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  • Two Zero-taku Zero-taxis, so called because the electric cars produce no carbon emissions, began picking up fares at JR Tokyo Station's Marunouchi South exit after an inauguration ceremony.

    Green Energy - Fareastgizmos.com 2010

  • Two Zero-taku Zero-taxis, so called because the electric cars produce no carbon emissions, began picking up fares at JR Tokyo Station's Marunouchi South exit after an inauguration ceremony.

    March 2010 - Fareastgizmos.com 2010

  • In Japanese, “gyo” translates to “fish” and “taku” translates to “stone rubbing” which refers to the technique of fish rubbing.

    Gyotaku | Impact Lab 2007

  • /And the Humans gave it artificial wings, and they put things into its head so that it could hear what the/taku

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • The/taku/are the only telepathic creatures on Refuge, besides us and the cloud-whales.

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • I put my hand into my pocket again, picturing the image of a/taku

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • The/taku/they'd been harassing earlier was peacefully asleep in a niche in the wall, with its head tucked under its wing.

    Dreamfall Vinge, Joan D. 1996

  • _Bouto-taku_, while some Englishmen maintain that the bird says "I've lost my love."

    A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

  • Ara-tae and nigi-tae were the names used to designate coarse and fine cloth respectively; striped stuff was called shidori, and the name of a princess, Taku-hata-chiji, goes to show that corrugated cloth was woven from the bark of the taku.

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

  • The beams and the pillars were larger than any existing timber could furnish; and the framework was bound together firmly with a rope made of taku [11] fibre, one thousand fathoms long.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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