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A dictionary splits one word into a dozen meanings. Most of the time it is one picture that the meanings grow out of. Catch the picture once and the rest follows.

Play Core Quest — 10 scenes a day

Korean

228 words

하다 ha-da 하다 has no meaning of its own — it is a switch Korean 5 uses

되다 doe-da 되다 is not something you do — it is something filling up Korean 5 uses

가다 ga-da 가다 is one arrow pointing away from you Korean 5 uses

오다 o-da 오다 is the arrow coming toward you Korean 5 uses

보다 bo-da 보다 is about where you park your eyes Korean 5 uses

주다 ju-da 주다: something crosses from your side to theirs Korean 5 uses

English

235 words

get ɡet Why one little verb covers mail, chairs, and cold weather English 5 uses

take teɪk Buses, pills, and ten minutes all get taken English 5 uses

put pʊt Writing a name and delaying a meeting are the same move English

make meɪk Coffee, mistakes, and sleepiness all get made English 5 uses

do duː The verb with no meaning of its own — and why it leads the sentence English 5 uses

have hæv A cough, a meeting, and lunch all sit inside the same fence English 5 uses

Japanese

211 words

する suru する: the hand that makes things happen Japanese 5 uses

なる naru The verb that arrives on its own: なる Japanese 5 uses

ある aru ある isn't 'to exist' — it's 'to sit there' Japanese 5 uses

いる iru いる: still there, still breathing Japanese 5 uses

かける kakeru Phones, glasses, dressing: what かける really does Japanese 5 uses

つく tsuku Stains stick, and so does confidence: つく Japanese 5 uses

Chinese

211 words

打 dǎ One verb, one reaching hand: 打 Chinese 5 uses

开 kāi The moment two halves come apart: 开 Chinese 5 uses

上 shàng It begins the moment your foot lands: 上 Chinese 5 uses

下 xià Whatever went up has to come down: 下 Chinese 5 uses

到 dào The instant the arrowhead touches: 到 Chinese 5 uses

给 gěi Out of my hand, into yours: 给 Chinese 5 uses