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God


Radical Combination


Meaning

God, Spirit

Mnemonic

Your spirit should feel humble before a god's spirit. You never really feel humble in front of anyone else, but if you meet a god's spirit… Well, you should probably lower yourself appropriately. Gods have powerful spirits.

Imagine a spirit appearing before you. It's a god. You should be as humble as possible. Out of respect and also because you don't want to be cursed or something.


Reading

On'yomi

しん, じん

Kun'yomi

かみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you meet a god's spirit, you need to get down on your shins (しん). Get down on your ankles? No, not low enough. Knees? No, no, get your shins flat on the ground to show how humble you really are. Luckily, you're wearing jeans (じん), so at least that will stop your poor shins getting chafed!

If you don't get down on your shins before god's spirit, it could take them away. Even your jeans couldn't protect you then. You don't want to live a shin-less life, do you?


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