257. Birth 産 [N3]
Give birth to new life while standing on a cliff

256. Returning 戻 [N3]
Returning through the big door is best

255. Root 根 [N2]
A tree made from silver must have good roots

254. Measure, Plot or Plan 計 [N4]
Say it ten times to get the measure

253. Correct 正 [N4]
It is correct to stop below the line

252. Stop 止 [N4]
A stop sign has two posts with one pointing out

251. Carry or Transport 運 [N4]
Carry everything like an army on the move

250. Music, Pleasure 楽 [N4]
Four sparks of white above a tree inspire music

249. Wide or Spacious 広 [N4]
This cliff is where I have to spread myself wide

248. Bad 悪 [N4]
It is bad for your heart to be under Asia

247. Old 古 [N4]
Ten mouths to feed would make you feel old

246. Begin or Start 始 [N4]
A woman needs a platform to begin

245. Platform or Pedestal 台 [N4]
Bend my arm on a platform for a mouth

244. Rotate or Revolve 転 [N4]
Rotation comes when two cars mostly meet

243. Move 動 [N4]
To move something heavy needs power

242. Heavy or Pile up 重 [N4]
A double wheeled vehicle can carry heavy loads

241. Borrow 借 [N4]
A person in olden times had to borrow

240. Serve or Attend 仕 [N4]
A person who is a samurai serves here

239. Stand up or Erect 立 [N4]
Standing up on both legs makes you appear large

238. Consider, Think 考 [N4]
Old man leans on bent stick and considers his future

237. Thousand 千 [N5]
Ten people join for a thousand years

236. Ten 十 [N5]
Make a perfect cross for ten out of ten

235. Nine 九 [N5]
A loopy ten with a hook is only worth nine

234. Soil or Earth 土 [N5]
Add ten shovels of earth to ground level to make a perfect pile of soil

233. Eight 八 [N5]
Only eight can divide three times

231. Half or Midway 半 [N5]
Headless cow is divided, then you get half

230. Picture or painting 絵 [N3]
Threads meeting make a picture

229. Circular, Round or Yen 円 [N5]
Yen coins are circular so roll out of an upside down box

228. Accomplishment, Achievement or Plural 達 [N3]
The movement of sheep on an earth road is an accomplishment

227. Private, I or Me 私 [N4]
I keep my private wheat to myself

226. Visit or Call on 訪 [N3]
A visit is when you say words in a particular direction

225. Ten thousand 万 [N5]
Ten thousand dollars might make you lose direction a little bit

224. Direction 方 [N4]
One sword blade gives most direction, which also adds a bit to ten thousand

223. Coloring or Colouring 彩 [N1]
Designers gather colors then add some fur

222. Vegetable 菜 [N2]
Gather green plants for vegetable dish

221. Pick 採 [N2]
To pick fruit from a tree, an extra hand helps gather

220. Gather, Appearance or Dice 采 [N1]
To gather fruit you must claw it from the tree

219. Carve, Sculpt or Engrave 彫 [N1]
Carve three curving lines around the perimeter of each sculpture

218. Shadow or Shade 影 [N1]
If you wear fur to visit scenery, stay in the shade

217. Blossom or Bloom 咲 [N2]
This blossom looks like mouths with heavenly horns

216. Spring or Springtime 春 [N4]
Three people enjoy the sun in Spring

215. Voice 声 [N3]
Hear the voice of the samurai with the split flag

214. Color or Colour 色 [N4]
Person kneels to have their eyes colored

213. Scenery or View 景 [N3]
Sun on the capital city provides perfect scenery

212. Capital 京 [N4]
The Capital is where the tall and small come together.

211. Strange 奇 [N1]
It can be strange when big is allowed

210. Baggage, Luggage or Load 荷 [N2]
What do you put on your baggage? Daisies, of course

209. River 河 [N2]
Rivers can allow water to flow

208. What 何 [N5]
What is a person allowed to do?

207. Allowed, Permitted or Can 可 [N3 or N4]
They allow mouths to be nailed on this street

206. Street or City block 丁 [N1]
You mark out a street or city block by nailing in metal spikes

205. Pagoda or Tower 塔 [N2]
Fit together a daisy chain from the pile of earth at the pagoda

204. Answer, Reply or Solution 答 [N4]
Bamboo that fits together gives the answer

203. Wish or Thought 念 [N3]
A wish is what is in your heart now

202. Include or Contain 含 [N2]
Now you may include things in your mouth

201. Recite 吟 [N1]
When the poet recites, now is not the time to open your mouth

200. Pick up or Gather 拾 [N2]
Hands fit together well, so you can pick up anything

199. Supply or Salary 給 [N3]
Efficient supply means fitting together every thread in your plan

198. Cloud 雲 [N2]
Clouds that produce rain have two layers and a bolt of lightning below

197. Fit together or join 合 [N3]
To fit something together you gather for mouth to mouth communication

196. Meeting 会 [N4]
A meeting is two people gathering to introduce themselves

195. Now 今 [N5]
Now is the time to gather - see the hands of the clock

194. Journey 往 [N1]
When the lord and master of the house sets out on a journey, he always starts by going left

193. Pillar or Post 柱 [N2]
The lord and master of the tree house ties his dog to a pillar

192. Pour or Concentrate on 注 [N4]
The lord and master of the house pours water from a candlestick

191. Dwell or Reside 住 [N4]
Who dwells here? The person who is master of the house

190. Master (of the house) or Lord 主 [N4]
The master of the house is a king with just a drop of power

189. Drink 飲 [N4]
When we lack food, we turn to drink

188. Life or Living 生 [N5]
Life shoots out of the earth, then a bloom appears

187. Melodious 朗 [N1]
A good moon makes one cheerful and melodious

186. Eyeball 眼 [N1]
Like a pirate's eyeballs, one good eye but one bit missing

185. Eat or Food 食 [N5]
Lift a lid to uncover good food to eat

184. Silver 銀 [N4]
Silver is a good metal but we are missing a bit

183. Good 良 [N3]
White can be a good color if you add extras

182. Mirror 鏡 [N1]
Mirrors are polished metal where humans stand, making noises about how good they look

181. Gold or metal 金 [N5]
The King keeps two bars of gold at the foot of his covered bed

180. Arrow or Dart 矢 [N1]
The drop in the sky is an arrow, falling in your eye!

179. Tall or Expensive 高 [N5]
This tall tower has two openings, one hidden under a box and one just under the lid

178. Happiness 幸 [N3]
The ten spicy experiences that give happiness

177. Little or small 小 [N5]
Just three drops make little difference

176. Resign or quit (and 'word') 辞 [N3]
When resigning, spicy words feel good on the tongue

175. North 北 [N5]
Two people back to back at the North Pole, one with arms raised and toes curled, like a spoon

174. South 南 [N5]
In the South they hide spicy food under a box

173. Spicy or Hot or Bitter 辛 [N2]
Spicy as ten needles standing on your tongue

172. Six 六 [N5]
Lid stops eight getting two so makes six

171. Bosom, Breast or Chest 胸 [N2]
Lungs are an empty box, wrapped in ribs and with extra flesh we call our bosom

170. Waist, Hips or Loin 腰 [N2]
The needs of the flesh add to the waist

169. Needed or Need 要 [N3]
All good westerns need a good woman

168. Fold (bend, break) 折 [N3]
Hold a folding origami axe in your left hand

167. Harbor or Harbour 港 [N3]
In the harbor one is together with just the water and oneself

166. To offer (submit, companion) 供 [N3]
A companion offers togetherness with a person

165. Together 共 [N3]
Two hands hold one bunch of daisies together

164. Five 五 [N5]
For five simply take three then add two down

163. Four 四 [N5]
All boxes have four sides, but only this one has legs

162. Write down (scribe, record) 記 [N3]
First say the words to oneself then write them down

161. Distribute 配 [N3]
Distribute alcohol without water to kneeling people then to oneself

160. Alcohol (or sake) 酒 [N3]
In the West when we want alcohol for a Zodiac day we make sure to take a little water with it

159. The Rooster (Zodiac sign) 酉 [N1 or none]
At special times chickens drink alcohol with no water

158. West 西 [N5]
Of the four directions, West is the one with legs

157. Behind 後 [N5]
Go left, follow the fine thread, then walk behind

156. Line 線 [N2]
Threads of white water spring into a line we call a stream

155. Spring 泉 [N2]
Water springing from the earth is pure white

154. Cotton 綿 [N2]
Cotton goods are just white cloth threaded together

153. Compile (edit, knit) 編 [N2]
Editors compile threads of words together, and use tomes of books as a doorstop

152. Thread 糸 [N2]
Wrap thread using this small two level wrapper

151. Tome (used to count books) 冊 [N2]
You line up three books to make this tome

150. Three 三 [N5]
Two is company and three is just one more

149. Two 二 [N5]
Always put the shorter one of the two on top!

148. One 一 [N5]
Every character starts with one single line

147. Europe 欧 [N2]
Europe is a district lacking a common language

146. Soft 軟 [N2]
A car lacking metal can be soft as silk

145. Lack (and Yawn) 欠 [N3]
People who yawn show a lack of politeness and should wrap their arm over their mouth

144. Warehouse 庫 [N2]
Some warehouses are full of dusty old cars. They might as well be kept under a cliff

143. Army 軍 [N2]
The army needs covered vehicles for protection

142. Long 長 [N5]
Three strands of hair so long it needs a hair tie and two clips

141. Enter 入 [N5]
A person bending to enter a tent

140. Grains 粒 [N2]
Grains of rice cover the vase and the vase stand

139. Flour 粉 [N2]
To make flour cut rice into parts with a knife

138. Come 来 [N5]
Come home to one's loved one and rice

137. Rice 米 [N3]
Rice wears a tree costume but two grains remain

136. Build 建 [N4]
Brushes write plans which stretch into buildings

135. Law (also Rhythm) 律 [N2]
Go left to avoid a brush with the law

134. Write 書 [N5]
To write well use your old brush on Sunday

133. Writing brush 筆 [N2]
A bamboo brush tops an ordinary brush

132. History 史 [N2]
A historian's mouth tells of crossed blades

131. District 区 [N4] (N2 in some lists)
Each district puts a box around the crops it cuts

130. Spirit 気 [N5]
The spirit makes the air flow to cut crops

129. Search 捜 [N2]
Search the left hand of the monkey again and again

128. Expand 伸 [N2]
To expand a monkey a person must feed it

127. Electricity 電 [N5]
In an electric storm, shelter from the rain under the monkey's umbrella

126. Monkey say 申 [N3]
Monkey say, monkey do, monkeys climb poles

125. Man 男 [N5]
A man was the power in the rice fields

124. 力 Power [N4]
A powerful plough with two sharp blades and a handle

123. Vehicle (or car) 車 [N5]
This vehicle can carry four and needs a carrying pole at each end

122. Every 毎 [N5]
Every person needs a mother to support them

121. Mother 母 [N5]
Mother has a chest with two drawers with little handles

120. Prosperity 栄 [N2]
The owl-house tree is a lesson in prosperity

119. Bed (or floor) 床 [N2]
Make your bed in the tree under the cliff

118. Tree 木 [N5]
Trees need a platform to sit on

117. Fire 火 [N5]
Two twigs leaning together with two sparks make a fire

116. Create 造 [N2]
To create, simply move around and inform people

115. Inform 告 [N3]
The mouth of the talking cow informs us

114. Below 下 [N5]
Careful pointing down below ground.

113. Above 上 [N5]
Always point at things above the ground.

112. Middle 中 [N5]
Carry the stick in your mouth - no, not that way!

111. Quantity 量 [N2]
At dawn in a hamlet you count the quantity of people remaining.

110. Juvenile 童 [N2]
You find juveniles standing up in hamlets

109. Bury (or be buried) 埋 [N2]
In a hamlet a pile of soil is where things are buried

108. Hamlet (Small village) 里 [N2]
Wherever there are rice fields and soil, there is a hamlet

107. Boundary (Border) 境 [N2]<
At the boundary men make noise by a pile of soil

106. Village 村 [N2]
For a new village you begin by measuring trees

104. Plan 案 [N1 or N2 (unclear)]
Plan by relaxing in the cheap tree-top seats.

103. Environs (Surroundings) 辺 [N2]
Swords on the roads make remote environs safe

102. Sky (Heavens) 天 [N5]
To hold up the sky takes one large person.

101. Water 水 [N5]
Water drops have four parts

100. Woman 女 [N5]
Women like to sit at tables

94. Sun 日 [N5]

93. Read 読 [N5] (uses 92 'sell' & 74 'say')

92. Sell 売 [N4] (uses 91 'samurai')

91. Samurai 士 [N1]

90. In front of 前 [N5]

At full moon stay in front of men with knives and horns

89. Before 先 [N5]

Come before the men in cow costumes.

88. Shellfish 貝 [N2]

Shellfish with one eye walk with straight legs.

87. See 見 [N5]

An eye with little human legs is rarely seen

86. Eye 目 [N4]

Eye see three areas - eyelid, pupil, eyelid

85. Cut 切 [N4]

Seven swords make for clean cuts

84. Part or parts 分 [N5]

Division into parts is done with a sword

83. Sword 刀 [N1]

You can draw this sword with just two strokes

82. Exit 出 [N5] (uses 81 'mountain')

The exit path leads up through two mountains

81. Mountain 山 [N5]

The mountain has a peak and two minor summits

80. Many 多 [N4] (uses 77 'evening')
Double evenings make many moons

78. Name 名 [N5] (uses 77 'evening')
Identify yourself in the evening by mouthing your name

77. Evening 夕 [N4]
In the evening the lower part of the moon is invisible

76. 語 Word [N5] (uses 74 'say')
We say that five mouths make many words

75. 話 Talk [N5] (uses 73 'tongue' & 74 'say')
At the Tower of Babel they 'talk in tongues', they say

74. Say 言 [N4] (uses 73 'tongue')
As you say, your mouth sends out (3) sound waves

73. 舌 Tongue [N1]
Reptiles have a forked tongue in their mouth

72. 校 School [N5] (uses 71 'mingle')
At school, students mingle by the tree

71. 交 Mingle [N3]
Father always puts on a kettle lid to mingle

70. 父 Father [N5]
Fathers have crossed arms and thick eyebrows

69. Country 国 [N5] (uses 68 'jade')
Every country puts jade in a simple box

68. Jade 玉 [N2] (uses 67 'king')
The king adds a small dot to mark his jade

67. 王 King [N3]
A king stands between us and heaven and earth

66. 雨 Rain [N5]
Raining cats and dogs? Divide your shelter into two

65. 学 Learning (or study) [N5] (uses 64 'child')
For learning, children go to the owl house

64. Child 子 [N5]
Child with long arms and half a Z for a head

63. Space 間 [N5]
Sun shines through the gates from the space beyond

62. Book 本 [N5]
One tree is the origin for a book

61. East 東 [N5]
The sun rises behind a tree in the East

60. Left 左 [N5]
To be left-handed is not a sign of witchcraft

59. Right 右 [N5]
Put your left hand to your mouth - that's right

58. Friend 友 [N5]
Friends hand each other secrets, how could it be otherwise?

57. Rest 休 [N5]
When a person needs a rest, a tree is best

56. Year 年 [N5] (uses 55 'noon')
This year you can ride the horse side-saddle

55. Noon 午 [N5] ('hour of the Horse')
Noon is the hour of the horse

54. Large or Big 大 [N5]
A man standing with arms outstretched is large

53. Week 週 [N4] (uses 52 'perimeter')
Each week is a movement along the perimeter of the race track of life

52. 周 Perimeter or Circumference [N2]
Keep a soiled mouth within a safe perimeter

51. 味 Flavor, Flavour or Taste [N4]
It has not reached your mouth, but you can taste the flavor

50. 特 Special [N4] (uses 45 'temple')
They are special cows at the temple

49. Time 時 [N5] (uses 45 'temple')
Use the sundial at the temple to tell the time

48. Hold 持 [N4] (uses 45 'temple')
Hold the temple with your left hand

47. Going 行 [N5]
To keep going forward, each foot must stop and wait for the other

46. Wait 待 [N4] (uses 45 'temple')
The best place to stop and wait is at the temple

45. Temple 寺 [N2]
To build a temple you first measure the soil.

44. Location 場 [N4]
You must not be caught at the location of the pile of soil at dawn

43. Easy 易 [N3]
It is easy to stare at the sun, but you must not!

42. Thing 物 [N4]
That thing must not be a cow!

41. Ground 地 [N4]
This ground is the very soil where Shakespeare walked

40. Company 社 [N4]
Gather at the mound of soil to worship at the company altar

39. Elder or Older Sister 姉 [N4]
The elder sister is the woman who goes to the market

38. Younger Sister 妹 [N4]
Your younger sister is not yet a woman

37. Blue 青 [N4]
Once in a blue moon, the barley shoots appear

36. Buy 買 [N4]
Buy nothing from a shellfish with a funny eye

35. Character 字 [N4]
You name your newborn child under your own roof using Japanese characters

34. Parent 親 [N4]
Parents suggest, to see further first stand on a tree

33. Research 究 [N4]
Do research by poking (nine) fingers into holes

32. Generation 世 [N4]
Each generation pushes the swing for the next

31. World 界 [N4]
As the person responsible for a rice field, it becomes your world

30. Empty, Sky 空 [N4]
All craftspeople love an empty cave

29. House 家 [N4]
You can feel at home with a pig

28. Hear 聞 [N5]
To hear at the gates, you need big ears

27. Town 町 [N4]
A town has a rice field and a sign nailed to a post

26. Open 開 [N4]
Use both hands to open a barred gate

25. Cheap or Peaceful 安 [N4]
A cheap crown does not make a woman a queen

24. Question 問 [N4]
The gatekeeper opens his mouth to ask questions

23. Think 思 [N4]
I think my heart belongs in the rice fields

22. New 新 [N4]
To start a new cabin, stand by a tree with an axe

21. Substance 質 [N4]
It takes two sharp blades to open shellfish

20. Place 所 [N3]
Meet at the place with the axe on the door

19. Near 近 [N4]
Near enough to be hit by an axe

18. Darkness 暗 (uses 13. Noise, Sound) [N3]
Darkness - there is no sun and no sound

17. Grass 草 (uses 10. Early) [N3]
Rise early to see daisies in the grass

16. Tide 潮 (uses 9. Morning) [N1]
In the morning, the tide washes in

15. Recollection 憶 (uses 14. Idea) [N1]
Remember your best ideas in your heart

14. Idea 意 [N4] (uses 13. Noise)
For sound ideas, always listen to your heart

13. Noise or Sound 音 [N4]
Try to stand on the sun - the noise is you screaming

12. Road 道 [N4] (uses 11 'neck')
Roads are where you put your neck on the line!

11. Neck 首 [N3]
Adorn your neck and wear your horns and you are ready to find yourself

10. Early 早 [N4]
Set an early trend, pin a sunflower to your top!

9. Morning 朝 [N4] (uses 10 'early')
As the moon fades, needles of rain fall early in the morning.

8. Wear 着 [N4]
Pulling the wool over your eyes.

7. Employee 員 [N4]
Employees have to 'clam up' about company secrets!

6. Fresh 鮮 [N1]
Sheep will go anywhere for fresh fish

5. Ocean 洋 [N4]
Sheep love water, particularly the ocean

4. Fond of 好 [N3]
Every woman is fond of her child

3. Bright 明 [N4]
Why is it so bright? Because you can see both the sun and the moon

2. Cherry tree 桜 [N1]
If you see a woman under a cherry tree, watch out for the owl

1. Beauty 美 [N3]
Nothing is as beautiful to a poor peasant as a large sheep