発見

はっけん · hakken · JLPT N3 · noun

discovery

🔍💡 発 (emit, set out) + 見 (see) = what comes out into view: a discovery

発 means to set out or emit, as in 出発 (departure); 見 means to see. A 発見 is something that comes out where it can be seen. Sound hook: hakken sounds like hack in, and when you hack in, you find things.

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