persimmon

On-Yomi: — Kun-Yomi: かき、こけら

Koohii stories:

1) [Katsuo] 2-4-2009(75): Nobody buys persimmons at the market, because there's a tree in the middle where you can pick them for free.

2) [synewave] 19-2-2007(18): Persimmon = かき - they grow on trees and are sold at the market.

3) [Megaqwerty] 20-6-2007(11): The guy at the market says: I'll give you one persimmon tree per every Simon you bring me!

4) [mantixen] 15-2-2007(6): The tree growing in the market bears persimmons.

5) [drkdve] 24-5-2011(5): The official TREE of the MARKET is the PERSIMMON. (because somehow the vendors believe it keeps shoppers from being "persimmonious".).