Question

去 さ.る、-さ.る gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce 4 440 5 28 む 会意 Compound Ideographic Going, going, GONE!, said the gravedigger as he shoveled soil onto the body´s protruding elbow (the last bit left to cover).

Accepted Answer

キョ、コ い 過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life去年(きょねん): last year去る(さる): (1) to leave; to go away (2) to pass; to elapse (3) to be distant (4) to send away; to drive off; to divorce (5) (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) ... completely (6) last ... (e.g. "last April")立ち去る(たちさる): to leave; to depart; to take one's leave消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away 3 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28) 厶 2 (none) gone If you want the soil stains gone from your clothes, then you´ll need to put some elbow grease into cleaning them.

Kanji	去
Onyomi	キョ、コ
Kunyomi	さ.る、-さ.る
Nanori	い
English	gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
Examples	過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life 去年(きょねん): last year 去る(さる): (1) to leave; to go away (2) to pass; to elapse (3) to be distant (4) to send away; to drive off; to divorce (5) (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb) ... completely (6) last ... (e.g. "last April") 立ち去る(たちさる): to leave; to depart; to take one's leave 消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	440
Components	土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 厶: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	厶
Radical Number	28
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	む
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	gone
Koohii Story 1	Going, going, GONE!, said the gravedigger as he shoveled soil onto the body´s protruding elbow (the last bit left to cover).
Koohii Story 2	If you want the soil stains gone from your clothes, then you´ll need to put some elbow grease into cleaning them.

Past Divorce Previous One's Leave Soil Elbow 去