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41 炭 Charcoal

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

すみ

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

彼の口車に乗って、炭をしこたま購入してしまった。

I ended up buying a lot of charcoal because of his cajoling.

Meaning Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.

Reading Explanation

I'm gonna put charcoal in your mouth. Whatchoo gonna do? Sue me (すみ)?

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