Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coniferous tree, Cryptomeria Japonica, the Japan cedar.
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- noun tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
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Examples
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Following World War II, the Forestry Agency of Japan promoted clear-cutting of the high-elevation conifer forests and replaced them with Japanese timber species such as sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and Kara-matsu (Larix leptolepis).
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Of great significance to the area is the presence of indigenous Japanese cedar Cryptomeria japonica, known colloquially as 'sugi'.
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Rupa is being fed sugi, a small white grain, with water.
Poor diet kills 2.6 million infants a year, says survey by Save the Children 2012
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Without mother's milk, Rupa is being fed sugi, a small white grain with water.
Poor nutrition stunts growth of nearly half of under-fives in Bangladesh 2012
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Aishiteta to nageku ni wa, amari ni mo toki wa sugi te shimatta
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Aishiteta to nageku ni wa, amari ni mo toki wa sugi te shimatta
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Aishiteta to nageku ni wa, amari ni mo toki wa sugi te shimatta
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"Ima mochi warattake, sugi no ji dayou, ore-tachi no jidai dakara na .."
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2007
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* D-type verbs have a consonant stem (sC) and a vowel stem (sV) (e.g. sug.u/sugi, at.u/ate) The vowel stem is used whenever "available" (usually for MZ, RY and MR) and the consonant stem otherwise, but for some reason the RT and IZ consonant stems always take the post-vowel allomorphs.
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Tsubamezato; the waterfall (Dangyo-taki) at Yuenimura; the mighty cedar - tree (sugi) before the shrine of Tama-Wakusa-jinja at Shimomura, and the lakelet called Sai-no-ike where the bateiseki is said to be found.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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