desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect
荒
=
巟
+
艹
:
Helga Horse (hu) got rid of a few chemical waste containers (巟) by emptying them over the ground in front of the anglepod (ang1). To cover up the barren ground (荒) she distributes many artificial lawn sheets (艹).
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
山
=
丨
+
凵
:
Mnemonic symbol: 山 looks like the tip of a fork. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is climbing a mountain (山) in front of the anthill (an1). He uses a dinosaur bone (〡) as walking stick, and to have better grip he attached a fork (山) to its tip. Unfortunately he accidentally sticks the fork into a receptacle (凵) on the ground of the mountain and gets shocked.
field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral
野
=
予
+
里
:
Maud Younger (y) and Zai Yu (予) are having a picnic (野; picnic: 野餐) in the elevator (e3). Zai Yu has a sunflower (里) Maud Younger really wants to have, but although he is fast asleep he holds to the sunflower tightly and won't give (予) it to Maud.