勉 exhortation to make an effort, strive, exertion, exhort to perform one's due diligence 免,力,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ベン
BE　N

Kun-yomi

つと(める
tsu　to　me　ru

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免

メン,まぬか,まぬが HTML entity: 免 frolicking playful concubines, to remove temporarily from one's official position after considering the circumstances, dismiss from further service for the time being or escape from a prohibition once after considering the circumstances, exemption from normal rules after considering the circumstances

　HEAD AND NECK EXPOSED IN DANGER, LOOKING UPWARD, HEAD UP PEEPING OUT FROM INSIDE of JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES, ROWDY BEHAVIOR, FEMALE-FEMALE RELATIONS, BEING DECEITFUL and with REALLY TIGHT COPULATION
　

力

リョク,リキ,リイ,ちから force, power, strength, effort

　QUICK MOVEMENT IN ANY DIRECTION and TENSE FOR A LONG TIME WITH GASPING
…or: ERECTION through NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT
　

Meanings of elements

FROLICKING PLAYFUL CONCUBINES, TO REMOVE TEMPORARILY FROM ONE'S OFFICIAL POSITION AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, DISMISS FROM FURTHER SERVICE FOR THE TIME BEING AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ESCAPE FROM A PROHIBITION AS A SINGULAR EVENT AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AVOID, EXEMPTION FROM NORMAL RULES AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVADE, TO PARDON A SLIGHT OFFENSE AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PERMIT FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY, BENDING THE RULES AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO EXCUSE LESBIAN ACTIVITY FOR THE TIME BEING AFTER CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES and EFFORT, ERECTION in NO-LONGER-INTEGRATED FOOT

「To escape from, excuse and dismiss from service, avoid, exempt, evade duties of the upcoming schedule after considering the circumstances」with「erection in no-longer-integrated foot, efforts」indicates EXHORTATION by the managing eunuchs of the emperor's harem to SUSTAIN MAXIMUM EFFORT—but it is not clear to what efforts the exhortation applies: in fulfilling one's duty to the owner-master-lord, or keeping the eunuchs out of trouble for not maintaining the copulation schedule, or in getting it on with the other girls as entertainment value for the eunuchs: perhaps all of these. Note that the element「effort, force, power, erection in no-longer-integrated foot」is deliberately placed directly upon「bent penis」and not beside (as would normally be the case for writing a glyph).

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to exhort; to make an effort
Japanese: to strain, to bear up, to exert one's strength, to swagger, to bluff, to boast, as much as possible, diligently, make an effort!, work hard!, to endeavor, to try, to strive, to make an effort, to exert oneself, to be diligent
Unihan extended: endeavor, make effort; urge
EDRDG: exertion; endeavour; encourage; strive; make effort; diligent

Used within names (nanori)
ひこ　･　やつ

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By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.