Kanji 21

QuestionAnswer
東
east

Behind a tree, the sun rises in the east.

京
capital

In the capital, they put a lid on your mouth to make it smaller.

近
near

You always walk with an axe, even if your destination is near.

舛 component
dancing

In the evening, Wi likes dancing.

粦 component
phosphorus

When put into phosphorus, rice starts dancing.

隣
neighboring

Neighboring you, at the other side of your wall, lives a creature that's based on phosphorus.

黄
yellow

There are twenty-one reasons animals legs are yellow.

横
sideways

Once the trees start to look yellow, you know things are going sideways.

兵
troops

You give an axe to every one of your troops, and also some animal legs such that they can run faster.

浜
seacoast

Troops are accumulating near the water on the seacoast.

斗
Big Dipper
図
diagram

You see an enclosure with something resembling the Big Dipper inside it. It's a diagram.

⻗ component
rain

Just the smaller version of rain.

電
electricity

When it rains, you quickly go to your rice paddy and point a fishhook in the sky in order to harvest some electricity.

絵
picture

Where many threads meet, they form a picture.

延
prolong

People want to bend you. People want to stop you. But with long strides, you prolong your journey forward.

誕
birth

Word got out you gave birth just to prolong your genes.

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