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On-Yomi: イ — Kun-Yomi: な、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える
Koohii stories:
1) [wrightak] 31-3-2009(51): The keyword numb makes no sense. I choose 萎む （しぼむ）"to fade away". A girl lies in a wheat field at the same time every day. A photo is taken every day showing this scene and a time lapse video shows the wheat growing through the year until the wheat is tall and the top sprouts to look like its flowers. At this point, the girl can no longer be seen in the photos and she fades away.
2) [Nukemarine] 22-1-2009(35): Any FLOWER that will make you go NUMB is likely to be banned by the olympic COMMITTEE. No pain killers.
3) [Megaqwerty] 18-6-2007(20): Oh, the committee's in for a surprise: I put some nightshades into their drinks. They'll be numb for sure, probably worse.
4) [hissatsu] 18-11-2010(19): As the flower committee meeting went on and on, my mind went numb and everything faded away.
5) [gavmck] 27-4-2010(12): "fade away" 萎む （しぼむ）seems a more suitable keyword. [thanks wrightak] To link both words: Numbness is when "sensations fade away". STORY: The committee meeting was so long and boring, some participants took an opium flower tisane allowing the proceedings to fade away, swopping boredom for numbness.