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descendants

On-Yomi: コン

Koohii stories:

1) [samuize] 21-2-2007(241): Grandparent spends all DAY COMPARING photos of their DESCENDANTS.

2) [Francois] 10-3-2008(114): Japanese people have compared themselves as being descendants of the sun. (Amaterasu, the sun godesss). Sun, comparing = descendants.

3) [Danieru] 16-1-2008(48): Ask a Japanese person what this kanji means, and they will surely spout 昆布 (konbu, seaweed)　and 昆虫 (konchu, insect) - but beyond that they will likely be mystified. Here's my best crack at it: imagine a grandfather watching his DESCENDENTS (grandkids) playing outside under the sun, silently comparing them, considering which of them will grow up and make him proud. Suddenly, grandma calls them in for a snack of 昆布 and for a re-application of repellent to keep the 昆虫 away.

4) [dihutenosa] 30-8-2007(46): My official rebuttal to racism: We're all descendants of the sun - there's no reason to compare us.

5) [anthropic] 25-6-2008(32): We're all descendants of chimps, get over it, don't spend all day (#12 日) trying to compare (#447 比) various religious fairytales.

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