lid

From Lesson 38:Kanji 5·Japanese

Note

This obviously is a lid. Just look at it!

Usages of lid

tall; expensive
高

You're not tall enough to be unaffected by a sandstorm, so you need to put a lid on your mouth when entering the desert to avoid choking in the sand.

six
六

You lift the lid of the soup pan and see six boiling animal legs. Delicious!

yen
円

You lost all your yen, because you held the box upside down an didn't properly attach the lid.

stand up
立

A lid can't keep those persistent weeds from standing up.

night
夜

Even if you put a lid on your person and the winter is dotted, the night will still be cold.

direction
方
graduate
卒

Ten people put a lid on their student life when they graduate.

亠
lid component
capital
京

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

mingle
交

Better put a lid on your father if you want to mingle with your friends.

city
市
perish
亡

You are put between some shelfs with a lidon top. That's how you perish.

sentence
文

This kanji looks like a small book on a stand. The book is so small that it contains only one sentence.

mysterious
玄

Under the lid lies a short thread with mysterious powers.

also
亦 component

You see a creature with human legs and also animal legs, and quickly put a lid on it.

praise
褒

You get praise for the way you preserve your clothes under a lid.

happiness
幸

Putting a lid on spicy things gives you happiness.

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