to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
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I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.
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Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.
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James II of England (zh) sends (致) off his beloved exquisite (致) sledgehammer (攵) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) using the station's conveyor belt (至).