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Nihon

American  
[nee-hawn] / ˈniˈhɔn /

noun

  1. a Japanese name of Japan.


Nihon British  
/ ˈniːˈhɒn /

noun

  1. transliteration of a Japanese name for Japan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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NS Group is the holding company for Nihon Safety, which is a leader in the rent-guarantee industry by size and profitability, the analyst says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Tomoaki Iwai, professor emeritus of Nihon University, told AFP that she would likely still be elected prime minister "if the opposition fails to unite in electing their own candidate".

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

The researchers then recruited 45 people diagnosed with chronic periodontitis at the Nihon University Hospital School of Dentistry at Matsudo for a follow up clinical study.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

"The accuracy rate is about 70 to 80%, so it is not as good as real experts, but better than ordinary farmers," says Kentarou Taniguchi from Nihon Nohyaku.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

The Nihon Shoki occupied a high place in national esteem from the outset.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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