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On-Yomi: タイ — Kun-Yomi: ま.つ、-ま.ち

Koohii stories:

1) [calittle] 7-10-2007(189): A line queued up outside the Buddhist temple, waiting to see the shrine on New Year's Day.

2) [the_marshal] 2-2-2006(63): The COLUMNS of this TEMPLE are a well-know meeting spot. You can always see someone WAITING there.

3) [MeisterLlama] 8-1-2009(43): According to my japanese teacher the etymology of this kanji is that in ancient japan, when people were going on trips they would wait at temples for other people, or to get rest.

4) [dingomick] 22-8-2007(20): The Flash hates Buddhist temples because they always make him sit still and wait for prayers to finish. (Image: The Flash sitting in seiza with his legs twitchingly impatiently waiting for prayers to end).

5) [gopineapples] 15-6-2009(13): Im GOING to wait at the TEMPLE until buddha returns.

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