fill up

(decapitated cow) + (human legs)
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6 strokes
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Onyomi

JUU

JEWISH people like to fill up on Eastern European traditional dishes like blintzes and knish.

Mnemonic

I decapitated the cow and found that its belly was full of human legs! What do you have to say about that, PETA? Yeah, I thought so.

Jukugo

充実した(じゅうじつした)

plentiful, full ★☆☆☆☆ F
(fill up) + (truth) = 充実した (plentiful, full)

a somewhat formal way to say, "full, satisfactory, plentiful"

充電(じゅうでん) する

charge a battery ☆☆☆☆☆
(fill up) + (electricity) = 充電 (charge a battery)

charge a battery (no stars, but it demonstrates the 'fill up' meaning)

補充(ほじゅう) する

suppliment ☆☆☆☆☆
(supplement) + (fill up) = 補充 (suppliment)

to suppliment, (a shortfall or deficit) or replenish (fluids, vitamins to replenish strength, restock the store-room) - it's like 補う, but the nuance is that you are restocking a supply of something which has dwindled.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
past tense ム IS UNDER 土
until ム IS ABOVE 土
fill up LEGS

In the past, moocows lived UNDER the earth,

until they finally migrated ABOVEground.

The tunnels were filled up with the LEGS of the migrating cows.

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Synonyms

supplement
補う    補強    補充する    補遺