Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small rectangular Japanese silver coin, worth half a bu: no longer made or used. See
bu .
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Examples
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Tensho oban, * and the latter as the silver bu (ichibu-giri) and the silver half-bu (nishu-gin.) * The oban was an oval plate measuring 7 inches by 4, and weighing 53 ounces.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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nishu buzzed up: Afghanistan: 2 US service members killed by bomb (AP) 22 seconds ago 2010-01-23T06: 19: 51-08: 00
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nishu buzzed up: Afghanistan: 2 US service members killed by bomb (AP) 22 seconds ago 2010-01-23T06: 19: 51-08: 00
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