紬

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pongee

On-Yomi: チュウ

Koohii stories:

1) [sgrant] 11-1-2010(15): Spiderman decides to try a new diet of sprouts to see how it affects the consistency of his web. To his surprise (150m above ground) a lovely line of pongee comes out instead. Time to think quickly.

2) [abaddon] 31-5-2008(11): Spiderman, sprout: Pongee is a soft thin woven cloth. Spiderman - a textile buff in his own right- found out that the mold growing on rotting Brussel sprouts may also be used to make pongee. And it's much cheaper than silk!

3) [ikmys] 18-7-2007(9): Pongee is the soft thin cloth made from the thread of mashed brussel sprouts.

4) [peacemik] 30-10-2011(1): When Spiderman eats Brussel sprouts, his thread becomes just right for making pongee. However, it's not a viable business in today's market. The cost of importing the sprouts from Brussels is more than the price of the produced pongee. So he continues earning his living through freelance photography. 紬 (つむぎ): pongee 繭紬 (けんちゅう): pongee (unbleached silk) 紬砂 (つむぎすな): fine sand.

5) [blannk] 5-12-2009(1): Hired by the Chinese Ministry of Trade to revive popularity of the once-lucrative trade in the silk cloth woven along the banks of the Yangtze, and with an eye to demonstrating its resiliency to the European market, Spiderman is in Brussels for a series of spectacular demonstrations of bungee-jumping with pongee threads.

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