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warrior

On-Yomi: ブ、ム — Kun-Yomi: たけ.し

Elements:

warrior, one, arrow, stop, footprint

Heisig story:

With a quiver of arrows set on one's back, the goal of the warrior depicted here is not to attack but merely to stop the attack of others: the oldest excuse in history!

Koohii stories:

1) [richcoop] 13-3-2008(208): ONE-ARROW can STOP a warrior.

2) [RickN] 19-12-2007(81): A great warrior can stop any 0pponent with one arrow.

3) [rtkrtk] 20-11-2007(35): The traditional warrior carries a quiver of ARROWS. But the warrior must never forget his real purpose: to STOP conflict, not cause it.

4) [eatyoda] 3-9-2008(20): Remember the story of "Achilles the Warrior," who was put down by one arrow (the drop in the quiver) among many quivers which hit just above his foot.

5) [Buronzu] 23-5-2009(17): Lord of the Rings: It took a quiver of arrows to stop the warrior Boromir in Fellowship of the Ring.

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