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suitable

On-Yomi: テキ — Kun-Yomi: かな.う

Elements:

suitable, antique, vase, stand up, hood, old, tombstone, gravestone, church, ten, needle, mouth, road

Heisig story:

Can you imagine anything less suitable to do with one's precious antiques than to display them in the middle of a crowded road-way?

Koohii stories:

1) [fredde79] 2-9-2007(320): Think of the term from televison "suitable for all audiences" to get the sense of the word. What program could be more suitable for the whole family than the "antiques road(show)".

2) [CountPacula] 26-4-2008(75): It's an antique, but it's still suitable for the road.

3) [OrangeNut] 11-1-2009(54): Even today, some antique Roman roads are suitable for travel.

4) [chrislewisca] 13-9-2006(48): That old thing in your attic might be suitable to be shown on the Antiques Roadshow.

5) [Wosret] 7-6-2008(17): That antique road isn't suitable for travel.

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