Kanji #198 ／ 洗

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
The japanese reading : se n, se i, sa i
The sound reading : a ra ( u )

< MEANING >
wash, rinse out, clean, cleanse, pour water, feel fine, be sophisticated

< ORIGIN >
「氵」＋「先」
氵 : water
先 : A sound called ''se n''., bare foot
pour water into a bare foot → clean → wash

< USE >
洗濯 [se n - ta ku] : washing
洗礼 [se n - re i] : baptism
洗練 [se n - re n] : polish

example) 私は自分で服を洗います。 [ wa ta shi - wa - ji - bu n - de - fu ku - wo - a ra - i ma su. ] I wash clothes by oneself.


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I introduce ''洗'' on this time.


This kanji has a meaning to clean.

When you washed something, do you check it is beautiful?


I introduce ''清'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are pieces of peace.

Kanji #197 ／ 揃

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
The japanese reading : se n
The sound reading : so ro ( u ), so ro ( e ru )

< MEANING >
prepare, gather, keep the tip, cut and prepare and get rid of the irregularities, fix, The state that all are the same things

< ORIGIN >
「扌」＋「前」
扌 : hand
前 : prepare and cut

< USE >
-

example) この店は品揃えが良い。 [ ko no - mi se - wa - si na - zo ro - e ga - yo - i. ] This shop has good assortment of goods.


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I introduce ''揃'' on this time.


In Japan,
there is a custom to take off shoes in the room.
The shoes which we took off prepare it at the entrance.

It is one of the Japanese beautiful customs to 「揃 ( prepare ) 」.


I introduce ''洗'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are pieces of peace.

Kanji #196 ／ 並

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
The japanese reading : he i, ho u
The sound reading : na ra ( be ru ), na ra ( bi ni ), na mi

< MEANING >
line up, display, standing side by side, do it together, and, together, normal, in the inside

< ORIGIN >
「立」＋「立」
立 : hieroglyph, The form that a person stands on the ground., stand
Two people stand side by side. →　line up, together → normal

< USE >
並列 [se i - ri] : parallel
人並 [se i - bi] : average
軒並 [se i - su u] : be ordinary

example) 客は好みの店の前に並びます。 [ kya ku - wa - ko no - mi no - mi se - no - ma e - ni - na ra - bi ma su. ] The visitors line up in front of a favorite shop.


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I introduce ''並'' on this time.


This kanji expresses the form that two people stand side by side.

It show that there are the same type of things, states and ways of thinking there.


I introduce ''揃'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are pieces of peace.

Kanji #195 ／ 整

< TYPE >
Kanji / ka i - sho style

< READING >
The japanese reading : se i
The sound reading : to to no ( e ru )

< MEANING >
fix, prepare properly, put, be set, gather definitely, proper state, not incompleteness, be set with caution and display

< ORIGIN >
「敕」＋「正」
敕 : admonish, do properly
正 : A sound called ''se i''., fix
fix properly

< USE >
整理 [se i - ri] : rearranging
整備 [se i - bi] : maintenance
整数 [se i - su u] : integer

example) 本が本棚に整頓されています。 [ ho n - ga - ho n - da na - ni - se i - to n - sa re te i ma su. ] Books are put in order in a bookshelf.


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I introduce ''整'' on this time.


We often use this kanji when we arrange a thing without a unity.

There are order and beauty there.


I introduce ''並'' on the next time.


Thank you.
See you next time.

All of us are pieces of peace.