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Japanese cypress

On-Yomi: カイ

Koohii stories:

1) [Themistoclaus] 25-2-2010(33): According to the Wikipedia article, Japanese cypress (hinoki) is grown for its high-quality wood, which is used in the building of "temples, shrines, traditional noh theatres, baths" etc. So, this tree is vital to the construction of many of the major meeting places in Japanese society. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaecyparis_obtusa.

2) [Megaqwerty] 30-6-2007(8): The Japanese cypress is a good tree to meet at: the Japanese covers the atmosphere and the cypress presses on any spies. Hey, I tried.

3) [cb4960] 17-1-2009(6): Japanese science fiction company CyPress have the weekly staff meeting under the Japanese cypress tree (its symbolic).

4) [astridtops] 25-10-2006(3): The Japanese cypress is for Japanese the favourite tree for meetings with their beloved.

5) [blannk] 1-9-2009(1): In an ironic twist the Cy Press has agreed to publish my book on Japanese cypress trees. I have a meeting with its founder, Cy, underneath one, to sign the deal.

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