O or GO |
It is the honorable, correct thing to GO to the cops and give them your fingerprints. At least that's what they make foreigners do at the airport! |
御飯 |
rice
★★★★☆
KANA
two meanings - 1) cooked rice, 2) a meal |
御手洗い |
toilet, man. Toilet!!!!!!!
★★★☆☆
F
a shitter |
御覧 |
please look sir
★★☆☆☆
F
a formal way of asking your superior to view something. either 'ごらん ください' or 'ごらん に なる.' |
御免なさい |
sorry
★☆☆☆☆
KANA
sorry (usually KANA, but it's worth learning to see the roots of the expression: 'Honorably exempt me (from your wrath!)') |
Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
---|---|---|---|
暇 | free time | DAY | 日 |
喫 | enjoy a drink and a smoke | MOUTH | 口 |
潔 | honorable | WATER | 水 |
御 | the honorific "o" | GO | 行 |
I'm free TODAY, to enjoy a drink with my MOUTH.
I'm honorable so I'll share my WATER .
As for 御, it is easy because the left radical means GO in English, and it's pronounced GO!!!