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  • Otherwise known as Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki, this is the story of a middle aged geisha who has to choose whether to get married or to buy a bar of her own and build a business.

    Filmstalker: Weekend Films to Stalk 2007

  • In the midst of an "earthquake storm," it will be a matter of months before reconstruction can begin here in Onna, that is if reconstruction is allowed at all.

    CBN.com 2009

  • In the midst of an "earthquake storm," it will be a matter of months before reconstruction can begin here in Onna, that is if reconstruction is allowed at all.

    CBN.com 2009

  • For example, the American pronunciation of a name like Anna sounds to me like "Onna" and I have even heard names like Suzanne and Maryann pronounced "Suzonne" and "Maryon".

    languagehat.com: VARIETIES OF ENGLISH. 2005

  • I don't think "Onna" is at all uncommon, and I heard both Suzanne and Maryann pronounced with the "o" on CNN see Suzanne Malveaux.

    languagehat.com: VARIETIES OF ENGLISH. 2005

  • Destroyed houses in Onna near L'Aquila - 300 people died in the earthquake.

    Italy earthquake experts charged with manslaughter 2011

  • D no Onna, really more of a josei series by Morino Aki thirstygirl Says:

    The Shôjo-Sunjeong Alphabet: D 2009

  • For women who want to stay cool but keep their figure in-check, Train Corp. introduced a "cool" version of a corrective leg-wear series, Onna no Yokubo A Woman's Wants.

    Dog Days of Summer in Japan Call for Quirky Ways to Stay Cool Mariko Sanchanta 2011

  • To his left, arms folded across her iron and leather yoroi and sneering defiantly at the camera, stood Onna Buegeisha, who was reputed to have once fought Commander Liberty to a bare-knuckle draw.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • To his left, arms folded across her iron and leather yoroi and sneering defiantly at the camera, stood Onna Buegeisha, who was reputed to have once fought Commander Liberty to a bare-knuckle draw.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

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