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addiction

On-Yomi: タン

Koohii stories:

1) [cameron_en] 28-11-2008(24): The waitress's addiction to drugs got her caught up in a huge mess with the mafia. Before maiming her and throwing her into the river to sink (#1888 沈), they cut off one of her ears.

2) [Megaqwerty] 29-6-2007(15): Fearful that I was addicted to ear piercings, my dad put a crown around one of my legs so that I couldn’t go to the piercing dude.

3) [abaddon] 31-5-2008(9): Ear, crown/human legs (also in sink (#1888 沈)): After they had recovered the body that had been sunk by the mafia, the autopsy revealed that the victim had been addicted to drugs. This, they could see from the form of her ear! I love CSI!

4) [gavmck] 30-3-2010(5): There are many forms of addiction. This kanji represents the iPod addict. The ears are plugged into the headphones (crown) while the person on walking legs, oblivious to the approaching bus, steps off the curb.

5) [kapalama] 11-3-2011(2): 耽溺 , 耽溺生活 , 耽読 , 耽美主義 , addiction (#2679 耽)タン,ふける … Parts: 耳 ,尢＊( 沈 -氵) (cf 沈む sink (#1888 沈), 枕 pillow (#2472 枕), 酖) … Story: My Addiction to 枕 pillows was rather bad; I was 沈む Sunk up to my 耳 ears in them.

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