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Divide


Radical Combination


Meaning

Divide

Mnemonic

A clown takes a knife and divides himself. First he divides himself into two pieces, then he's in four pieces, then... oh why won't he stop?!

Instead of dying, the clown divides into slightly thinner clowns.


Reading

On'yomi

ぼう

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The clown finally stops trying to divide himself, and you can't stand to look at all of him. You grab a bowling (ぼう) ball and bowl all of his divided parts over!

The many clowns crash to the floor as the bowling ball plows through their... his(?) divided bodies. You can't bear to look anymore.


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