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lament

On-Yomi: トウ — Kun-Yomi: いた.む

Koohii stories:

1) [szreter] 17-2-2008(264): When the world's most eminent magician died, everyone's state of mind became that of lamentation. He was buried with his famous sun-flower wand in his hand.

2) [vosmiura] 1-6-2007(66): Data laments that he could never see his eminent father, his creator, ever again. He paints a picture of his father, that looks like a sunflower in the shape of a magic wand.

3) [ambassadog] 11-12-2008(42): Closely related to grief, mourning and regret, it was difficult for me to isolate this kanji. A lament is a song or poem that deals with loss or regret. This brings to mind the works of the world's most eminent artists, their brilliance and powerful works owed to their emotional states of mind.

4) [vicnet] 26-7-2009(22): Lament is the state of mind most eminent people live in, because so many expectations lay on their shoulders.

5) [pmbeddall] 30-10-2007(17): Instead of using eminent - use its components - divining rod and sunflower. Think of the current state of the environment symbolized by the sunflower and use the divining rod to see the possible future - pollution, global warming, overpopulation - we have a lot to lament.

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