Ah, that makes sense. It's been a while since I watched that episode (I've been going so slowly, augh!), and I was thinking it was "kyo" like in Kiyomizu-dera, which has been a weird semi-elided diphthong since the Heian period at least. Thanks, bungo!
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Date: 2011-06-21 12:59 (UTC)I love this show too! I need more icons for it.