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Japanese rebus monogram

A Japanese "rebus monogram" is like a puzzle made out of pictures and symbols that share a sound in common. The pictures and symbols stand for words that share that sound. For example, a common one is a picture of a mountain and a symbol of a sun in the sky. This could stand for the word "morning" because the sound of "mountain" and "morning" are the same.
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