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On-Yomi: ソウ — Kun-Yomi: あらそ.う、いか.でか

Koohii stories:

1) [DrJones] 18-1-2008(174): This can be seen as a Retarius, a roman gladiator. The Retiarius always fought with a net to bound up his opponents, and with a trident, which was able to pierce enemies after tying them. They were terrific contenders, so they were only paired with gladiators specially equipped to fight them.

2) [radical_tyro] 21-6-2007(93): A boxing ring is bound up by the ropes. The contender is cheating and using a rake.

3) [SammyB] 24-12-2008(82): In an episode of the Simpsons, Sideshow Bob is trying to kill Bart, but on the way has to contend with a pile of rakes which keep him bound up for some time.

4) [decamer0n] 4-5-2007(47): The peasants revolt: if you do weird things to them in your castle, you may have to contend with a mob ready to bind you up and beat you to death with rakes.

5) [synewave] 13-11-2006(23): One of the contenders in Street Fighter 2 isVega who has rakes bound to his hands.

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