肋

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rib

On-Yomi: ロク

Koohii stories:

1) [astridtops] 4-2-2007(38): Without ribs, our flesh wouldn't have the power to stay upright.

2) [abaddon] 18-5-2008(11): Flesh, power: According to the bible, the part of the body that gave power to womankind was the mans' rib. Without it, they wouldn't exist.

3) [kapalama] 21-10-2010(4): 肋骨 , 肋間 , 肋膜炎 , 豚バラ肉 rib (#2463 肋)ロク, あばら … Parts: 月 , 力 …OR 筋 muscle (#941 筋)−竹 … Note: This Kanji is where the Japanese word for spareribs 豚バラ肉 comes from. When it is in that shortened form in that phrase, it is written in kana. … Story: If you want to build big ole Muscles, ingore the Bamboo Shoots and stick to the Ribs when eating asian food.

4) [wilsoncb] 25-8-2010(3): Without our ribs we'd have to constantly be working our muscles, keeping them flexed, to hold all our body parts in.

5) [sgrant] 7-8-2009(3): If you hit the body with enough power you can easily break a rib or two.

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