mould

On-Yomi: ケイ — Kun-Yomi: かた、-がた

Koohii stories:

1) [fuaburisu] 13-10-2005(231): A famous ninja once pressed his two hands and saber into the soil of his temple, before going onto a mission from which he never came back. Think of some sort of signature that he left behind him. The mould of his two hands and saber has since become a popular attraction in the area.

2) [Ceryn] 5-6-2008(103): As a PUNISHMENT they made me lay face down in the DIRT leaving a nice imprinted MOULD of my whole BODY.

3) [dingomick] 22-2-2007(44): Did you know there's a street in Japan like Hollywood Blvd. where famous ninjas press their hands and sword (which are famously deadly) into the sidewalk(soil) to form a mould?

4) [tgray88] 23-10-2008(28): When you are moulding clay, you are in fact punishing the ground by folding, pressing, and hardening the mould.

5) [Kurisu] 7-5-2008(17): On the fifth day God did punish the soil by molding it into man.