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furrow

On-Yomi: ボウ、ホ、モ、ム — Kun-Yomi: せ、うね

Koohii stories:

1) [ruuku35] 19-3-2007(209): Using a TOP HAT to make FURROWS in the RICE FIELD takes a LONG TIME!

2) [dihutenosa] 7-9-2007(107): A mummy tries to furrow his brow but realizes that he's got no head - just a brain with a top-hat on it. So he furrows his brain. [trigger: furrow your brain].

3) [Codexus] 27-12-2007(48): A man from the city, thus wearing a top hat, working in a field, takes a very long time to dig a simple furrow.

4) [MeisterLlama] 29-4-2009(20): Correct keyword: ridge ( 畔 ->waterside). ( 畝 is used in 畝間 , meaning furrow, but that's because the interval between ridges is a furrow). Words: 畝 (ridge/rib), 畝織り (ridged fabric). Story: A rice field is actually a secret burial ground for mummies. Each ridge is actually a sarcophagus. The mummies are buried under the ridges, and each mummy has a top hat which takes up the remaining length of the ridge, filled with his riches.

5) [khooks] 14-6-2008(17): The farmer uses a mummy to plow furrows in the field, but he disguises him with a tophat so he doesn't scare the neighbors.

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