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Simple


Radical Combination


Meaning

Simple, Crude

Mnemonic

You decide to carve a tree into a giant replica of your big toe because you think it will be really simple. Once you're done though, it looks like a really crude attempt at a fat, lumpy blob. Maybe carving isn't as simple as you thought.

Imagine carving a really simple, crude toe from a tree. It's your first attempt, so I guess you should have known it wouldn't be great.


Reading

On'yomi

ぼく

Kun'yomi

えのき, ほう, ほお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You're admiring your simple looking toe tree when a lumberjack runs up and asks who created it. ぼく, you say. As in "I" said it, in a manly dude, way. He doesn't seem to believe you, so you say it a few more times. ぼく ぼく ぼく!

Who carved this simple toe? ぼく!


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