螺

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screw

On-Yomi: ラ

Koohii stories:

1) [Peppi] 22-5-2009(26): 螺 (にし) is a fresh water mollusk with a shell like a screw. When the mollusk has died the shell is used by insects like a house. Thus, insects accumulate in the screw shell.

2) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(15): Insects accumulate if a screw is missing.

3) [Megaqwerty] 29-6-2007(9): I’ve accumulated so many insects at this point, I could easily screw anyone over.

4) [brose] 3-4-2007(7): If too many insects accumulate you're screwed ラ にし にな a small; edible; helical fresh-water mollusk.

5) [Meconium] 23-2-2010(3): How many insects does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Obviously, at least two, but how did they accumulate inside there in the first place?

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