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The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi.
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Finally, the third class was composed of the ryoshu (sometimes known as shiro-nashi, or castleless barons), whose revenues ranged from 10,000 to 100,000 koku.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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What’s left is a smooth paste known as shiro nama-an raw white bean paste 4. In a small sauce pan, heat water and sugar and bring to a boil.
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Retainers may not, except in rare cases by special favour of their lords, indiscriminately wear silk stuffs, such as shiro-aya (undyed silk with woven patterns), shiro-kosode (white wadded silk coats), murasaki-awase (purple silk coats, lined), murasaki-ura (silk coats lined with purple); nori (white gloss silk), mumon (silk coat without the wearer's badge dyed on it), kosode (a coloured silk-wadded coat).
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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September 14, 2009 at 7:21 am ok, dis iz weerd – hold on to yor hat — shiro not lieks gushifud mebbe put sum ob himz favrit treets owt in teh alley.
what doesn’t kill me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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September 14, 2009 at 7:17 am fank yoo evreewun for teh sugjestions. i haz putted on teh fliers taht shiro likes to explore different kinds ob hiding places an plz to look at teh hiding places on yor property to see if him iz tehr.
what doesn’t kill me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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So I took the plunge - bought a small tub of unpasteurized white miso (shiro miso, the mildest kind there is).
Archive 2007-12-01 Nupur 2007
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September 13, 2009 at 4:19 pm ohai kitkay. “walkabowt” iz teh wurd teh TTI frenz yooze to deskribe wen a kitteh goez owt an not comes bakk in. teh kitteh oz owt habbing adventures an forgits to come home. haz not seed my shiro-kitteh sinse fridegg nite.
Stop faking that heart attack… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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October 6, 2009 at 6:23 am ai noe dere iz luff een yur hart adn ruym een yur hoym fur dis kitteh! adn eet duz NAWT meyn yu awr giffen awp awn teh walkehbawt shiro-kitteh. wii has tree kittehs nauw…toek eh littul beet awf enteegrashun, bawt dey getz awlonge nauw.
oops. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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But shiro an yur boi can haz advenchurez an tehn come hoem.
We wuz jus makin shur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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