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watchtower

On-Yomi: ロウ — Kun-Yomi: たかどの

Koohii stories:

1) [astgtciv] 4-4-2007(203): The young taskmaster (see number (#929 数)) uses a tree as a watchtower to get a better view of his rice-carrying women. "I can seeeee you! One! Two! Three!".

2) [Filippo] 15-7-2008(137): On the top of the woodmade watchtower we look for our enemies, who will come to steal our rice and our women.

3) [mikemorr] 12-4-2009(28): Rice above woman is the character 娄, which can refer to a constellation. (Mnemonic: The stars of the constellation are like grains of rice, forming the shape of a woman in the sky.) 娄 also appears in number (#929 数) and frequently (#2221 屡). Watchtower: A wooden watchtower lets you get a better view of the constellation.

4) [smithsonian] 9-4-2007(21): The Jehovah's Witnesses kill plenty of trees in order to try to convert American women (like Madonna) with their publication, The Watchtower.

5) [tcjeff] 18-6-2008(16): A wooden watchtower is constructed so that the rice-carrying women can be monitored.

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