Word: kimiko
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...frozen seal and whale blubber, the bear poked at the sleeping bag with his snout and turned it over while Uemura burrowed deep inside, then wandered off. Next morning, when the bear reappeared, the explorer coolly shot him at a range of 55 yards. Said Uemura's wife Kimiko in Tokyo when she heard about his encounter: "He is a continual surprise to me. At home he's afraid of cockroaches. Out there, he will confront a bear...
...Fogg has not limited its Japanese exhibition to Buddhist art-art that "reveals to the Japanese the state of perfection," art "motivated by an awareness of the inconceivable and invisible sources of all being in Buddhist metaphysics." For more than ten years, Kimiko and Johen Powers have been assembling their private collection, incorporating Buddhist works as well as secular works of Japan's decorative and literary styles. Whereas Buddhism documented the sutras (the Buddhist scriptures purporting to contain the words of the Historical Buddha) or created images of its religious pantheon, the decorative and literary styles drew from everyday activities...
Scandal v. Scorn. Ichiro Ishikawa's wife Kimiko. who went proudly forth to cast her ballot as one of Japan's newly enfranchised women, reported these scandalous goings-on to her family. They did not correspond to what May Moon had learned in her civics books. So May Moon wrote an indignant letter to Asahi Shimbun, Japan's most influential newspaper. Government investigators moved into Ueno...
Kurusu: Oh sure, I know that. ... In any event, Miss Kimiko is leaving town tomorrow and will remain in the country until Wednesday...
Yamamoto (in a very definite tone): Yes, the birth of the child seems imminent. It seems as if it will be a strong, healthy boy. . . . Did you make any statement to the newspapers regarding your talk with Miss Kimiko today...