旡: all choked up

旡は表外漢字です。TheKanjiMap.com thinks it's choke/sob; using Henshall, I get that it's a figure stopping its throat or something; I'll picture it as having a hand up in front of its fact saying, "No more food."
既, already/previously/    I looked back on what I'd eaten, and said, "No more
   established:                    food -- I already ate."
慨, deep feeling/lament:  A deep feeling of sadness for days gone by
概, generally:                  Trees are generally already established where they are
                                          (try moving one and you'll agree).

既慨概

私は それを * 疑う（うたがう）*

疑, question/doubt.  This is a monster.  Guy sitting 匕 on an arrow 矢 questions/doubts
                                  whether ma マ was right 正 to shoot him in the butt.
凝, stiffen/congeal.  Doubt can cause you to "freeze up," which really means get stiff.
擬, imitation/mock.  Create a handicraft that mimics something and people will
                                  question whether it's real.

疑凝擬

今日。。。

メリークリスマス、皆！

隶and his daring escape

隶は表外漢字です。It means slave.  I picture it as a hand working a butter churn that's sort of splashy.  I'm going to use the meaning "criminal" (next symbol) here, because I couldn't find a happy ending for my mnemonic story otherwise -- there was no symbol in this group for "escape" or "abolish slavery."
隷, slave/criminal:    The samurai from last time was seized at the altar as a
                                   slave/criminal.  Oops.
逮, chase/arrest:     Once in motion, the criminal is chased and arrested.
康, peace/ease:       When the criminal's in the Big House, everything is peaceful
                                  again.  Until the next exciting episode.

隷逮康

示: showing up at the temple

示is an altar, and looks like it; per Henshall, the lines coming down left and right are drops of blood or sacrificial wine.  It doesn't mean altar as a standalone, but means show, meaning that what comes from the sacrifice will show the will of the gods.

Different religions

宗, sect:                  Each sect has an altar, but under a different roof.
奈, Nara:                The city of Nara is famous for its temples -- they're a big 大きい deal.
斎, worship/study: The holy text 文on the altar, bounded by walls, make the temple
                                 a place for worship and study.
崇, worship/lofty:  The Samaritans used to put altars for worship in lofty places in the mountains.

The forbidden-forest temple

禁, forbidden:        This altar is in the forbidding/forbidden forest.
襟, collar/neck:      It's forbidden to wear a collar on your neck in the forbidden temple
                                  -- wear a robe.

The festival in the hills

祭, festival:            Offer meat 肉 on the altar for the festival.
際, occasion:         The festival in the hills is quite an occasion.
察, guess:              When we offer meat to the gods, it's done under a roof of secrecy
                                 -- you can only guess how the gods will respond.
擦, scratch/score:  Use your hand to scratch the altar so we can guess what it's made of.

How not to behave in church

票, ballot/ticket:     Put your hat on the altar -- it's your ticket out of here (because you'll
                                  get kicked out).  OK, I vote we don't do that.
標, signpost/stamp:Put up that ticket or ballot on a tree as a signpost for others:
                                 don't try the "hat on the altar" thing.
漂, float/drift:         Throw your ballot on the water and it will drift away.  Maybe
                                 people will forget what you did.
款, friendship:       The samurai, feeling a lack of friendship in life, offers himself
                               on the altar:  take me!  So now he is friend to the gods.  Better than the
                               thing with the hat.

There is also the kanji 隷, but since we haven't done 隶, I will defer that until tomorrow.

宗奈斎崇禁襟祭際察擦票標漂款

Strange 奇妙な (きみょうな) travels 旅行 (りょこう)

奇, strange.          A big 大 mystery:  what 何 can 可 that strange thing be?
騎, equestrian.    It's strange how dedicated equestrians are to their horses.
埼, promontory.  What a strange earth formation!  It's a promontory
崎, promontory.  What a strange mountain!  It's a promontory too.
寄, approach.      Even a stranger, when you let him approach under your roof, can become a friend.
椅, chair (いす). What a strange tree that is!  No, that's a chair.

奇騎埼崎寄椅

鬲: the evil laboratory

鬲is 表外漢字.  Unfortunately, per Henshall, it's a cookpot.  The last thing I want to remember is yet another cookpot (良、豆、曾).  So I say instead it is... an evil laboratory setup.  Papers sitting on a display 口 above a work table, underneath which is a stool.  The two marks above the stool are either supports for the table or clutter on the stool -- you know how messy evil scientists are.

隔, isolate:  The lab is isolated behind those rolling hills.  What secrets lurk within?
融, melt:     He's made a weapon capable of melting living beings!  He's experimenting
                       with bugs for now.  But who's next?

隔融