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騒ぐ

さわぐ

to make a racket, to mess around

Mnemonic

A horse with something biting at it, in a carriage, at eight in the morning. Somebody saw さわ a ghost ぐ, by the sound of it. Not in here, thank you: さわぐ.

Worth knowing

ふざける is messing about. 騒ぐ is the noise that messing about makes.

Built from

noisy, make a din
馬 a horse on the left with something biting at it. Nothing about the result is quiet.

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