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inlay

On-Yomi: テン、チン — Kun-Yomi: は.まる、は.める、うず.める、しず.める、ふさ.ぐ

Elements:

stuff up, soil, dirt, ground, true, truth, ten, needle, eye, tool, one, animal legs, eight

Heisig story:

When we hear the world inlay, we usually think of setting precious stones in pieces of jewelery, but the primitive elements here suggest truth being inlaid in the soil. You might think instead of the cosmic wisdom that inlaid the truth of the universe in the stuff of the earth.

Koohii stories:

1) [astridtops] 9-4-2007(63): In a hole in the ground, the body of the victim was placed. And then the killer stuffed it up so that the truth would not be found out, he hoped.

2) [Ragnarocko] 22-7-2008(26): I stuffed up his mouth with dirt to keep the truth from coming out.

3) [Corodon] 11-7-2009(16): There is no grounds for what you are saying. It's not true. You're just making stuff up. I ought to stuff up your mouth to make you STFU.

4) [kanjihito] 12-11-2012(11): The ground appeared stuffed up with with random deposits, or was it inlaid with the truth of the universe?

5) [oregum] 6-11-2011(9): I STUFFED DIRT into his mouth to keep the TRUTH from coming to out.

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