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On-Yomi: タン — Kun-Yomi: きた.える

Koohii stories:

1) [cbogart] 18-3-2007(206): As a discriminating metalsmith, I use the highest grade metals when forging such precision devices as staple guns and missiles.

2) [darg_sama] 9-10-2005(66): Metal has to be forged many times over in order to reach a high grade.

3) [Mary_K] 19-6-2009(24): Metal is graded depending on how it was forged.

4) [LordGolem] 19-8-2007(15): Gassan Sadatoshi uses only high grade metal to forge his swords. http://www.nihonto.ca/ko-gassan/.

5) [bihzad] 7-5-2008(12): You must use only the highest grade metals when you forge missile-loaded stapleguns.

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