Japanese Homophones

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Make a mental image. Remember the words.

Joined February 2013

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  1. Jan 26

    とごう [togō] 1. Going to Australia 渡豪 2. Let’s sharpen... 研ごう * * From 研ぐ (togu) ‘to sharpen’

  2. Jan 5
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  4. Slightly different dictionary definition. Very different nuance.

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  5. ししゅう [shishū] 1. Embroidery 刺繍 2. Putrid smell of a corpse 死臭

  6. See the kanji for umbrella (傘) has come to life

  7. はっと [hatto] 1. Taken aback, surprised ハッと 2. Law, prohibition 法度 3. Hut ハット

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  8. おす [osu] 1. To push 押す 2. Male (animal) 雄

  9. すみ [sumi] 1. Charcoal 炭 2. India ink; squid ink 墨 3. Corner, nook 隅 To help you remember, here’s a charcoal drawing of a squid squirting ink in the corner of a room

  10. Cute? Doesn’t sound that cute...

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  11. [bōzu] 1. Bose ボーズ 2. Buddhist priest; close-cropped hair, person with a shorn head 坊主

  12. The many uses of つける [tsukeru]

  13. おっと [otto] 1. Husband 夫 2. Uh-oh, oops, sorry

  14. はっこう [hakkō] 1. Fermentation 発酵 2. Publication 発行 3. Luminescence 発光

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  15. はっこう [hakkō] 1. Fermentation 発酵 2. Publication 発行

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  16. Very specific vocabulary relating to cherry blossoms

  17. The Eternal Rivals

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