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Turret Made Fish 櫓 ロ やぐら おおだて Oar

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi やぐら, おおだて
English oar, tower
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 木: tree; wood
魯: foolish; Russia
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword turret
Koohii Story 1 The village that made its living out of catching fish above all was prone to be raided by pirates. So they made a watch turret out of trees and would look every day if the pirates were coming.
Koohii Story 2 "They were stuck in that wooden turret for ages, with nothing but sundried fish to eat."

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades+, jinmeiyou

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