lesson 14 143

318 week
Q Picture a circular road with 7 markers on it, one for each day of
the week. When you have walked one complete lap on this
road, you shall have completed one week. [11]

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319 gentleman
w The shape of this kanji, slightly differing from that for soil by
virtue of its shorter ³nal stroke, hints at a broad-shouldered,
slender-waisted warrior standing at attention. When feudalism
collapsed, these warriors became Japan’s gentlemen. [3]

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* The primitive meaning reverts to the more colorful image of
the samurai, Japan’s warrior class.

320 good luck

Ÿ Here we see a samurai standing on a street with an open mouth,
which people walk up to and look down deep inside of for
good luck. [6]

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* As a primitive, we shall take this shape to mean an aerosol
can, from the mouth and the very tightly-³tting lid (note how
it differs here from the lidded crock).

321 robust
X Robust is seen as a turtle turned samurai. [6]

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