触れる

ふれる · fureru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to touch

🐛👆 触 = 角 horn + 虫 bug: a bug's horn-like feelers touch and feel

Fureru starts like fur, the soft thing you reach out to touch. The violate sense comes from touching a line you shouldn't cross: 法律に触れる means to fall foul of the law.

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