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On-Yomi: ガイ、ゲ — Kun-Yomi: そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-

Elements:

outside, evening, magic wand, augury

Heisig story:

On the left, the primitive for evening, and on the right, that for the magic wand. Now, as every magician worth his abracadabra knows, bringing your magic wand out into the evening air makes your magic much more powerful than if you were to stay indoors. Hence, evening and magic wand takes you naturally outside.

Koohii stories:

1) [Danieru] 7-7-2008(134): A young magician likes to practice outside in the evening with his magic wand (as opposed to the old magician who wakes early to practice with his wand in eminent (#51 卓)).

2) [jondesousa] 19-6-2006(77): Outside in the dark of evening, only a magic wand can help you.

3) [toddiceton] 16-11-2008(58): Your evening is successful if you get to pull your wand outside your pants.

4) [dwhitman] 27-9-2007(15): Fairies live outside, and only come out in the evening. When they do, they wave their magic wands as they dance.

5) [DavidZ] 11-2-2010(13): All the gaikokujin ( 外国人 ="outside country person") guys in Roppongi on a Saturday evening are looking to get their magic wands polished… 外す [はずす] 、外 [そと] 、外国人 [がいこくじん].

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