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余裕

よゆう

room, leeway

Mnemonic

Whatever did not get used, and clothing cut as wide as a valley. Room to move about inside it. Yo よ, you ゆう, take your time: he finished with an hour spare and never hurried: よゆう.

Worth knowing

Time, money or composure, all the same word. 余裕がある is having slack in the system. 部屋 へや is the other room, the one with walls.

Built from

surplus, remainder
A roof with whatever was left over stacked underneath it.
abundance
衤 clothing + 谷 valley

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