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Play


Radical Combination


Meaning

Play

Mnemonic

Throw a drunkard in a cage with a tiger and some spikes and the tiger will have the time of its life playing with them! Think of all the tiger play time possibilities!

If you were the tiger how would you play with the drunkard?


Reading

On'yomi

ぎ, げ

Kun'yomi

ざ, じゃ, たわむ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

If you aren't the tiger, watching it play is a little like watching someone's head get cut off with a guillotine (ぎ). In fact, you don't want to watch it play at all anymore.

What would you rather watch? A guillotine at work or a tiger playing like this?


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