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Military Grow Flowers Officers 蔚 うち おとこよもぎ S+

Kanji
Kunyomi うち, おとこよもぎ
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
尉: military officer; jailer; old man; rank
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword grow plentiful
Koohii Story 1 "This reminds me of the old Peter, Paul and Mary anti-war song, ""Where have all the flowers gone?"" The final verse talks about the graveyards of military officers being the place where flowers grow plentiful."
Koohii Story 2 Military officers make for good fertilizer. So after a war the flowers in the military officer's graveyard grow plentiful.
RTK Index (new) 2486

Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+

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