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On-Yomi: カン、ケン — Kun-Yomi: ま.く、まき、ま.き

Koohii stories:

1) [akrodha] 5-3-2007(165): At a mysterious bazaar, you happen to come across something interesting: a rolled-up scroll for only 25¢. You buy it up impulsively until you realize that the powerful spell contained within is cursed by a poisonous snake. If you try to cast this spell, the snake will pop out of nowhere and bite you! Hrmph. No wonder it was so cheap…

2) [decamer0n] 7-5-2007(110): How to make snake maki: Take a snake. Roll it up in rice and nori (seaweed paper) like a scroll. Cut into quarters and serve on a wooden geta with ginger and wasabi.

3) [nadiatims] 7-2-2008(48): This scroll isn't long enough to show more than a quarter of a snake.

4) [smithsonian] 9-4-2007(31): The quartered snake was the illustration on the famous scroll by Ben Franklin that read, "United we stand, divided we fall.".

5) [daredawg3583] 25-4-2008(22): Orichimaru (Naruto) uses a scroll to summon a SNAKE. To his surprise, the snake demands a QUARTER. Orichimaru forgot his quarters, so back into the scroll goes the snake…