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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Hokkaido, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean.

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Examples

  • We have reports of 15 people injured around the town of Kushiro, which is the closest town to where the earthquake took place.

    CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2003 2003

  • For instance, one-third of almost 300 km2 of marshland in Kushiro has been converted to agricultural, industrial or residential use since the 1970s.

    Biological diversity in Japan 2008

  • "At the end of a rough day, knowing that I have somebody on my side no matter what I do, feels good," says Sumiko Oshima, a 34-year-old Tokyo writer, whose academic husband resides in Kushiro in northern Japan.

    I Take Thee, For Weekends Only 2008

  • Sachiko Katsuta, a restaurant owner in Kushiro, Japan, after a massive magnitude 8 earthquake hit the northern island of Hokkaido "It's an organization that has no qualms about dropping bombs ... on the densest neighborhoods in the world."

    Empty Title 2007

  • The country ceased coal production in January 2002 with the closure of its last operating coal mine at Kushiro, on the northern island of Hokkaido.

    Energy profile of Japan 2007

  • In time, Fugetsudo Clinic was overrun, the town of Kushiro was overrun, the island of Hokkaido was overrun.

    Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

  • UFO in Kushiro, the main character's wife leaves him after spending days watching TV coverage of the quake: Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at crumbled banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stores in flames, severed rail lines and expressways.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRITT PETERSON 2011

  • UFO in Kushiro, the main character's wife leaves him after spending days watching TV coverage of the quake: Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at crumbled banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stores in flames, severed rail lines and expressways.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRITT PETERSON 2011

  • UFO in Kushiro, the main character's wife leaves him after spending days watching TV coverage of the quake: Five straight days she spent in front of the television, staring at crumbled banks and hospitals, whole blocks of stores in flames, severed rail lines and expressways.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BRITT PETERSON 2011

  • Following an overnight at Yokohama Tokyo , the ship calls at Hakodate and Kushiro, Japan , and Kodiak and Ketchikan, Alaska , as it makes it way to Canada for the start of the Alaska sailing season.

    unknown title 2011

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