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- proper noun The
flag ofJapan , that consists of a large reddisk (representing thesun ) in thecenter of awhite rectangular horizontalbackground .
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Examples
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A key focus in court was whether it infringed on the teachers 'constitutional freedom of thought or conscience for the local education board or school principals to order them to stand up for the' 'Hinomaru' 'national flag and sing the anthem.
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Other top souvenir concepts (not pictured) include "Kutsu-kutsushita" socks colored to look like shoes, incense sticks tied into traditional mizuhiki knots, and a round red "Hinomaru" paperweight that instantly transforms a stack of paper into the Japanese flag.
Pink Tentacle 2008
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A new family wants to adopt Hinomaru, but to do so, they have to accept that the dog may react strangely at first, given his history and abuse by a former owner.
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As the first fighter sweep crossed the coast with master armament switches on and gunsight rheostats turned up, the F6F and F4U pilots scanned the cloudy skies, searching for dark green planes bearing rust-red Hinomaru suns.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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As the first fighter sweep crossed the coast with master armament switches on and gunsight rheostats turned up, the F6F and F4U pilots scanned the cloudy skies, searching for dark green planes bearing rust-red Hinomaru suns.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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In response to the suicide, the government said it would consider granting official status to Hinomaru and "Kimigayo."
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When my grandfather, Lou Perry, returned from WWII in 1944, he brought back a Japanese flag, or Hinomaru, that belonged to a Japanese soldier killed on the island of Leyte.
Mary Lou Song: America's Front Porch: Remembering Our Veterans 2008
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I believe there is/has been some controversy about the place of the national anthem (Kimigayo) and the flag (Hinomaru) in such ceremonies so I don't know if either are used much now.
Graduation: Kimono vs Regalia Bardiac 2008
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At home, postwar governments have never granted official status to the rising sun flag, Hinomaru, or the medieval anthem, "Kimigayo."
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Only since 1989 has the Ministry of Education begun urging schools to raise the profile of Hinomaru and "Kimigayo," leaving thousands of school principals to shoulder the burden of history that crushed Ishikawa.
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