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Keyword
jump around
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1379
Readings
やく
(76%)
おど
(20%)
やっ
(3%)
Composed of
𧾷
slender foot
ヨ
broken trident
ヨ
broken trident
隹
old bird
Mnemonic

An old bird is jumping around on his single slender foot shouting "yo! yo! stop!" trying to avoid the broken tridents that the butcher's throwing at him.

Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
jump; leap; skip; bound
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
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Examples (13 in total)
At seventy, he is still active.
Her heart jumped for joy.
The company's profits soared.
During his year of study abroad, Tom's French improved rapidly.
He is playing an active part in politics.
She suddenly became famous.
The crew jumped for joy.
We exulted at our good fortune.
The performance of the one-armed swordsman caught a lot of attention.
She's still active in the front lines.
In the seventies, the Japanese economy made a remarkable leap.
Doctors have made great strides in their fight against cancer.
The government is desperate to keep inflation down.