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tyrannize

On-Yomi: ギャク — Kun-Yomi: しいた.げる

Koohii stories:

1) [Hyland1] 30-4-2007(281): Here we see the evil tyrannizing tiger. What is on his chest? A giant E, for EVIL, of course.

2) [raulir] 7-1-2007(69): The "E" shape actually means claws here, and the real etymology is a tiger tyrannizing other animals with its claws (the etymologies actually make sense once in a blue moon!). I think of the claws here as two hooks, representing the front paws. (stroke order of that part: 二＋ last of 直 ).

3) [ezmoreldo] 30-6-2008(19): The way to tyrannize a tiger is to stroke it's fur the wrong way with a broom (you don't want to use a comb because he'll eat you.).

4) [akrodha] 17-6-2007(6): The father tyrannized the kids by keeping a hungry tiger in a box. In fact, one of the kids has already been fed…

5) [Zactacular] 9-10-2007(5): In "The Ghost and the Darkness", an evil tiger with an E on it's chest tyrannizes the railroad builders. Thanks Hyland1!

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