth good luck to his opponents before a match.
http://flickr.com/photos/hockadilly/2916027238/
0321
壮
robust
a turtle shield makes a samurai more robust.
http://flickr.com/photos/minorprophet/161107316/
0322
荘
villa
the owners of the villa only plant robust flowers.
http://flickr.com/photos/e8club/2125876022/
0323
売
sell
the victorious samurai sells crowns and human legs.
http://flickr.com/photos/xav/2232106541/
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LESSON 15
0324
学
study
the schoolhouse is full of children who study.
http://flickr.com/photos/mimk/1218787780/
0325
覚
memorize
when in a schoolhouse if you see somthing you have to memorize it.
http://flickr.com/photos/gericon/3108514416/
0326
栄
flourish
students are like trees - they tend to flourish in the schoolhouse.
http://flickr.com/photos/tailspin_tommy/2991679835/
0327
書
write
make sure you practice writing kanji with a brush every day before the sun goes down.
http://flickr.com/photos/jannem/2112142870/
0328
津
haven
a brush laying in dirty water is a haven for bacteria.
http://flickr.com/photos/estellef/1479984808/
0329
牧
breed
lazy cows need a taskmaster to breed.
http://flickr.com/photos/andrealexandre/3181992676/
0330
攻
aggression
aggression is the craft of a taskmaster.
http://flickr.com/photos/mccord/8352662/
0331
敗
failure
if you end up in failure, you have to give money to the taskmaster. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddmuir/2125697998/
0332
枚
sheet of...
the taskmaster whips sheets of paper off the tree.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpwillis/170991529/
0333
故
happenstance
An old taskmaster is no happenstance.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mexicanrej … 786664123/
0334
敬
awe
awe-some flowers with an awe-inspiring phrase left the taskmaster in awe.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkybug/1898960924/
0335
言
say
a pictogram of someone saying a four letter word from their mouth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/2852983364/
0336
警
admonish
to admonish is to enforce awe by means of words.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/silusgrok/436536233/
0337
計
plot
a plot is a summary of a book that can be given in ten words.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/labanex/1054923554/
0338
獄
prison
prison is a dog-say-dog world.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepotato/2284589572/
0339
訂
revise
revise, revise and revise until you have all the words nailed down.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/en321/495414272/
0340
討
chastise
Socrates was chastised for sticking to his words.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/2505126807/
0341
訓
instruction
instructions are a stream of words you must follow.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bee/2765331138/
0342
詔
imperial edict
imperial edicts are words of seduction.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robyn-gallagher/105723863/
0343
詰
packed
words of good luck are packed into fortune cookies.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bingramos/120157809/
0344
話
tale
tales are words from the tongue.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjohnb … 436799767/
0345
詠
recitation
I could listen to you recite those words for eternity.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mousyboywi … 227537595/
0346
詩
poem
I'm saying this poem just for you, I built this temple from dirt and glue.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusbeetroot/3191422960/
0347
語
word
Words? iWords! 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mermaid99/3103696332/
0348
読
read
when you read advertisements, they use words to sell their product.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2232135297/
0349
調
tune
a tune = words which go round like a circumference.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusbeetroot/824359420/
0350
談
discuss
inflamed words lead to angry discussions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nanirolls/2602791200/
0351
諾
consent
consent is words given to the young.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unlistedsi … 425801709/
0352
諭
rebuke
a peta activist speaks at a meeting of butchers to rebuke them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liveu4/146211189/
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LESSON 16
0353
式
style
art can craft stylish arrows.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moore_phot … 765656177/
0354
試
test
in an essay test you are judged on both your words and style.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scanna/436758848/
0355
弐
II
after shooting one arrow I have II arrows left in my quiver.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruth1066/530314021/
0356
域
range
one mouth with a vocal range from a deep earth tone up to a high fiesta tone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyfaye/2645314875/
0357
賊
burglar
burglars only want money (clams) so that they can get needles (drugs) and party (fiesta).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanchan/327989874/
0358
栽
plantation
a plantation is a dirt fiesta for trees.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/new-york-city/2519365185/
0359
載
load
load the wagon for the big earth fest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardo_fe … 383172785/
0360
茂
overgrown
the flower parade was overgrown with flowers.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindala/231795077/
0361
成
turn into
a parade turns swords into tools of entertainment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianveggie/396195327/
0362
城
castle
a sand castle is just the soil turned into a castle.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadicent … 337732623/
0363
誠
sincerity
sincerity is not a game - it turns your words into action.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erin_m/3184196254/
0364
威
intimidate
a march of women in Japan would be seen as intimidating by most men.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/faither81/1811779749/
0365
滅
destroy
water flows down to destroy the march of fire.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/karanj/22887820/
0366
減
dwindle
when water supplies dwindled, one mouth raised a cry and led a march on the city.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvaires/70629253/
0367
桟
scaffold
wooden scaffolds were traditionally used to construct really tall festival floats in japan.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugovk/2630474411/
0368
銭
coin
a floating metal coin? wow.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lnx/15593009/
0369
浅
shallow
the water is shallow enough to float in it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87912886@N00/1029889804/
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LESSON 17
0370
止
stop
if you find in the ground a magic wand with a walking stick, stop!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50906336@N00/2896787167/
0371
歩
walk
when you stop walking you should see a few footprints behind you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phatcontroller/136435061/
0372
渉
ford
a ford is a place where one can walk through water, only a few footsteps deep.
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2329 … f77zg7.jpg
0373
頻
reapeatedly
I repeatedly walk around hoping this kanji will come into my head.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liutir/41672311/
0374
肯
agreement
nasa and armstrong made an agreement: they'd never tell anyone that no-one actually stepped foot on the moon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/2482050441/
0375
企
undertake
i will undertake this project: to sell umbrellas at a bus stop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastyearsgirl_/2863076831/
0376
歴
curriculum
a little like a calendar, your cv records your footsteps through time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinj/177162640/
0377
武
warrior
one arrow can stop a warrior.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4412432468 … 600861482/
0378
賦
levy
"gimme some clams", said the warrior, collecting his levy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joriel/2845283585/
0379
正
correct
and the correct answer is - one footstep.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21892372@N02/2172824230/
0380
証
evidence
your words must be absolutely correct if you want to use them as evidence.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theeerin/2360508771/
0381
政
politics
insane political correctness on the left, facists taskmasters on the right - that's politics in a nutshell right there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29560353@N08/3044168338/
0382
定
determine
i am determined to mend this house.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/everydaypants/2136837354/
0383
錠
lock
if you are determined to keep your gold, lock it away.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/397004234/
0384
走
run
if you run 10 miles, you will need to mend your socks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xcbiker/2287734715/
0385
超
transcend
a marathon runner needs to be able to transcend seductions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewd/2433720423/
0386
赴
proceed
while running, my magic wand tells me where to proceed.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brraveheart/76419505/
0387
越
surpass
if you wish to surpass the parade, you have to run faster by just one extra drop.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caseyatthebat/2363117190/
0388
是
just so
i spent all day mending to make things just so.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/3789773/
0389
題
topic
the topic is written as the heading of the page just so readers know what the article is about.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugovk/388464405/
0390
堤
dike
making a dike is all about arranging the soil just so....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/193016993/
0391
建
build
stretch, brush your teeth, and then start to build.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerostomia/313575300/
0392
延
prolong
prolonging is a way of stopping things by stretching them a bit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terriann/463966835/
0393
誕
nativity
as nativity is performed every year, its words have been prolonged since the story's creation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/official/164499383/
0394
礎
cornerstone
stones and groves of trees are the cornerstones of a zoo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schneelocke/486563990/
0395
婿
bridegroom
you take your woman to the zoo for a month - pretty cool honeymoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minor9th/42810987/
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LESSON 18 (part one, 0396-0420)
0396
衣
garment
the only garments allowed in this club are top hat and scarf.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogue2408/2037091361/
0397
裁
tailor
a tailor makes garments for thanksgiving.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/438180873/
0398
装
attire
the turtle samurai needs special garments for his attire since his body is more robust than others.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickfyson/2527965782/
0399
裏
back
you can see a ri-sized top hat and scarf from the back.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gingerblokey/2981927414/
0400
壊
demolition
if you're too close to a demolition site, the dust might sting you like needles in your eye and get your garment all dirty.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/evaekeblad/425460956/
0401
哀
pathetic
one of my pathetic friends loves to wear a top hat and a scarf so that you can only see his mouth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/justkiddingha/3133348377/
0402
遠
distant
keep distant from a lidded crock on the road wrapped in a scarf.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenswessling/349252043/
0403
猿
monkey
to catch a monkey, chase him with wild dogs into a lidded crock, then tie it with a scarf.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyclarke/340501069/
0404
初
first time
a cloak and dagger mystery is only interesting the first time you read it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/helixblue/862664676/
0405
布
linen
a linen towel should always be by your side, just in case .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newmediabrew/11180490/
0406
帆
sail
a towel makes a mediocre sail.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismorran/139855133/
0407
幅
hanging scroll
the towels of the wealthy? hanging scrolls.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyougushi/87687148/
0408
帽
cap
if you wear a towel as a cap, you are at risk of being seized in U.S. airports.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nknh/264984205/
0409
幕
curtain
the graveyard outside scares me, so I put a towel over the window as a curtain so I can get a good nights sleep.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juror8/2893762602/
0410
幌
canopy
a canopy is a towel to block the sun's rays.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dionhinchc … 951373169/
0411
錦
brocade
brocade is the art of sewing gold on a white towel.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrysti/2314519939/
0412
市
market
at the market you can find many top hats and towels.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgomerry/14682244/
0413
姉
elder sister
my elder sister is allowed to go to the market alone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocapy/1317876778/
0414
肺
lungs
lungs are a part of the body that can be found at any meat market.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamison_litten/446040869/
0415
帯
sash
picture barack obama making dinner with an apron that has a big W struck through it for george bush.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kusamakura/2620001369/
0416
滞
stagnate
if you wash your sash your level in karate will stagnate.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/basehouse/1297127400/
0417
刺
thorn
the belt tree has thorns with sabres.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22327649@N03/2183577886/
0418
制
system
the system for making belts involves slicing up a cow with a sword.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollandhoodie/2754004031/
0419
製
made in...
made in... is a system of labels you can find on every garment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yatenkaiouh/3123416684/
0420
転
revolve
the revolving wheels of the car kicked up rising clouds of dust.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/160442422/
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LESSON 18 (part two, 0421-0440)
0421
芸
technique
imagine an old kung-fu movie: "try my rising cloud flower technique!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/2438069060/
0422
雨
rain
the rain falls from the sky, landing like teardrops on my windows.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/7883311/
0423
雲
cloud
every rising cloud is a potential rain cloud.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindenbaum/764053146/
0424
曇
cloudy weather
cloudy weather is when a cloud blocks the sun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wouterpostma/695850212/
0425
雷
thunder
as the rain hit the rice field, strong sounds of thunder were pounding.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewildrover/479803760/
0426
霜
frost
frost is a product of many inter-acting weather conditions, including rain. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/327585052/
0427
冬
winter
in winter my walking legs feel like blocks of ice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shvelmur/2660010045/
0428
天
heavens
heavens as the largest ceiling you could ever imagine.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binkley27/2198709208/
0429
橋
bridge
the nicest wooden bridge is not in Los Angeles but in Lucerne.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anndouglas/573136753/
0430
嬌
attractive
the most attractive woman is, obviously, Angelina Jolie.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thispartic … 398190281/
0431
立
stand up
a vase that can't stand up won't be a vase for long, even with a top hat on.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/2907444955/
0432
泣
cry
either cry or stand up and paddlesurf on water, whatever.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/3205108806/
0433
章
badge
those who stand up early receive a badge.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tryingmyha … 225560527/
0434
競
vie
two teenagers stand up and vie for attention.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colouredglass/403528661/
0435
帝
sovereign
a true sovereign is a person who can stand up for his people wearing nothing but an apron.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigyahu/3130503684/
0436
童
juvenile
the juvenile stood on top of his computer and broke it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/winkydo/379365309/
0437
瞳
pupil
in japanese comics, the eye`s of juvenilles all have enormouse pupils.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80912889@N00/369063792/
0438
鐘
bell
the metal bell rings to call the juveniles to class.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22087304@N07/3046402362/
0439
商
make a deal
four mouths trying to make a deal on a vase.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/248 … 5c.jpg?v=0
0440
嫡
legitimate wife
you cannot treat this woman as an antique; she's your legitimate wife!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/1732657704/
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LESSON 18 (part three, 0441-0475)
0441
適
suitable
the antiques roadshow is suitable for all audiences.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatp … 039620440/
0442
滴
drip
you must never let water drip onto antiques.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fire_engin … 526933083/
0443
敵
enemy
indiana jones is an enemy of taskmasters in search of antique artifacts.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/665480669/
0444
匕
spoon
picture someone sitting on the ground performing seppuku with a spoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/2089627120/
0445
北
north
there are no turtles sitting on the ground at the north pole.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12185911@N00/1749135471/
0446
背
stature
to gain stature in the north, you have to eat flesh.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbukhari/2281474392/
0447
比
compare
let's compare the two spoons.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artsychick/57448880/
0448
昆
descendants
we're all descendants of the sun - there's no reason to compare us.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/labanex/1978541376/
0449
皆
all
if you compare colors, you will find that white is produced from the mix of all the others.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fosco/149756458/
0450
混
mix
people have to mix their fluids (have sex) in order to create descendants.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/banky177/418298682/
0451
渇
thirst
you awaken from your siesta because you feel extremely thirsty so you go looking for some water.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_pichenettes_/88953787/
0452
謁
audience
the talk was so boring the audience took a siesta.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_h_ias/507908746/
0453
褐
brown
the hobbits from "lord of the rings" just had to crawl under their brown cloaks and they could take a siesta.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/perfectoin … 128194432/
0454
喝
hoarse
if you have a siesta with your mouth open, you will wake up with a hoarse voice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_wilkes/829558198/
0455
旨
delicious
use a spoon to eat a delicious hot fudge sundae.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_q/109825771/
0456
脂
fat
fat is what makes meat delicious.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixybeast/165112921/
0457
壱
i (one)
i am 'the one', says the samurai with the crown and a spoon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisemanleo/3068126071/
0458
毎
every
freud believed every man wants to lie down with his mother.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124324682@N01/252436472/
0459
敏
cleverness
every master (taskmaster) must have some degree of cleverness.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iirraa/332234567/
0460
梅
plum
every tree should be a plum tree.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/82644227/
0461
海
sea
every drop of water will eventually return to the sea.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2391312232/
0462
乞
beg
lying down, captain hook begged for fishguts.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/obfusciatrist/8543065/
0463
乾
drought
during a drought without water, everything begs for even a mist of relief.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbukhari/2957314121/
0464
腹
abdomen
the only body part that doubles over.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenialya … 633539262/
0465
複
duplicate
tina saw someone wearing the exact same (duplicate) garment at a party, so she doubled back to change.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grobleto/2890722130/
0466
欠
lack
I yawn when I lack interest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpmanda/1884668116/
0467
吹
blow
how am I supposed to blow if I lack a mouth?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loop_oh/2095249233/
0468
炊
cook
japanese cooking sometimes lacks fire, for example sashimi.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobusher/3001089319/
0469
歌
song
can-can-ers lack the ability to sing a song, so they just dance.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_pub … 492679802/
0470
軟
soft
cars are rough steel things, lacking softness.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgw/3054277010/
0471
次
next
this store is lacking ice - next one please...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/211335022/
0472
茨
briar
an important life lesson: briars are always next to flowers.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anitagould/17713829/
0473
資
asset
assets are the next best thing to money.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391/
0474
姿
figure
the figure of the next woman better be sexier.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seldomlasts/486940719/
0475
諮
consult with
consulting with is having words with the next mouth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2631691857/
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LESSON 19
0476
賠
compensation
compensation is money you give to someone to muzzle their mouth.
http://flickr.com/photos/akhater/2863023857/
0477
培
cultivate
the illegal immigrants cultivate the land but are socially muzzled.
http://flickr.com/photos/rageshev/2330562022/
0478
剖
divide
divide and conquer: shut 'em up and cut 'em up.
http://flickr.com/photos/whatbettertime/32601436/
0479
音
sound
I broke a vase the other day and it made a really cool sound.
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/383069702/
0480
暗
darkness
total darkness lacks sun and sound.
http://flickr.com/photos/nrgthedude/2172212866/
0481
韻
rhyme
employees of the ministry of sound are paid to rhyme.
http://flickr.com/photos/atatiwa/304529797/
0482
識
discriminating
words are difficult to discriminate from sounds in the middle of a fiesta.
http://flickr.com/photos/robwallace/260021497/
0483
鏡
mirror
a girl stands in front of a golden mirror all day, watching her legs.
http://flickr.com/photos/laurenbailey/2920191893/
0484
境
boundary
there's dirt around the boundary of the mirror.
http://flickr.com/photos/gelisbeth/2610708985/
0485
亡
deceased
the top hat hanging on a hook belonged to the now deceased charlie chaplin.
http://flickr.com/photos/tornatore/2324924197/
0486
盲
blind
deceased eyes, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/jessandcolin/2440504078/
0487
妄
delusion
it's a delusion to think that a deceased woman can come to life.
http://flickr.com/photos/irannis/3232708367/
0488
荒
laid waste
laid waste smells like a stream of deceased flowers.
http://flickr.com/photos/supakidshot/432657388/
0489
望
ambition
you're deceased meat, buddy, my ambition is to be king.
http://flickr.com/photos/sis/386178960/
0490
方
direction
a man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions.
http://flickr.com/photos/wendycrockett/2633773278/
0491
妨
disturb
a woman asking for directions disturbed me.
http://flickr.com/photos/ezra/1864212/
0492
坊
boy
little boys always head in the direction of mud and dirt.
http://flickr.com/photos/plasticrevolver/228226305/
0493
芳
perfume
she used a perfume so strong, that you can track her by following the direction of the smell of flowers.
http://flickr.com/photos/brianauer/2467104780/
0494
肪
obese
flesh in all directions = obese.
http://flickr.com/photos/schnappi/1234347592/
0495
訪
call on
when you call on someone, you point your words in their direction.
http://flickr.com/photos/kvanlierop/2873262189/
0496
放
set free
go in any direction away from your taskmaster when you are set free.
http://flickr.com/photos/hikingartist/3000885128/
0497
放
violent
the taskmaster got violent when he found his white compass damaged by water.
http://flickr.com/photos/nunocardoso/108657015/
0498
脱
undress
horny teenagers love to undress flesh.
http://flickr.com/photos/lastyearsgirl_/2512451988/
0499
説
rumor / explanation
the words of a horny teenager fall into one of two categories: either rumors or explanations.
http://flickr.com/photos/funkybug/1237442475/
0500
鋭
pointed
pointed is the metal devil's pitchfork.
http://flickr.com/photos/papixulooo/496037438/
0501
鋭
formerly
the artist formerly known as prince has the horniest brain around, and I think you can imagine what his wagging tongue is doing...
http://flickr.com/photos/kevinroberts202/2734028000/
0502
増
increase
prices always increase for land that was formerly cheap.
http://flickr.com/photos/milbrose/2480666515/
0503
贈
presents
presents represent money that was formerly yours.
http://flickr.com/photos/moniquevitche/1178561488/
0504
東
east
traditionally seen as a pictograph of the sun rising behind a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/colddayforpont … 831838496/
0505
棟
ridgepole
feng shui states that the ridgepole of a house should be made of wood and face east.
http://flickr.com/photos/wdwbarber/2978844152/
0506
棟
frozen
eastern siberia is often frozen by ice.
http://flickr.com/photos/blahflowers/3166813299/
0507
妊
pregnancy
woman + porter = pregnancy
http://flickr.com/photos/nathancolquhoun/1434044345/
0508
廷
courts
in these corrupt courts, even the porters can stretch the course of the judgment.
http://flickr.com/photos/wackystuff/2719360361/
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LESSON 20
0509
染
dye
nine trees were dyed red in the water.
http://flickr.com/photos/cloud_nine/2291450985/
0510
燃
burn
any sort of thing can burn in the fire.
http://flickr.com/photos/blurradial/828881763/
0511
賓
V.I.P.
only the few VIPs with enough money got in the house.
http://flickr.com/photos/jennandjon/2464387642/
0512
歳
year-end
although at the year-end everything comes to a stop there is still enough time for a little march.
http://flickr.com/photos/inkandpen/3032850143/
0513
県
prefecture
only with a small hook on his eye he could see the prefecture on the map.
http://flickr.com/photos/mikefischer/1227340993/
0514
栃
horse chestnut
you couldn't see the cliff because it was covered by ten thousand horse chestnut trees.
http://flickr.com/photos/markhillary/2633673537/
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LESSON 21
0515
地
ground
ground is soil where scorpions are buried like land mines.
http://flickr.com/photos/sankax/2507248342/
0516
池
pond
water scorpions love to live in the pond.
http://flickr.com/photos/30132460@N04/2850288680/
0517
虫
insect
pictograph: the bottom is an arm, the top an insect biting into the arm.
http://flickr.com/photos/dieselbug2007/1099991009/
0518
蛍
lightning-bug
bugs have to go to school to learn how to become lightning bugs.
http://flickr.com/photos/myriorama/73337357/
0519
蛍
snake
i use a spoon to feed my pet-snake insects in the house.
http://flickr.com/photos/andrevanbortel/2821895904/
0520
虹
rainbow
noone knows, but rainbows are actually crafted by insects.
http://flickr.com/photos/0olong/1096889195/
0521
蝶
butterfly
a butterfly is an insect that appears after spending a generation on a tree as a cocoon.
http://flickr.com/photos/daadi/2297709451/
0522
独
single
picture wild dogs chasing one single insect.
http://flickr.com/photos/minusbaby/5364813/
0523
蚕
silkworm
there are no insects in heaven - except for silkworms.
http://flickr.com/photos/meffi/2564210795/
0524
風
wind
the wind carries drops of insects.
http://flickr.com/photos/stephenjohnbryde/93004348/
0525
己
self
looks like the 's' in self in a mirror.
http://flickr.com/photos/stanbury/9814423/
0526
起
rouse
if you rouse a snake, better start to run.
http://flickr.com/photos/asuivre/1210426918/
0527
妃
queen
Cleopatra, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/jpeepz/2420171106/
0528
改
reformation
a taskmaster gets reformed with the training from a snake.
http://flickr.com/photos/aesum/2722588263/
0529
記
scribe
a scribe writes down words using the snakes venom.
http://flickr.com/photos/tea_time/523659699/
0530
包
wrap
the snake bound up its prey by wrapping around it.
http://flickr.com/photos/menza/205794461/
0531
胞
placenta
placenta is flesh wrapped around the foetus.
http://flickr.com/photos/gahjr2000/269824118/
0532
砲
cannon
primitive cannons fired stones wrapped in papers.
http://flickr.com/photos/otts/3072272086/
0533
泡
bubbles
bubbles are just air wrapped up in a layer of water.
http://flickr.com/photos/peretzpup/2388607620/
0534
亀
tortoise
a tortoise is prosperity bound up with a tail.
http://flickr.com/photos/denial_land/124685704/
0535
電
electricity
it's raining electric eels.
http://flickr.com/photos/diongillard/2340084768/
0536
竜
dragon
a dragon is like a standing eel.
http://flickr.com/photos/hradcanska/2292621515/
0537
滝
waterfall
the water dragon dwells in the waterfall.
http://flickr.com/photos/letsbook/2485862955/
0538
豚
pork
pork comes from the flesh of a sow.
http://flickr.com/photos/spaceritual/389677001/
0539
逐
pursue
to pursue = to pursow on the road.
http://flickr.com/photos/kelleyboone/2175309245/
0540
遂
consummate
the horny pig consummates in the middle of the road.
http://flickr.com/photos/zen/1649367/
0541
家
house
a sow house, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/donabelandewen/754003329/
0542
嫁
marry into
a woman will marry into your house.
http://flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/2068954476/
0543
豪
overpowering
the tall, crowned "king-porker" from animal farm was an overpowering pig named napoleon.
http://flickr.com/photos/24905220@N00/3145162135/
0544
腸
intestines
the intestines are like the piggy bank of your flesh.
http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/480987377/
0545
場
location
a pile of soil marks the location where i burried my piggy bank.
http://flickr.com/photos/gbaku/2146572915/
0546
湯
hot water
i had to pay the hot water bill with my piggy-bank money.
http://flickr.com/photos/fornal/383899140/
0547
羊
sheep
looks like a sheep run over by a steam roller.
http://flickr.com/photos/tambako/3020714772/
0548
美
beauty
is a large sheep something beautiful?
http://flickr.com/photos/russelljsmith/101578015/
0549
洋
ocean
the waters of the pasheephic ocean.
http://flickr.com/photos/crowt59/2074162123/
0550
詳
detailed
detailed words must not be said sheepishly.
http://flickr.com/photos/flamk/3530561/
0551
鮮
fresh
the fish was getting fresh with the sheep.
http://flickr.com/photos/tattoodjay/2378043699/
0552
達
accomplished
the dirty sheep had come far down this road and accomplished many things.
http://flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/2341848568/
0553
羨
envious
the sheep was envious on the other sheep because it lacked water.
http://flickr.com/photos/mefistofelicat/453107728/
0554
差
distinction
this new-zealand pro-gamer has won many distinctions playing world of woolcraft.
http://flickr.com/photos/beagleskin/488168696/
0555
着
don
if you don wool over your mouth you can only see your eyes.
http://flickr.com/photos/11312511@N02/1769322291/
0556
唯
solely
sadly my mouth gets to taste turkey solely on christmas day.
http://flickr.com/photos/atomicshark/3074620301/
0557
焦
char
when I put the turkey over the oven fire, it always ends up being charred beyond recognition.
http://flickr.com/photos/86571141@N00/68347556/
0558
礁
reef
reefs are often formed from volcanic rock - rock that has been charred.
http://flickr.com/photos/bryanto/3041928169/
0559
集
gather
a gather of turkeys up a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/albaum/2421508079/
0560
准
quasi-
an ice-turkey is a quasi-turkey.
http://flickr.com/photos/unavoidablegrain/2259746001/
0561
進
advance
the turkey crossed the road to advance to the other side.
http://flickr.com/photos/binkley27/428633866/
0562
雑
miscellaneous
among today's miscellaneous stories, we have a report on a turkey chased up on a tree by a baseball!
http://flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2308356759/
0563
雌
feminine / female
stop spooning turkeys - spoon females!
http://flickr.com/photos/gareandkitty/304326919/
0564
準
semi-
the anhinga, or water turkey, has a needle-like nose, so really it's only a semi-turkey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anhinga_b.jpg
0565
奮
stirred up
the st. bernard dog ate the brain of the turkey and stirred up all the other birds around.
http://flickr.com/photos/hand-nor-glove/454261235/
0566
奪
rob
the st. bernard dog wanted to rob the turkey but it was glued to the table.
http://flickr.com/photos/kittygutz/3066750942/
0567
確
assurance
i got assurance that the stone turkey house was safe.
http://flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/2459746167/
0568
午
noon
noon is the hour of the horse.
http://flickr.com/photos/tfrancis/761460839/
0569
許
permit
you have to whisper sweet words to the horse before she permits you to ride her.
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/20925261/
0570
歓
delight
i would be delighted if japanese lacked the pegasus kanji.
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3235602382/
0571
権
authority
noone has the authority to tie up a pegasus to a tree.
http://flickr.com/photos/kafkan/2164198049/
0572
観
outlook
microsoft outlook works about as well as a pegasus that can't see - they both crash all the time.
http://flickr.com/photos/theshadowknows/2527093451/
0573
羽
feathers
pictograph of feathers, duh.
http://flickr.com/photos/zixi/538284936/
0574
習
learn
anyone can learn how to fly with two white feathers.
http://flickr.com/photos/bored-now/2374506023/
0575
翌
the following
the following exhibit are feathers sticking out of a vase.
http://flickr.com/photos/nuanc/350452845/
0576
翌
weekday
on weekdays we feather the turkey.
http://flickr.com/photos/k38shawn/2585961465/
0577
濯
laundry
when turkeys do the laundry, they put their feathers in water. 
http://flickr.com/photos/evill1/110067833/
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