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sign of the hare
On-Yomi: ボウ、モウ — Kun-Yomi: う
Koohii stories:
1) [johnskb] 25-5-2006(126): You know how missing childrens' pictures often appear on milk cartons? Well here we have a missing hare. His concerned family is having his picture printed on the backs of receipts and even on stamps. So far, however, there has been no SIGN OF THE HARE.
2) [FudoMyo] 8-11-2007(118): rabbit ears.
3) [mcfate] 10-9-2007(65): Identical to egg, without the "yolks." Both hares and eggs are used for Spring celebrations because they are symbols of fertility.
4) [TheSlakey] 8-1-2009(48): The sign of the hare is an Easter Bunny, with it's eggs that have no yoke (instead, they have candy).
5) [fuaburisu] 6-7-2006(9): In this version of the story of the "Turtle and Rabbit Run a Race", the rabbit stops on his way to a shop where they sell stamps, just meters away from the finishing line. In the shop, the rabbit quickly forgets about time and spends hours looking at stamps, finally after choosing a good hundred stamps to buy, he receives a very long receipt, and pays for them. He leaves the shop with stamps in one hand and the receipt in the other, and you guessed it… the turle won the race.