Spirit & society
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What the component colors mean
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
Shinto shrine
god (honorific)
dead center, right in the middle
photograph
truth, reality
to say (humble)
to apply, to sign up
offer, proposal
festival
national holiday, feast day
cultural festival
Meaning
courtesy, manners; thanks, a bow
Components
rudeness; excuse me
thanks, token of gratitude
the world
care, looking after
first generation
society, the world
all, the whole
safety
the whole country
all, everything
family
ethnic group, people
aquarium
the rest, others
other people, stranger
foreign country
Practice
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