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  • 20 Mr. Satow has found in Hirata a belief to which this seems to some extent akin -- the curious Shinto doctrine according to which a divine being throws off portions of itself by a process of fissure, thus producing what are called waki-mi-tama -- parted spirits, with separate functions.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • If Hillary not win we vote for McCain I am not voting for teenage and waki taki radio he is blank blank blank

    Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky 2008

  • There's a pink one, and a brown one, and blue one, and a yellow one, and their all made out of Wiki waki, and they all look just the same.

    Dreaming about Wikipedia. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Don Alipio and his wife, and when Jubal arrived, the others were in t~ garden enclosed by a high wall and made tranquil by the sound of waki Of 9

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • The play is performed by all schools of No. PERSONS AN ITINERANT PRIEST (waki): A VILLAGER (kyogen): MATSUKAZE (shite): MURASAME (tsure):

    Matsukaze 1970

  • At one end of the divan, a tall bronze crane held in his beak a tray hanging by three chains like one side of a pair of scales, and on it lay a new book and a little Japanese scimitar -- a _waki-gashi_ -- the scabbard and hilt encrusted with silver chrysanthemums.

    The Child of Pleasure Gabriele D'Annunzio 1900

  • Just as the day is about to dawn in the east, the sound of the drum is heard, and the dance Sambasô is danced as a prelude, and after this follow the dances of the famous actors of old; these are called the extra performances (_waki kiyôgen_).

    Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

  • He didn't give al waki or Osama the option of waterboarding.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The prime minister on the other hand dug deep into his reserves to remind rebellious m. ps in his party that they had promised change and could not retreat into ethnic cocoons at a time like this, due to challenges caused by the waki report.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kenya to focus on trade and economic diplomacy, says Kibaki 2010

  • President mwai kibaki and prime minister raila odinga today appeared to take different positions on the waki report, with the president pushing for forgiveness as a basis for healing and reconciliation.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kenya to focus on trade and economic diplomacy, says Kibaki 2010

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