TEI |
A detective is a person who you hire to check up on your mate's chastity.Does that count as a Fucked Root? |
探偵 |
private detective
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BOOBOO: Most books say this means 'detective' but really it means private detective, not police. (police detective is 刑事 -けいじ). There's a huge P.I. industry here - they have advertisements in all the magazines and even posters on walls on the street! |
Meaning | Hint | Radical | |
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占 | fortune teller/ occupy | MOUTH | 口 |
貞 | chastity | SHELL | 貝 |
偵 | detective | PERSON | 人 |
She tells the fortune with her MOUTH.
The sea SHELL was chaste - it reproduced asexually.
A detective is a PERSON you hire to check the chastity of your daughter or spouse.