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Kishi

American  
[kee-shee] / ˈki ʃi /

noun

  1. Nobusuke 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.


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In the most recent arrests in mid-May, a joint team of soldiers and police conducted a raid on a remote market in Kishi, in the country’s southwestern Oyo State.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

A red, trompe-l’oeil wrapping cloth by the young artist Yu Tanaka sits across from a piece by Eiko Kishi whose knobbly, blue and white finish and abstract triangular planes evoke a Star Wars spaceship.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Reuters contacted 15 leading Japanese defence manufacturers, whose CEOs the defence ministry invited to talks with then- defence minister Nobuo Kishi in April, and in January with his successor, Yasukazu Hamada.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023

Grandpa Kishi was a member of the wartime junta and was arrested by the Americans as a suspected war criminal.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

The old fancier has neither better nor worse grounds for his belief than have Panse and Kishi.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.