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15 晩 Night

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Radical Combination

  • 日 Sun
  • 免 Excuse

Meaning

Primary

Night

Alternative

Evening

Mnemonic

The sun has an excuse for disappearing at night. The sun gets really tired, same as anyone else – so when night rolls around the sun excuses itself and goes to sleep. It’s a valid excuse.

Hints

Imagine you’re the sun, working all day. Of course you get tired. This is a good excuse to go to bed at night and get some rest. Feel how sore and hot and sweaty and exhausted you are after a hard day’s work of being the sun.

Readings

On’yomi

ばん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Since you’re the sun, it’s pretty bright, so before you excuse yourself for the night, you’re wearing Ray-Ban (ばん) sunglasses. You keep these Ray-Ban sunglasses on all day to protect your eyes from being burned by yourself.

Hints

You’re a pretty cool dude. Ray-Bans are cool. You even wear them at night you’re so awesome. Yeah.

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 勉
    • べん
    • Exertion

Found In Vocabulary

  • 毎晩
    • まいばん
    • Every Night
  • 今晩は
    • こんばんは
    • Good Evening
  • 晩
    • ばん
    • Night
  • 晩ご飯
    • ばんごはん
    • Dinner
  • 晩酌
    • ばんしゃく
    • Evening Drink
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