漠
漠

vague, obscure, desert, wide

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vague

Constituents

?flowers
莫graveyard
?St. Bernard
?water droplets
?water pistol
大large
日day
日sun
水water

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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漠然ばく然ばくぜん～と AdverbFreq #6462
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'taru' adjective

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

砂漠さばく沙漠NounFreq #8331
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desert

Examples
サハラは広大な砂漠です。
The Sahara is a vast desert.
漠ばく～と AdverbFreq #33262
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'taru' adjective

vague; obscure

2

'taru' adjective

vast; boundless

茫漠ぼうばく～と AdverbFreq #38444
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'taru' adjective

vast; boundless

2

'taru' adjective

vague; obscure

広漠こうばく宏漠～と AdverbFreq #70307
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'taru' adjective

vast; wide; boundless

砂漠化さばくかNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #71407
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desertification

Examples
非常に残念なことに地球は一秒で1900平方メートルが砂漠化している。
Very regrettably, 1,900 square meters of land become desert every second.
漠々漠漠ばくばく～と AdverbFreq #83918
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'taru' adjective

vast; boundless

2

'taru' adjective

vague; obscure

空漠くうばくNoun～な Adj.～と AdverbFreq #86815
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'taru' adjective

vast; boundless

2

'taru' adjective

vague

サハラ砂漠サハラ沙漠サハラさばくNounFreq #94890
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Sahara Desert

Examples
サハラ砂漠は世界で最も大きい砂漠です。
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
索莫索漠索寞さくばく～と AdverbFreq #119507
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'taru' adjective

dreary; bleak; desolate

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