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Condition


Radical Combination


Meaning

Condition

Mnemonic

See all those icicles to the dog's left? Good thing they all fell on his left, or he would've been in a terrible condition.

Picture a bunch of big, sharp icicles all falling down directly next to this dog. Now imagine the condition he would've been in, had they all fallen directly on top of him. Poor little thing.


Reading

On'yomi

じょう

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

What saved the dog's condition was none other than Joe (じょう), the local farmhand. He constantly keeps an eye on the dog's condition, including any dangerously sharp icicles that could descend on him.

Good guy Joe, always worrying about his dog's condition. Everyone needs a farmhand like Joe.


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