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On-Yomi: フツ、ヒツ、ホツ — Kun-Yomi: はら.う、-はら.い、-ばら.い

Koohii stories:

1) [misha] 3-8-2007(326): You're at a restaurant and raise your finger to indicate to the waiter that you want to pay. Your friend elbows you in the ribs – it's his shout, and he insists on taking care of the bill.

2) [rtkrtk] 25-10-2007(95): You are walking out of the restaurant when the waiter uses his FINGERS to grab you at the ELBOW and says, "excuse me sir, didn't you forget to PAY?".

3) [PepeSeco] 25-5-2010(56): It costs an arm and a leg but I pay a finger and an elbow…

4) [stazor] 27-8-2010(26): Traditionally Japanese people kept vallet in their kimono sleeves, so they reach for elbow with their fingers when they want to pay.

5) [chamcham] 12-9-2008(24): As if making people pay with their fingers is bad enough, the Yakuza now accept elbows as a form of payment….. :-p.

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