Kage Bunshin

影分身

literallyshadow + other self

影shadow分身other self

Shadow Clone.

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影shadow, silhouette, phantomエイかげ15 strokes 分part, minute of time, segmentブンフンブわ.ける4 strokes · taught in grade 2 身somebody, person, one's station in lifeシンみ7 strokes · taught in grade 3

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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.

影

影響えいきょうinfluence
撮影さつえいphotography
影かげshadow
影の内閣かげのないかくshadow cabinet
面影おもかげface

分

自分じぶんmyself
部分ぶぶんportion
分野ぶんやfield
十分じゅうぶんenough
処分しょぶんdisposal

身

自身じしんself
出身しゅっしんone's origin
身みone's body
中身なかみcontents
身長しんちょうheight

影・分・身 — every one of these is a square on the grid of 2,136 jōyō kanji. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

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