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bases

On-Yomi: ルイ、ライ、スイ — Kun-Yomi: とりで

Koohii stories:

1) [synewave] 10-5-2007(246): Playing baseball in a rice field with sparklers stuck into the ground to act as bases.

2) [dingomick] 11-9-2007(72): The traditional New Year's baseball game in Japan is held at midnight in a rice field. They stick sparklers in the ground for the bases so they can be seen, and to be more festive.

3) [Angrybeez] 20-5-2008(47): Warning! warning! Base compromised initiating Computer on self destruct mode.

4) [rgravina] 28-9-2006(21): The surprise attack came from left-field! Somebody set us up the sparkler! How are we gentelmen? All your base are belong to us! But no, they stood their ground and sent out the ZIG! For great justice!

5) [Raichu] 29-3-2007(19): This means bases as in baseball, otherwise a fort. The original form of this kanji is 壘, a pictogram of four bases, the home base marked specially.

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