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grindstone

On-Yomi: シ

Koohii stories:

1) [cameron_en] 21-11-2008(20): In Bedrock, people had business cards made of rock and engraved using a grindstone. (Big ups to Katsuo).

2) [Katsuo] 13-6-2007(19): My calling card is made of rock, which is a bit inconvenient because it is so big & heavy. So I’m using a grindstone to grind it down in size.

3) [blannk] 30-10-2009(5): Grindstones, meet the Grindstones, they're the modern Stone Age family. . . . Fred handing you a business card.

4) [Meconium] 17-2-2010(4): A salaryman stays up all night, working hard at the grindstone, making a stack of business cards out of thin sheets of stone. He believes this gesture will give him the upper hand in business, and convince his associates that he is a hard worker who is able to keep his nose to the grindstone when necessary.

5) [Megaqwerty] 22-6-2007(2): I took the myriad of business cards I had been forced to take over the years and put them to the force of the grindstone.

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