剪

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pruning

On-Yomi: セン

Koohii stories:

1) [Neobeo] 22-1-2009(18): Lazy guide to pruning: Grab a dagger and slash everything in front.

2) [abaddon] 12-6-2008(8): In front (drops), dagger: The gardener is pruning his roses. He closes up to the one in front of him until he can see the dewdrops on the petals. Then he gets out his dagger and prunes.

3) [mantixen] 2-8-2009(7): Pruning is done by cutting what's in front of you into drops with a sword.

4) [Katsuo] 12-6-2009(5): Tip: imagine strokes 3 & 4 of 月 are falling because you just pruned them.

5) [herman] 30-12-2008(1): Use butcher for "in front of" and picture a butcher holding a dagger pruning a hedge.

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