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Minister Prime Party E.G Worthy Suitable Sumo Aspect

Kanji
Onyomi ソウ、ショウ
Kunyomi あい-
Nanori あ, い, おう, さ, さが, すけ
English inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Examples 外相(がいしょう): Foreign Minister
首相(しゅしょう): Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier
相手(あいて): (1) companion; partner; company (2) other party; addressee (3) opponent (sports, etc.)
相談(そうだん): consultation; discussion
相互(そうご): mutual; reciprocal
相場(そうば): (1) market price (2) speculation (e.g. on stocks) (3) reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
相当(そうとう): (1) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable (2) considerable; substantial (3) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to (4) to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent (5) extremely; considerably
相撲(すもう): (1) sumo wrestling (2) sumo wrestler; rikishi
真相(しんそう): truth; real situation
相変わらず(あいかわらず): as ever; as usual; the same
様相(ようそう): aspect
相違(そうい): difference; discrepancy; variation
相続(そうぞく): succession; inheritance
相応(そうおう): suitability; fitness
可哀相(かわいそう): poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
蔵相(ぞうしょう): Minister of Finance
相対(あいたい): confrontation; facing; between ourselves; no third party; tete-a-tete
相応しい(ふさわしい): appropriate; adequate; suitable
相対(そうたい): relative
相(あい): together; mutually; fellow
相(そう): (1) appearance; look; countenance (2) a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune (3) aspect (4) phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 45
Components 木: tree; wood
目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 109
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading め・めへん・よこめ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword inter-
Koohii Story 1 The prime minister is having inter-course behind that tree! All you can see are his eyes poking out from the righthand-side of the tree.
Koohii Story 2 ソウ/ショウ/あ INTER /MUTUAL /ASPECT /PHASE /MINISTER. "Long ago, before there were telephones, people living far from one another would climb trees to eye each other´s aspects and inter-act for their mutual benefit. Those who did this best became government ministers, with the top person (perhaps the one with the longest neck (首, neck (#70)) becoming the prime minister 「首相 (しゅしょう)".

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq1-250

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