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面白い

おもしろい

interesting, amusing

Mnemonic

He is so gripped by whatever it is that the blood has gone out of his face. Oh, Moe おも, Shirley しろい, it cannot possibly be that interesting: おもしろい.

Built from

face, surface
A pictograph, a face inside its outline.
white
A pictograph. Usually read as the sun just breaking the horizon.

Words sharing these kanji

surface, ground annoying, troublesome serious, earnest surface, aspect white, blank white confession, admission

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