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よけい

excess, needless

Mnemonic

Ten words counted out and nine of them were needed. Yo よ, Kay けい, that last one was not, and it is the one everybody goes home remembering: よけい.

Built from

surplus, remainder
A roof with whatever was left over stacked underneath it.
measure, plan
言 speech + 十 ten

Words sharing these kanji

remainder, leftover room, leeway plan, project

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