Kurume

[koo-roo-mey, koo-roo-me]

noun

1. a city in NW Kyushu, Japan.

Example Sentences

The national weather agency logged 402.5mm falling in Kurume on Monday, the highest ever recorded in the city.

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Another victim was apparently washed away by a flooded river while riding in a car in Kurume.

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In Kurume, also in Fukuoka, a mudslide hit seven houses, burying 21 people.

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Born in the southwestern city of Kurume, Matsumoto started drawing at age 6, and rose to fame with “Otoko Oidon,” a manga series telling the story of a poor man from southern Japan who lives in a boarding house in Tokyo and struggles to balance work and studying.

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In the southern city of Kurume, rivers overflowed and residents evacuated from their homes on rubber boats as rescue workers pulled them while wading through muddy water.

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