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29 緊 Tense

Radical Combination

Readings

On’yomi

きん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

The servant sits on a stool, holding a piece of thread, looking very tense.

Reading Mnemonic

You ask the servant why they're so tense, and they say they've been assigned to assassinate the King (きん) of England with this piece of thread.

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