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moss

On-Yomi: タイ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 15-2-2007(43): Flowers can be seen on the pedestal covered with moss.

2) [fightswumbrellas] 20-8-2009(13): Most people throw flowers on pedestals after a great performance, however a strange person in the audience started throwing moss instead.

3) [icamonkey] 15-9-2009(9): Moss is a flower that usually grows on "pedestals", like rocks, trees, and the like.

4) [alucardchuu] 8-1-2010(5): The flowers you can see on old pedestals when you visit the ruins in Greece are moss in fact.

5) [Meconium] 16-12-2009(3): A statue of a military leader was torn down after he was tried for war crimes and hanged. But each year, on the anniversary of his death, followers visit the pedestal where the statue once stood (now surrounded by tall trees and covered in moist green moss) and leave flowers in his memory. (Bonus - you can see his face in the kanji! Flowers=eyes, elbow=nose, mouth=mouth open, shouting orders. Call him General Moss!).

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