蛎

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oyster

On-Yomi: レイ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 28-7-2009(26): An insect crosses ten thousand cliffs to make it to sea, only to be eaten by an oyster.

2) [kapalama] 8-9-2011(6): 牡蛎 =牡蠣=蠣=蛎=硴, oyster (#2697 蛎) レイ( 励 ), かき … Parts: 虫 , Cliff/Drag, 万 (cf. 栃木県 horse chestnut (#514 栃), 励ます encourage (#866 励), 砺 whetstone (#2595 砺)) … Note: 旧字体 - 牡蠣 =牡蛎, with 萬 for 万 … similars: (cf 蝦 shrimp (#2689 蝦), 蛎 oyster (#2697 蛎), 蛤 clam (#2695 蛤)) … Story: When you are all out of power to encourage( 励 - 力 ) your friends, or maybe you are feeling all whet ( 砺 - 石 ), just remember, the world is your oyster. Aw shucks.

3) [paasan] 26-7-2010(5): We can only advance through dedication and teamwork. Here we see ten thousand oysters on top of each others, trying to overcome a cliff to form a new settlement somewhere else. Unfortunately, those at the bottom got a heavy burden, and now an insect is tickling one of them..

4) [Neobeo] 17-1-2009(4): Oysters are "insects" that produce pearls so strong they could bear the weight of ten thousand cliffs.

5) [Haych] 10-11-2012(1): I bought a really expensive gourmet oyster at a restaurant that cost ten thousand dollars, and then a fly (insect) flew and landed on it and died so I went and jumped off a cliff.

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