miya

• “Wed 11/11/09 2: 49 PM lol irvin, kelly has a genuine feeling about this competition, i love watching her dance and smile, miya is blahhh jp”

  'Dancing With the Stars': Who deserves to make the finals? | EW.com

• “The palace of the sovereign -- called miya or odono -- corresponded in appearance and construction with the shrines of the deities.”

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

• “[* It is more popularly termed miya, "august house," -- a name given to the ordinary Shinto temples.]”

  Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation

• “[10] Each temple parish also possesses a large portable miya which is paraded on these occasions with much chanting and beating of drums.”

  Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series

• “This shrew was previously been identified as Ceylon Long-tailed Shrew (Crocidura miya).”

  Archive 2008-03-01

• “Other endangered species include the endemic Rattus montanus and five shrews: Crocidura miya, Feroculus feroculus, Solisorex pearsoni, Suncus fellowsgordoni, and Suncus zeylanicus.”

  Sri Lanka montane rain forests

• “I was somewhat wretched from fatigue and inflamed ant bites, but in the early morning, hot and misty as all the mornings have been, I went to see a Shinto temple, or miya, and, though I went alone, escaped a throng.”

  Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

• “But more than history is neglected in the indifference and contempt shown these minor _miya_.”

  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

• “People had grown indifferent as the new paint grew old, then shabby on the once famous _miya_.”

  The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)

• “The palace of the sovereign towered so high by comparison that it was termed Asahi-no-tada-sasu-miya (miya on which the morning sun shines direct), or Yuhi-no-hiteru-miya (miya illumined by the evening sun), or some other figurative epithet, and to the Emperor himself was applied the title 0-mikado (great august Gate).”

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

Show 10 more examples...