EI |
"Fonzie" is the keyword for the EI onyomi, because that was his catchphrase on the show. "EYYYY!" Back in '78, that was the most coveted t-shirt: a half-sleeve jersey with The Fonz giving a thumbs-up and reciting EYYYY!! That's right, I'm old. Didn't ever get that shirt, neither! |
永 consists of ice (氷) plus a dot, which we will, in a blaze of inspiration, call a second snowflake. So now we can say, "It's been icy forever, so we have more than one snowflake. They're piled on top of each other! It's been snowing forever!" |
永遠 に |
poetic forever
★★★☆☆
the poetic 'forever': I'll hate you forever! We shall rule the world forever! |
永久 に |
forever
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forever - the science word. (BOOBOO : the poetic word is 'eien'.(永遠)) |
Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
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氷 | ice | ONE SNOWFLAKE-DOT | |
水 | water | NO FLAKES AT ALL | |
永 | forever | TWO SNOWFLAKE-DOTS |
Ice has the SNOWFLAKE on top, water doesn't. So you can say, "Water doesn't have a SNOWFLAKE because water is warm."
If it has been icy for ever, there are TWO SNOWFLAKES piled up on top of each other!
forever
永久に 永遠に |