Amagasaki

[ah-mah-gah-sah-kee]

noun

1. a city on SW Honshu, in S Japan.

Amagasaki

/ əˌmɑːɡəˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. an industrial city in Japan, in W Honshu, on Osaka Bay. Pop: 463 256 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

Born in 1941 in Amagasaki, an industrial city in central Japan, Mr. Karatani first came to prominence as a literary critic while at Hosei University in Tokyo.

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When that effort failed, Amagasaki officials held their contrite briefing.

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“I apologize from my heart for giving trouble to the citizens,” Kazumi Inamura, the mayor of Amagasaki, said at the news conference.

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Online users scoured listings on online marketplaces for “encrypted flash drives in Amagasaki” and speculated how long it would take to crack the password.

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Also missing, embarrassed officials in Amagasaki, an industrial city northwest of Osaka, explained at a news conference, were the names, birthdays and ID numbers of about 460,000 people: the entire population of the city.

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