冒 Dare

Radical Combination

• 日

  Sun
• 目

  Eye

Meaning

Primary

Dare

Mnemonic

When the sun gets in your eye, I dare you to stare at it. I dare you to look right at the sun. I dare you.

Hints

Looking at the sun straight on hurts. It’s bad for your eyes and burns your brain. Imagine how painful it is to stare at the sun.

Readings

On’yomi

ぼう

Kun’yomi

おか

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

After you’ve blinded yourself from the dare of looking at the sun and losing sight in each eye, the guy dares you to go bowling (ぼう). You’re blind now, so bowling will be quite the challenge.

Hints

Picture yourself bowling without the power of sight. It would be awfully difficult to do well. You’d just have to concentrate really hard on the sound of the pins and determine where you need to throw the ball.