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御 is like THE honorific particle. You see/hear this everywhere. To sound polite and grammatically correct, this gets added in front of countless words (お金 o-kane, ご覧 go-ran, お茶 o-cha, etc.) Much more commonly it is pronounced “o” or “go”. Usually it is also not written in kanji but in hiragana.

土 just means earth or soil. It’s also part of the word 土曜日 doyoubi, Saturday, and 土星 dosei, Saturn.

我 - I always think of old men when I see this word 😂 because they always use it to refer to themselves. You’ll often hear this in its plural form, 我が waga - ours, or 我々wareware - us. By itself 我 ga, it means the self or ego.

留 is always pronounced ru/ryuu and means “stop” or “stay”. It’s in the word 留学生ryuugakusei, foreign exchange student, and 留守 rusu, away from home.

DAY 1 · short prompts: Hidden / Discarded · long prompt: "a sealed up secret"

DAY 2 · short prompts: Relent / Entwine · long prompt: "if I go with you"

DAY 3 · short prompts: Aloof / Hollow · long prompt: "like we're missing something"

DAY 4 · short prompts: Nostalgia / Unrequited · long prompt: "some stories are better forgotten"

DAY 5 · short prompts: Shelter / Trust · long prompt: "if you're willing to lead"

DAY 6 · short prompts: Endearment / Admission · long prompt: "beginning to understand"