bracing

On-Yomi: ソウ — Kun-Yomi: あき.らか、さわ.やか、たがう

Koohii stories:

1) [Neobeo] 18-1-2009(41): The St Bernard is bracing itself for an operation requiring four stitches.

2) [mantixen] 30-7-2009(27): A large airship drops parachuting Wolverine clones into the bracing night air.

3) [Megaqwerty] 20-7-2007(12): That old St. Bernard was just barely limping around, but me, I stitched up the ol' chap and I dare say that the operation was quite bracing.

4) [CasualTatsumaki] 26-3-2010(11): Often used in shaving lotion and fragrance descriptions 爽やか さわやか refreshing, bracing, sweet, clear. Story: Slap some alcohol-based さわやか aftershave lotion onto the 4 big x-shaped hockey stitches on your face. That's bracing!

5) [Louismi] 19-6-2011(8): St. Bernard dog had a refreshing bracing bath and now is shaking all the water out of his fur. The drops are thrown in all direction and that's why the have an x shape in the pictogram.