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night

On-Yomi: ヤ — Kun-Yomi: よ、よる

Koohii stories:

1) [decamer0n] 25-4-2007(216): Actually, the lower-right primitive isn't quite "walking legs." It's a little more like "evening" with an extra stroke across it (look up the stroke order). So, it helps me to see this kanji for night as: evening plus an extra stroke representing the tuxedo tails to match the top hat which my special person is wearing out on the town…

2) [fuaburisu] 18-10-2005(86): Here we have Mister T sleepwalking, wearing a top hat as if he was the ambassador of the night, walking, and walking and walking on his tired walking legs, until he drops (back into his bed).

3) [rtkrtk] 9-1-2008(46): An elegant vampire. Going out in his night suit with a top hat, the creature looks like a person with long walking legs. The drop is the blood that the vampire seeks.

4) [dukelexon] 8-1-2008(14): See this as an example of when the oldest profession in the world – prostitution – prefers to work. Even the wealthiest of gentleman in their top hats are ordinary people, and will not decline to deposit their drops between the walking legs of the streetwalkers out in the night.

5) [harkren] 15-8-2009(10): Mr T was taking a stroll during the evening with his brand new top hat, and without even noticing, it turned from evening to night in a dash.

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