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RTK / HeisigFrame #1246

old boy

Lv 15

Strokes: 7

JLPT: N3

Jōyō: Grade 3

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old boy RTKBuddyRuler

Community Mnemonic

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There's a tendency in Japan to make the younger members (kouhai) clean up after the older members (senpai) of a group, which results in a lot of grumbling and whining. "Well old boy," a senpai might say, "If you did as much work with the mop as you do with your mouth, you would have been done an hour ago".

Source: Kanji Koohii community

On'yomi

くん

Kun'yomi

きみ

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