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ambition

On-Yomi: ボウ、モウ — Kun-Yomi: のぞ.む、もち

Elements:

ambition, deceased, perish, top hat, fishhook, moon, month, flesh, part of the body, king, jewel, ball

Heisig story:

The story of ambition talks of a king walking under the perishing (or "waning") moon dreaming great dreams about his kingdom. (The roots of ambition are from the same word as "ambulate," meaning to walk about.)

Koohii stories:

1) [AndamanIslander] 4-2-2008(238): You're dead meat, buddy, my ambition is to be king.

2) [CountPacula] 28-4-2008(140): The ambitions of kings often result in dead bodies.

3) [watanuki] 2-11-2007(39): The king had great ambition to have a son, but after certain part of his body perished he lost all hope.

4) [ashman63] 15-4-2008(24): The king's one ambition, before he perishes, is to go to the moon.

5) [matstc] 31-12-2008(22): He who has ambition must be prepared to walk over the dead body of the previous king.

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