Meanings
Readings
Common Words
desertification
'taru' adjective
vast; boundless
'taru' adjective
vague; obscure
'taru' adjective
vast; boundless
'taru' adjective
vague
Sahara Desert
Memory Mnemonics
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
There must not be any water in the dessert. Explains the vague mirages.
The old sailor’s map had a vague warning in one corner: “Here be monsters. You must not enter this water.”
The law was deliberately left vague. It stated that one must not interfere with the river’s flow, but what constituted ‘interference’ in the water was never defined.
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