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爆発

ばくはつ

blast, explosion

Mnemonic

Fire that refuses to stay where it was put, let go all in one go. The dynamite went and took the back ばく hats はつ off everybody stood near it: ばくはつ.

Built from

explode
火 fire on the left with something violent alongside. Fire that does not stay where it was put.
depart, emit
Two feet at the top and a bow being loosed underneath. Something setting off, and whatever gets let go.

Words sharing these kanji

discovery, revelation speech occurrence, happening to emit, to radiate

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