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On-Yomi: ホウ、ブ — Kun-Yomi: たてまつ.る、まつ.る、ほう.ずる

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 26-4-2007(213): To join the temple, you have to dedicate yourself to raising bonsai for enlightenment, and cornstalks for sustenance.

2) [fuaburisu] 23-4-2006(61): A Japanese farmer who was growing corn tried to dedicate himself to the god of corn (in the hope it would bring better harvests). He had a little room with prayer beads, incense, etc. One day he brought an offerand that he thought would please the god of corn : a bonsai - corn (a corn plant turned into a bonsai). The god was infuriated and yelled at him "HOW DARE YOU TORTURE MY CORN IN SUCH WAYS!". The End.

3) [theasianpleaser] 8-12-2008(42): I used does not equal for the primitve(slant the line as a slash through the "equals" sign). Story: Decorating a bonsai tree for Christmas does not equal an observance of the real meaning of Christmas. Just like most people who dedicate themselves to appeasing the Credit Card gods for Christmas. Just dosen't equal the Christmas I know of.

4) [drivers99] 14-8-2009(34): You have to be really dedicated to make a bonsai tree out of a cornstalk.

5) [Stormchild] 11-4-2007(16): Once a year, the Japanese decorate bonsai trees with miniature cornstalks, and dedicate them to the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan. (For the record, I completely made that up, and I don't think corn has anything to do with Ainu, except that it reminds me of natives).

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