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But, if Ken'ishi is that hot * fans self* ... he might need additional steam time ...
Guest Author: Travis Heermann - Heart of the Ronin Nalini Singh 2009
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Together with the economic crisis the shortage of doctors (医師不足, ishi busoku in Japanese) is becoming more and more urgent in Japan.
Global Voices in English » Japan: Doctor shortage, the medical system in crisis 2009
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Then something made me look up, maybe a sound or some change in the air, but when I did I saw a pale grey object no larger than an ishi bean drawing near, falling towards Malgovastek.
Orphaned Worlds, 1st Draft, 2nd Excerpt « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. or for those of you who don; t read Tengwar:
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Since 1990 she has developed her unique chamber music lecture-concert, Classica be-meimad ishi (Classics from a Personal Viewpoint).
Astrith Baltsan. 2009
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul an Althouse?
Early evening in the Last Bubble Café. Ann Althouse 2008
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Go Ishi wa igo no ishi * pak! pak! ditampar orang2 yang bisa berbahasa jepang dengan baik dan benar coz basa jepangku wagu banget* Maksudnya ... batu igo.
mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2006
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. '
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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The equipment of a soldier on campaign included a large sword (tachi) and a small sword (katana or sashi-zoe) together with a quiver (yanagui or ebira); but in time of peace these were kept in store, the daily exercises being confined to the use of the spear, the catapult (ishi-yumi) and the bow, and to the practice of horsemanship.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Ko-ishi-kawa, T [= o] ki [= o], is a small Miya, built at the foot of a very old tree, that stands isolated on the edge of a rice-field.
The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885
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