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  • The latter duty was entrusted to officials called kuni-no-miyatsuko and agata-nushi, which may be translated

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • The jurisdiction of these high constables -- great military magnates or relatives of the shogun -- extended to two or more provinces, and the shugo were then called kuni-mochi-shu (province-holder).

    A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

  • The passionate loyalty of retainers to their lord, of samurai to their daimyo, of all to their "kuni," or clan, in ancient times, and now, of the people to their Emperor, are the results of a vivid political idealizing imagination.

    Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

  • The more than two hundred and fifty clans and "kuni," "clan territory," into which the land was divided, kept up perpetual training in the arts of intrigue and subtlety which are inevitably accompanied by suspicion.

    Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

  • Ma ei nõustu härra Meikariga väga paljudes meetodites, aga kuni on olemas vaba demokraatia on meil mõlemal omad võimalused.

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009

  • Tõepoolest, minu lapsepõlve põiktänavad, puiesteed, aia - ja metsaäärsed, minu vanaema ja kõik teised, keda ei mahu nimetama, muidu saaks internet otsa (perekonnast kuni selle naiseni Saare poe tagant köögiviljaluugist, kellelt sai greipfruute osta), on ikka ja alati minu juures ...

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009

  • Soovitan edasi kerida kuni sinnani ja see koht ka ära vaadata :D Vat see peaks küll vana doomeri südant soojendama.

    Doom (2005) Ulmeguru 2009

  • See, kuidas keegi oma abikaasat armastab, ei puutu teistesse inimestesse, seni kuni kellegi elu ja tervis otseselt ohus ei ole (perevägivalla juhtumid).

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009

  • Tõlgenduse mõte on hea ja originaalsusest ma ka ei räägiks, aga kahjuks on enamik remake'isid tehtud seepärast, et rahastajatele on lihtsam müüa asja, millest on näidised juba olemas... ning siis see luul, et inimene tohib vaadata vaid kuni viie aasta vanuseid filme...

    Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! Ulmeguru 2009

  • Mitte kitsalt politolooge vaid ka külgnevaid alasid, kuni kriminoloogideni välja.

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009

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