Japanese Kanji for One, Person, Pills, Money, Evening, Women, Seduce, Jewel and Love 一 人 円 丸 日 本 国 玉 夕 女 愛

Nice clock. Let's look at the big pink kanji first.

愛

• love; affection; favorite
• アイ
• あい

An extremely obscure symbol. One element I can locate is in the center and I know it already from my first kanji post: 心, heart, feelings.I can see this "love" thing as a drunk heart covered with a "cap" walking on "legs". Artist definitely modified the lower "legs" part that it started to look like "evening" that has last of the strokes extended:

夕

• evening
• セキ
• ゆう

This extended stroke changes "evening" to something different, to the evening that goes somewhere. It also reminds me:

女

• woman; girl; female
• ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ jo nuyo
  
• おんな、め onna me

I see, love thing is a complicated matter indeed.
The next poetic thing in this post will be ... money.


One Yen coin. Kanji seen on the clock and on the coin's side bottom is:

一

• one; another; one more
• イチ、イツ ichi, itsu
  
• ひと.つ hito(tsu)

Hito ひと also means "person". Hito can be written in two ways. Another "hito" is:

人

• person; human being
• ジン、ニン jin, nin
  
• ひと hito

Interesting, but the next coin's character, exhibits same "binary" properties:

円

• yen; circle; round
• エン en
  
• まる.い maru(i)

Japanese say "en", not "yen". Another circle/"maru" is:

丸

• circle; round; make round; roll up; curl up;
  
• ガン gan
  
• まる、まる.い、まる.める maru(i) maru(meru)　

This "circle" also stands for: seduce; explain away; full (month); perfection; suffix for ship name and pills. Interesting connection between money, drugs and seduction... isn't it?

Top symbols:

日

• day; sun;
  
• ニチ、ジツ nichi, jitsu
  
• ひ、か hi, ka

本

• book; foundation; origin; main; present; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
• ホン hon
  
• もと moto

Together they make:

日本

にほん Nihon, Japan.

国

• country; nation
• コク koku
  
• くに kuni

Enclosed in country is:

玉

• jewel, ball
  
• ギョク gyoky
• たま tama

So country 国 is an enclosed jewel 玉, even if I like enclosed king 王 more.
I think it's enough for today. Just one more kanji below, I was near it today. Do you know what it is?