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Semi


Radical Combination


Meaning

Semi, Ratify

Mnemonic

Put a turkey on ice and it will only get semi frozen. You add more ice, and it stays the same. Only some of it will freeze. What the heck!

Imagine covering a turkey in ice and every time you check it, it's only semi frozen. It doesn't matter what you do, it just refuses to freeze all the way through.


Reading

On'yomi

じゅん

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Finally you realize it will only semi freeze because it's June (じゅん)! It's too hot out for your turkey to freeze all the way. The ice keeps melting off the top and semi thawing it!

The lesson is to never try to freeze something in June. If you do it will only semi freeze.


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