祉

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welfare

On-Yomi: シ

Koohii stories:

1) [esaulgd] 11-9-2007(184): And in front of every altar, she stopped to pray for the welfare of the others.

2) [smithsonian] 7-3-2007(161): Religious Republicans regularly go to the altar to pray for a stop to welfare.

3) [jimsublimeman] 6-5-2008(74): I pray at the altar everyday that they don't stop my welfare checks. (A quick mnemonic is better for this one).

4) [peacemik] 2-7-2008(37): Marxist belief: To improve general welfare, the influence of the altar must be stopped. Maybe the Marxists had a point…. (Mnemonic: Welfare = Stop the altar) 福祉 (ふくし): welfare.

5) [dukelexon] 29-12-2007(19): I remember this one with a political idea … don't read if you're easily offended. Ironically, many of the people on Welfare in the USA are the super-religious type (the sort that regularly visit their respective altars) in the American South, and tend to all have that infamous "Footprints" poem (where God carries you across the beach) hanging in their living rooms. These people tend to vote conservatively (politicians that oppose federal welfare), and thus … against their own best interests.

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