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suffering

On-Yomi: ク — Kun-Yomi: くる.しい、-ぐる.しい、くる.しむ、くる.しめる、にが.い、にが.る

Elements:

suffering, flowers, old, tombstone, gravestone, church, ten, needle, mouth

Heisig story:

The picture of suffering we are given here is that of a flower that has grown old. When a flower ages, it pales and dries up, and probably even suffers. If you think that plants are incapable of such feelings, then ask yourself why so many people believe that talking to their flowers helps them bloom better.

Koohii stories:

1) [applesuki] 20-9-2006(190): Flowers for the old man suffering in the hospital.

2) [PepeSeco] 9-5-2007(26): The derivates from opium poppies such as morphine can be used to tame the suffering of the old.

3) [MichaelAnd] 21-4-2008(20): Old people smoke pot to ease their suffering.

4) [atomiton] 26-12-2009(18): FLOWERS SUFFER when they grow OLD. Trees slowly wither( 枯 ) and die. I find I can remember these together.

5) [salvw] 5-12-2008(16): If someone dies you suffer. You then put a flower on the gravestone.

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