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cryptomeria

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Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 21-6-2007(39): Due its tendency to encrypt all its messages, the cryptomeria has been a fairly prosperous tree whereas all the other trees have already fallen prey to espionage.

2) [mantixen] 26-7-2009(8): The cryptomeria （すぎ） is a tree that enjoys prosperity in Japan because it's written kanji is like an encrypted form of the more infamous スギ（ 杉 ） which causes hay fever.

3) [gavmck] 10-3-2010(3): The cryptomeria [すぎ - also written (encrypted) as 杉 cedar (#1713 杉)] is a valuable timber tree so growing them would naturally lead to prosperity.

4) [Meconium] 16-2-2010(1): Those whose families were prosperous enough to provide them with a proper education will learn to take the three wild, stabbing strokes from the right hand side of 杉 and reassemble them into the more sophisticated and prosperous form seen in this kanji. Similarly, in English, while many know the word "cedar", and may refer to the 杉 as the Japanese cedar, those prosperous enough to be educated further may learn the botanical name, Cryptomeria japonica.

5) [blannk] 30-10-2009(1): [+Megaqwerty] Because of its tendency to encrypt all its messages, the cryptomeria has been a prosperous tree while the Ave Maria trees have fallen prey to espionage.

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