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  • Time, like sensation, is wholly absent, banished to another, weightier realm, but recalling michi, he thinks of the stone basin on the grounds of his house north-west of Tokyo.

    The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990

  • The principles they established are called michi (ethics), and may be reduced to two simple rules, namely, to take other people's territory and to keep fast hold of it.

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

  • Hence, in ancient times, the idea of michi, or way, (ethics) was applied to ordinary thoroughfares only, and its application to systems of philosophy, government, morals, religion, and so forth is a foreign notion.

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

  • "When Chinese literature was imported into Japan, the people adopted many Chinese ideas, laws, customs, and practices, which they so mixed up with their own that it became necessary to adopt a special name for the ancient native customs, which were in consequence called Kami no michi or Shinto, the word 'michi' being applied in the same sense as the Chinese Tao, and Kami because of their divine origin.

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

  • As one Diet aide told me during my recent trip to Japan, Hatoyama has chosen a hard road (ibara no michi) and the most vexing policy issues seemingly as a show of personal development rather than political astuteness.

    Devin Stewart: Hatoyama's Hard Road for 2010 2010

  • As one Diet aide told me during my recent trip to Japan, Hatoyama has chosen a hard road (ibara no michi) and the most vexing policy issues seemingly as a show of personal development rather than political astuteness.

    Devin Stewart: Hatoyama's Hard Road for 2010 2010

  • Birria, pozole, caldo michi and enchiladas tapatías are accompanied by regional beverages such as tequila, tepache (made with fermented pineapple), tejuino (made with fermented corn), chocolate and the cinnamon-infused café de olla.

    The cuisine of Jalisco: la cocina tapatia 2007

  • Zapopan, home of the miraculous Virgin of the same name, celebrates its fiesta on October 12, when locals and visitors enjoy fresh corn tamales with chicken filling, caldo michi (a fish and vegetable soup) and a variety of tacos, tortas, tostadas and enchiladas.

    The cuisine of Jalisco: la cocina tapatia 2007

  • Zapopan, home of the miraculous Virgin of the same name, celebrates its fiesta on October 12, when locals and visitors enjoy fresh corn tamales with chicken filling, caldo michi (a fish and vegetable soup) and a variety of tacos, tortas, tostadas and enchiladas.

    The cuisine of Jalisco: la cocina tapatia 2007

  • But does anyone else agree with me, that Keanu could be Hyde? michi

    Keanu Reeves is Jekyll | /Film 2009

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