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Strokes9
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Radicalwalk(3)

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Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of advance and phonetic. Sending off.

Symbolism

Send, see off, broadcast. Represents sending something out.

Anime & Manga

おくりびと

Departures(2008)

anime/film

Story of an encoffiner who 'sends off' the dead. Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film.

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Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

暗送秋波

あんそうしゅうは

giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes; giving an amorous sidelong look