Blessing

"Blessing" by Nao

megumi, megu-mu, kei, e

The noun megumi means blessing or mercy.

The verb megumu means “to bless.” Its passive form is megumareru meaning blessed. If you want to tell that somebody is lucky, you can say, megumareteiru, which means that they are blessed. On contrary, unfortunate people are described as “megumarenai hito bito” or “megumarenai hitotachi.” Similarly, unfortunate children are “megumarenai kodomotachi.”

Although this is an unseasonable topic, people eat a sushi roll called “ehō maki” on the first day of spring. This is a ritual warding off evil fortune. When you do this, you need to face a lucky direction, which changes every year. Ehō means a lucky direction. Maki means a roll. It’s around February 4^th.

Wisdom is chie. If you study too hard, you might have a fever called chienetsu, of which the netsu means fever.

1. Draw the horizontal stroke on the top.
2. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
3. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
4. Draw the horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
5. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
6. Draw the vertical stroke.
7. Draw the dot to the left.
8. Draw the curve at the bottom with an upward turn.
9. Strike the dot above the curve and make it head to the next dot.
10. Draw the dot beside the curve.