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秋

あき

fall

Mnemonic

Grain next to fire, the stubble burnt off once the harvest is in. Ah あ, key き, and she has picked exactly that gap in the year to get married: あき.

Worth knowing

The season. 落ちる おちる is the verb, a thing dropping.

Built from

autumn
禾 grain + 火 fire

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