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alms

On-Yomi: シ、セ — Kun-Yomi: ほどこ.す

Koohii stories:

1) [esaulgd] 8-9-2007(220): Under their banner, volunteers are requesting alms for scorpion sting victims.

2) [Howdoken] 29-3-2008(126): "ALMS for the poor" cries the beggar under his tattered BANNER. An evil bastard instead drops a SCORPION into his begging bowl.

3) [DrJones] 3-1-2008(62): (Note: This kanji also has the meanings "apply bandages/administer first-aid"). With that sense, you see some poor man who has been stung by a scorpion, so you extract the blood and make bandages out of your banner to administer first-aid to him. The you take the man to an hospital and give him alms to pay for the cure.

4) [Green_Airplane] 6-12-2007(17): The notorious Kane of the Brotherhood of Nod introduces a new policy to gain followers. Instead of making war, they now provide charity under their Scorpion banners. This 'switching from arms to alms' is widely criticized among his military officers.

5) [uberclimber] 18-4-2011(13): "Alms! Alms for the poor!" A filthy old man sits under a ratty old banner, trying to get help from passers-by. Instead, he gets stung by a scorpion. Now he needs first aid. 施す (ほどこす) : to donate, to give, to conduct, to apply, to perform; 実施 (じっし) : enforcement, enact, put into practice, carry out, operation; 施行 しこう enforcement; 布施 ふせ alms.

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