樺
birch
On-Yomi: カ
Koohii stories:
1) [astridtops] 13-1-2007(33): A birch tree can have a great aura of splendor with it's shiny white coated trunk.
2) [abaddon] 22-5-2008(3): Tree, splendid: The Queen of England was visiting a park. The very nice birch trees got remarks such as: "Splendid! Such a splendid tree!" That was before she got birched with a stick made from one of the birches.
3) [mantixen] 15-2-2007(3): The splendor of the birch tree makes it a popular choice for furniture and interiors.
4) [sgrant] 15-8-2009(2): The headmaster walks past and notices a teacher beating a student with a wooden birch stick. "Splendid work old chap! As you were!".
5) [perrin4869] 1-1-2012(1): The girl from 1581 (as a reminder, she was used to splendor) being taught some discipline - she was given the birch for refusing to do her job.