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overcome

On-Yomi: コク — Kun-Yomi: か.つ

Elements:

overcome, ten, needle, elder brother, teenager, mouth, human legs

Heisig story:

In this frame we get a chance to use the kanji we just learned in its primitive meaning of teenager. The needle on top indicates one of the major problems confronting the teenager growing up in today's world: drugs. Many of them will fall under the shadow of the needle at some time during those tender years, but only when a whole generation rises up and decides that "We Shall Overcome" the plague, will the needle cease to hangover their heads, as it does in this character.

Koohii stories:

1) [wfreeman] 3-2-2007(184): Ten elder brothers can overcome anything.

2) [canji] 1-8-2008(81): A teenager addicted to heroine must overcome the needle.

3) [Kurisu] 12-2-2008(29): Overcome your elder brother with a needle to his head.

4) [Wosret] 29-11-2008(24): Having ten older brothers would be hard to overcome. Ten mouths, and ten sets of legs kicking the crap out of you.

5) [FauxSho] 16-3-2013(19): Ten teenagers were chosen to OVERCOME all odds and save the world. The start of almost every JRPG.

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