Aso

[ah-soh]

noun

1. Mount Aso, a volcanic mountain in southwestern Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5,223 feet (1,593 meters); crater 12 miles (19 kilometers) across.

Aso

/ ˈɑːsəʊ /

noun

1. Also called: Asosan. a group of five volcanic cones in Japan on central Kyushu, one of which, Naka-dake, has the largest crater in the world, between 16 km (10 miles) and 24 km (15 miles) in diameter. Highest cone: 1592 m (5223 ft)

Example Sentences

In 2021, when then deputy prime minister Taro Aso said that Japan would need to defend Taiwan alongside the US in the event of an invasion, Beijing condemned his remarks and told Japan to "correct its mistakes".

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Nigeria’s aging leader awoke on Nov. 2 in the sprawling presidential Aso Rock villa for a morning routine that included a freshly brewed shot of espresso, a doctor taking his vital signs and an aide delivering a two-page executive summary on the myriad threats facing Africa’s most-populous nation.

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She's the protégé of the late former hawkish prime minister Shinzo Abe, and was backed in the leadership election by Taro Aso - a senior figure in the LDP at the head of one of the ruling party's most influential conservative blocs.

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This character was only teased lightly in Haro Aso’s “Alice in Borderland” manga on which the show is based.

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In Aso’s manga, just after the Joker figure appears, Arisu envisions a scene of a large, humanoid creature poling a boat full of figures across a body of water toward a distant shore.

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