Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central Honshu, Japan, north-northeast of Tokyo. It is a trade and transportation center.
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- proper noun a city in
Japan . - proper noun a
prefecture in Japan. - proper noun a Japanese
surname .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though much of the prefecture is far from the reactors, the name Fukushima may quickly become synonymous with "nuclear accident."
NYT > Home Page By KEN BELSON 2011
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It would be another hour before events conspired to make the name Fukushima synonymous with the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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Kazuichi Ishii, an official with Iwaki City, says when people around the world hear the name Fukushima, they group it with Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, the sites of the two other major nuclear accidents.
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Kazuichi Ishii, an official with Iwaki City, says when people around the world hear the name Fukushima, they group it with Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, the sites of the two other major nuclear accidents.
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The premier had to replace his industry minister in September after he referred to the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone a "city of death."
Japan Upper House Censures Two Ministers Toko Sekiguchi 2011
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Fish from Chiba and Ibaraki two neighbouring prefectures are all caught from the same area of the sea, yet only ours aren't selling well because they are labelled 'Fukushima.'
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK MacKINNON 2011
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Fish from Chiba and Ibaraki two neighbouring prefectures are all caught from the same area of the sea, yet only ours aren't selling well because they are labelled 'Fukushima.'
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK MacKINNON 2011
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It’s obvious by the end of volume two that Fukushima is just randomly throwing ideas at the series, hoping something will click for her.
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Still, some experts question the real-life application of the cushion including Masataka Fukushima, director of Japan Structural Consultants Association.
Tire-Soil Mixture Buffers From Quakes Linda Blake 2011
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Mr. Candris said that "if you are looking for a silver lining in the cloud called Fukushima, it's probably that it doesn't make sense to build anything but a design with passive features and an ability to withstand a complete loss of power"—advantages which he said the AP1000 offers.
U.S. Clears Reactor Design Rebecca Smith 2011
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