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Otsu

American  
[oht-soo] / ˈoʊt su /

noun

  1. a city in S Honshu, Japan, on Lake Biwa.


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From tin lunch boxes to hoodies, tees and totes, the exclusive collection features artwork from Li Kuanzhen, Naomi Otsu and Vanna Youngstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023

The group has increased its online classes and seminars for women who want to learn what it’s like to live, work and raise children in rural Japan, said Eri Otsu, director of HERS.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2021

“This is the outermost surface of the eye that is exposed to environmental factors like chemicals, light and infection,” says Wataru Otsu, a biomedical researcher from Gifu Pharmaceutical University in Japan.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2021

For the study, Dr. Robert Abbott of the Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Japan, and colleagues studied 449 Japanese-American men living in Hawaii who were taking part in a larger study of aging.

From MSNBC • Dec. 10, 2015

But the Emperor Kobun's consort, Toichi, was a daughter of Prince Oama, and two sons of the latter, Takaichi and Otsu, were also in the Court at Omi.

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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