On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:11:04 GMT, cjundieseastwd@powerup.com.au  ...
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>HiYa
>
>In article <jrkufv89kpvbql84ldm6q06nnao1nkjrck@4ax.com>, Michael Cash 
><mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:24:22 +0900, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
>><knicolson@pobox.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
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>>>...with five tonnes of omiyage (and she forgot a few people) and ten
>>>tonnes of hotel soap and tea and sugar and crap. Is it a common
>>>Japanese trait to ensure the hotel room is stripped clean of all
>>>available freebies?
>>
>>This is a result of a process called おばん化 which is happening to
>>your wife. Get used to it.
>>
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>
>could you post that in romanji as well?
>
>thanks :-)
>

oban (hiragana) ka (the kanji that is flower without grass on top)

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