Kishi
[ kee-shee ]
/ ˈki ʃi /
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noun
No·bu·su·ke [naw-boo-soo-ke], /ˌnɔ bʊˈsu kɛ/, 1896–1987, Japanese statesman: premier 1958–60.
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How to use Kishi in a sentence
Of more dubious antecedents is another patron of the children of Japan, Kishi Mojin, the mother of the child-demons.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)|Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoOnce Kishi Mojin had the depraved habit of stealing any young child she could lay hands on and eating it.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)|Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoKishi is one of the most frequented of these places, and there the money for the right of crossing the desert is paid.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers|Jules Verne