弁

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On-Yomi: ベン、ヘン — Kun-Yomi: わきま.える、わ.ける、はなびら、あらそ.う

Koohii stories:

1) [scottamus] 1-12-2005(350): Opening a stuck valve requires 2 hands and a lot of elbow grease.

2) [astgtciv] 20-1-2007(62): The cubans build a pipe to flood the USA. Castro just has to turn the valve on it, and USA is flooded. Suddenly, CIA agents tackle him from behind, grabbing both his arms. But Castro manages to open the valve with his elbow, by raising the elbow above his head. Success! USA is no more…

3) [cangy] 17-1-2008(55): Opening a stuck valve requires 2 hands, and on top of that, a lot of elbow grease. (thanks scottamus).

4) [fuaburisu] 1-1-2006(20): You try to unblock an old rusty valve with a hit of the elbow, and then with your two hands, to no avail.

5) [Danieru] 10-6-2008(17): "She's stuck real good-like" the guy from the いなか ( 田舎 ; country) said to me with a strong rural dialect ( 弁 ; べん). "You best grab on ta'er with both hands and giv-er that VALVE some elba' greeze." (I couldn't resist: this is a favourite Japanese word of mine, which also means "regional dialect." Such as Osaka-ben 大阪弁 ; almost all prefectures in Japan will boast of their own 弁 and slang).

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