lid

From Lesson 38:Kanji 5·Japanese

Note

This obviously is a lid. Just look at it!

Usages of lid

tall; expensive

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

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

yen

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

stand up

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

night

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

direction
graduate

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

lid component
capital

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

mingle

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

city
perish

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

sentence

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

mysterious

Under the lid lies a short thread with mysterious powers.

also
component

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

praise

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

happiness

Putting a lid on spicy things gives you happiness.

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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".

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