Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Honshu, Japan, northwest of Tokyo. A silk-manufacturing center, the city is noted for its statue of Kannon, goddess of mercy.
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Examples
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Ida comes from the central Japanese city of Takasaki, which is north of Satte.
Anime News Network 2009
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We would easily have reconciled ourselves to the delay, for a Japanese small town such as Takasaki has much worth seeing to offer a European, but a great part of the time was wasted in fruitless attempts to get the horse-hirer to let us have the horses a few hours earlier.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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On Thursday, a woman who identified herself as Ms. Takasaki rushed in and out of a beautiful, traditional Japanese home.
Eerie Hush Descends on Japan's Nuclear Zone Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011
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The two other plants where operations are suspended are the Takasaki plant in Gunma Prefecture and the Kofu plant in Yamanashi Prefecture, which together account for about 15% of the company's early-stage chip production capacity.
Chip Maker Runs at Half Speed Juro Osawa 2011
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Two of the five plants—the Takasaki plant in Gunma prefecture and the Kofu plant in Yamanashi prefecture—resumed operations last week and are currently running at full capacity.
Renesas Looks to Bring Two Factories Back Online Juro Osawa 2011
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Takasaki uses a heavier dropper line (usually 20-pound) than his main line to help prevent tangling.
Today's Best Walleye Anglers Are Inventing New Ways to Land More Fish. 2007
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And the paper mills like the one in Kapuskasing are selling newsprint and other paper products to Toledo, Takasaki and Timbuctoo too.
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In 1632, Iemitsu confiscated his fief and exiled him to Takasaki in Kotsuke, where he was compelled to undergo confinement in the Yashiki of Ando
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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At first we travelled in two very rattling and inconvenient carriages, drawn each by a pair of horses, to the town Takasaki, situated on the great road "Nakasendo," which passes through the interior of the country and connects Tokio and Kioto.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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Hence I sent a messenger on foot to Takasaki to order a carriage to
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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