abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

日 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 日 as component

confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out

= + : The sun (日) was driving Yu the Great (yu) around in its cabriolet (军) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), but Yu the Great got car sick (晕) and almost had to puke if it weren't for the sun pressing a cooking top (军) against her mouth.
dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
yesterday

= + : Yesterday (昨) Zapatista Zebra (zu) cut the sun's (日) hair in the observatory's kitchen (o2). They were both singing "yesterday" (昨) as Zapatista Zebra was turning the sun's crazy hair into an awesome Mohawk (乍) cut.
variant of 曬|晒[shai4]

= + 西 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is using the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the sun (日) is really strong today. To not get sunburned (晒) and protect himself Sherlock wears a big cowboy hat (西).
(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

= + 西 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is using the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the sun (日) is really strong today. To not get sunburned (晒) and protect himself Sherlock wears a big cowboy hat (西).
variant of 晃[huang3]

= + : The sun (日) dazzles (晃) and flashes past (晃) Helga Horse (hu) in the anglepod (ang3) snatching away her laser pointer (光) because the sun would like to be the only one being able to blind others.
to sway / to shake / to wander about

= + : Helga Horse (hu) blinds the sun (日) with a laser pointer (光) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Because the sun is blinded it sways (晃) and shakes (晃).
to dazzle / to flash past

= + : The sun (日) dazzles (晃) and flashes past (晃) Helga Horse (hu) in the anglepod (ang3) snatching away her laser pointer (光) because the sun would like to be the only one being able to blind others.
sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

= + : Maud Younger and the Sun opened a pop-up store in front of the encampment. They sell vases and advertise them using loudspeakers, playing loud music and dancing to it.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a loudspeaker.
to close (a door) / to eclipse / muddled / stupid / ignorant / variant of 暗[an4]

= + : Albert Einstein likes to start raves in the anthill's bathroom, setting up huge loudspeakers and turning down the light until it is very dark. Usually his raves are huge successes, but when the sun joins the mood is at a minimum, since then it's not dark at all anymore. However, everybody has an excuse then to wear sunglasses.
variant of 暗[an4]

= + : Albert Einstein likes to start raves in the anthill's bathroom, setting up huge loudspeakers and turning down the light until it is very dark. Usually his raves are huge successes, but when the sun joins the mood is at a minimum, since then it's not dark at all anymore. However, everybody has an excuse then to wear sunglasses.
dark / gloomy / hidden / secret / muddled / obscure / in the dark

= + : Albert Einstein likes to start raves in the anthill's bathroom, setting up huge loudspeakers and turning down the light until it is very dark. Usually his raves are huge successes, but when the sun joins the mood is at a minimum, since then it's not dark at all anymore. However, everybody has an excuse then to wear sunglasses.

Words with 日

World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
to have three meals a day
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

Sentences with 日

zhǐ
shì
yǎng
zài
tia̅n
shàng
 
 
rì
zi
jiǔ
le
yòu
yào
she̅ng
shì