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Suffocate


Radical Combination


Meaning

Suffocate

Mnemonic

Take a mole out of its hole and it will suffocate. They need to be in tight quarters, unlike us humans. So when you take one out of its nice, safe hole, it thinks it can't breathe and suffocates.

Picture a poor little mole suffocating in your hand after you took it out of its hole. Put it back right away! Don't kill that little mole!


Reading

On'yomi

ちつ

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As the mole suffocates it cheats (ちつ) and shoves its head into your closed hand. You realize what it's doing and squeeze your hand tighter so it's more like a hole. You can feel the mole breathing again now.

Unfortunately, you can't use cheats on life, and the mole suddenly stiffens and suffocates to death anyway. You should feel bad about what you've done.


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