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levy

On-Yomi: フ、ブ

Elements:

levy, shellfish, clam, oyster, eye, animal legs, eight, warrior, one, stop, footprint, arrow

Heisig story:

A certain portion of shells (money) is collected by the warrior from the local villages as he passes through to defray the costs of keeping the land safe, and this is called a levy.

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 7-8-2007(167): A warrior stands guard at a bridge collecting shells as a levy for any who want to pass.

2) [lb4269] 28-2-2006(69): "Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And those good old warrior boys, drinking whiskey and rye, said pay up the clams or you'll die. Pay up the clams or you'll die…".

3) [pazustep] 19-7-2008(39): A levy is money collected to fund kingdom's warriors.

4) [AndamanIslander] 23-1-2008(39): "Gimme some clams" said the warrior, collecting his levy..

5) [nintendomaniac64] 5-7-2009(8): Bush always used the excuse that the money from the Iraq levy was to support America's warriors overseas.

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