Of Rice and Zen Kanji Mnemonics

JLPT level 2 kanji 

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Mnemonic: If you see a thing that looks like an eye with legs it's probably just a shellfish
Elements: eye, legs
Meaning: shellfish
on: kai
kun: bai

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Mnemonic: this thread will lead you to the meeting, when you get there I'll show you my pictures
Elements: thread, meeting
Meaning: picture
on: kai, e
kun:

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Mnemonic: comparing shades of white is nearly impossible, we're going to need everybody
Elements: compare, white
Meaning: everyone
on: kai
kun: mina, minna

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Mnemonic: under the shadow of a trailing cliff start a fire and cremate him until naught but ash remains
Elements: trailing cliff, fire
Meaning: ash, cremate
on: kai
kun: hai

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Mnemonic: trees be cautioned, humans are going to chop you down to make machines
Elements: tree, caution
Meaning: machine
on: kai
kun: kase

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Mnemonic: we've been finding snakes coiled up in these folding chairs, we'll have to modify the design so they can't get in
Elements: snake, folding chair
Meaning: modify, reform
on: kai
kun: arata.meru, arata.maru

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Mnemonic: someone's going to have to go around the corner, pick up a sword and kill that cow, it's the only way to solve our problems
Elements: corner, sword, cow
Meaning: to solve
on: kai, ge
kun: to.ku, to.kasu, to.keru, hodo.ku, hodo.keru, waka.ru, sato.ru

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Mnemonic: one person in eight would jam themselves into a shellfish
Elements: person, eight
Meaning: jammed in, shellfish
kun: kai

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Mnemonic: if you take the path of dishonesty you'll end up overdoing it
Elements: path, dishonesty
Meaning: overdo
on: ka
kun: su.giru, -su.giru, -su.gi, su.gosu, ayama.tsu, ayama.chi, yo.giru

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Mnemonic: in ancent Japan shellfish were used as currency and today the kanji for things that can be changed into shellfish currency are goods
Elements: change, shellfish/currency
Meaning: goods, freight
on: ka
kun: takara