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On-Yomi: シュク、シュウ — Kun-Yomi: いわ.う

Koohii stories:

1) [SammyB] 2-8-2008(218): When Japanese people turn 20 they usually visit the altar at their local shrine and celebrate no longer being a teenager.

2) [Stormchild] 19-11-2006(134): It's a Bar Mitzvah. At the altar, the teenager is singing in his awful, mid-puberty voice. We'll all celebrate when that part is over!

3) [radical_tyro] 19-6-2007(22): Teenagers celebrating at the church altar. (Maybe they just finished RTK).

4) [joxn_costello] 3-1-2009(15): This teenager is at the altar, about to celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation.

5) [sir_sanuk] 9-1-2011(13): Coming of Age Day ( 成人の日 , seijin no hi) is a Japanese holiday held annually on the second Monday of January to celebrate those who have turned 20 years old. In this kanji we see someone going to the altar to celebrate no longer being a teenager.

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