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On-Yomi: エイ — Kun-Yomi: うつ.る、うつ.す、は.える、-ば.え

Koohii stories:

1) [raulir] 29-12-2006(360): In the solar system, the Sun is the central source of all light, everything else just reflects it.

2) [sacmaliyorsun] 3-3-2008(58): A solar power plant consists of thousands of mirrors reflecting the sun's rays, concentrating the energy on a focal point at the centre. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Two.

3) [CharleyGarrett] 1-1-2007(13): You can build a very powerful camp stove just by using metalic mirrors to reflect the sun onto a cooking surface at the center.

4) [fuaburisu] 16-10-2005(9): Imagine the sun, at the center of our solar system, like a huge disco-ball (a ball made with hundreds of tiny mirrors), reflecting the light from the planets and stars around (instead of emitting light on its own). The kanji refers to images which are reflected, mirrored and also projected, as in the kanji compound 映画 (eiga) : a movie, film. A projected image is like a reflection of the original material.

5) [andresito] 19-5-2009(4): 「えい」画 A movie reflects the central days of the person filmed.

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