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On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: ます

Koohii stories:

1) [solarmist] 26-6-2008(393): It is a thousand or ten? I need my measuring box.

2) [Christine_Tham] 21-7-2007(120): I can fit a thousand needles into my measuring box, but only if I bend the thousand.

3) [johanvg] 11-7-2006(75): A measuring box is a square wooden box that was used to measure one thousand grains of rice (needles) in feudal Japan. It was supposed to be enough to feed a working man for one day.

4) [panikbuton] 20-1-2008(31): Be careful when drinking sake out of a deep measuring box. The hangover can feel like a thousand needles.

5) [Wosret] 25-4-2008(23): Give me a thousand smacks with a walking stick if I forget the Kanji for measuring box again!

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