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On-Yomi: チョウ — Kun-Yomi: は.ねる、と.ぶ、-と.び

Koohii stories:

1) [dwhitman] 14-12-2007(132): A turtle with a wooden leg needs to hop to get around.

2) [akrodha] 16-3-2007(115): A girl with a wooden leg always wanted to play hopscotch with the other girls, but every time she tried to hop she'd lose her balance and injure another girl. That's why the other girls make fun of her and see her presence as a portent to injury.

3) [decamer0n] 10-5-2007(49): Captain Ahab's peg leg is so sensitive to Moby Dick's presence that when Ahab starts hopping around the deck, it portends trouble.

4) [Katsuo] 19-11-2007(26): Don't hop! Because it's a portent that in the future you will have a wooden leg.

5) [SimHuman] 13-12-2009(24): Mario can hop on every turtle (Koopa) except Bowser. If he tries hopping on Bowser, he'll end up with a peg leg.