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Hayakawa

American  
[hah-yuh-kah-wuh] / ˌhɑ jəˈkɑ wə /

noun

  1. S(amuel) I(chiye) 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.

  2. Sessue 1889–1973, Japanese film actor.


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Hayakawa pulls from her childhood in multiple ways for her sophomore feature, which premiered in competition at Cannes last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

In 1983, Tanton and Hayakawa — born in Canada to Japanese immigrants — formed U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

Hayakawa and his colleagues extended their investigations of the historical aurorae by combing through records in libraries, archives, and observatories around the world.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023

"It's an awfully big upgrade and shows how the BOJ had made estimates that were way too low," said former BOJ top economist Hideo Hayakawa, who expects negative rates to end in April.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023

There is a Japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa, who takes the leading part with Blanche Sweet in The Clew, and is the hero in the film version of The Typhoon.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay

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