edge

(town) + (festival) Same-ON
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Onyomi

SAI

Mnemonic

The festival of SIGHs is on the edge of town, over there.

Kunyomi

( xxx ) きわ SUFFIX attatched to a place or thing , meaning 'close to' or 'on the border or edge of' something- usually used with locations: 'I'm standing on the edge of the ocean, where it meets the shore.' It is pronounced GIWA. SUF
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Jukugo

実際(じっさい)

in fact ★★★★☆
(truth) + (edge) = 実際 (in fact)

in fact. (as in, 'You think you're Samoan, but in fact, you're adopted.')

Also has the nuance of 'in practice', as opposed to 'in theory.'

xxxの (さい) にYYY

at the time of xxx ★★☆☆☆

"at the time of XXX, do YYY" .. . As in, 'As long as you're going to the kitchen, get me some pretzels, you crazy broad.'

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
judge NUMBER
police FESTIVAL
edge TOWN
chafe HAND

When the judge gives you a NUMBER of years in prison,

the police will have a FESTIVAL on the edge of TOWN.

Your HAND is chafing against my thigh.

Synonyms

border, edge
国境    境    境界    縁    端    末    先    外れ    際   
social status
身分    分際    階級