机

つくえ · tsukue · JLPT N5 · noun

desk

🪑📝 tsukue: you TSUKU (arrive) at your desk, then say EH, more work?

Sound hook: tsuku means to arrive in Japanese, and the final e is the sigh on seeing the pile of work. Note the same kanji 机 means machine in Chinese (short for 機), but in Japanese it is read tsukue and means only desk.

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