Kawasaki

American

[kah-wah-sah-kee] / ˈkɑ wɑˈsɑ ki /

noun

a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.

Kawasaki British

/ ˌkɑːwəˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

an industrial port in central Japan, on SE Honshu, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Pop: 1 245 780 (2002 est)

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She was last seen wearing a white shirt and black and white dirt-bike pants and riding a gray and white Kawasaki KLX 300R dirt bike, sheriff’s officials said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Basically HW3 customers are screwed,” Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management and an early Tesla investor, wrote on X, referring to a computer used in some older Tesla cars.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

Shares in Kawasaki Heavy Industries sank almost five percent in Tokyo, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shed close to four percent and IHI tumbled nearly seven percent.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

Al-Nassr were knocked out of the Asian Champions League Elite semi-finals by Japan's Kawasaki Frontale last season, and only qualified for the second-tier Asian Champions League Two this season.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

A Kawasaki four by four, powered by a 400cc engine with automatic transmission.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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