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相変わらず

あいかわらず

as usual, as before

Mnemonic

You come back after a year and he is at the same desk, same pile, same complaint. Aye あい, kawa かわ, and nothing changed らず at all: あいかわらず.

Built from

mutual, each other
木 tree + 目 eye
change
A simplified form: one thing turning into another.

Words sharing these kanji

partner, opponent consultation, advice correspondence, suitability to change, to alter to change strange, funny terrible, serious, grave change, variation

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