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On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: てのひら、たなごころ

Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 23-5-2007(290): If you're going to manipulate your body with your hand, then go do it in an outhouse, at least!

2) [dingomick] 21-2-2007(103): Instead of magazines, we keep a Rubiks Cube in the outhouse to manipulate with your hands while you do your business.

3) [raulir] 30-4-2006(33): This also means a palm. So you're in the outhouse, manipulating something with your hand(palm).

4) [Biene] 8-1-2008(19): In islamic countries try to avoid to manipulate food with your left hand after you went to the outhouse. (Since that hand is used to clean oneself with water after going to the toilet, instead of using toilettpaper. It's concidered unclean no matter how much you washed it afterwards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_toilet_etiquette).

5) [fuaburisu] 10-10-2005(13): Think of students who manipulate a pen in their hands to pass the time during classes. Here you manipulate something in your hands to pass time while you are in the outhouse. Maybe you're making little balls out of toilet paper, or playing with a Rubik's cube (“Outhouse hands manipulate”).

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