鹸

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lye

On-Yomi: ケン

Koohii stories:

1) [jamiemw] 10-9-2008(27): Lye is white like rocksalt and can be broken up with an ice pick.

2) [Megaqwerty] 20-7-2007(15): Lye is white like rocksalt and sharp like an awl.

3) [decals] 10-3-2011(12): (Agreed with Hissatsu, Soap it is!) STORY: This new "natural" hippy soap is ridiculous! It's hard as a rock, smells like salt, and I have to chips pieces of it off with an awl (or ice pick) just to use it!

4) [hissatsu] 29-11-2010(8): Soap is a far better keyword than lye ( 鹸 is only used in words referring to soap). "In the final step in making soap, I add rocksalt and stir with an awl." (Sort of true, in some soap production, salt is added to precipitate soap from the solution).

5) [to_nihon] 17-4-2009(5): Licking what he thought was rocksalt, Frankenstein (the fit-together man) suddenly feels his tongue burning. Those kids lied to him…it wasn't rocksalt, it was lye!

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