Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of a small four-horned goat-like antelope of Bengal, Antilope chikara of Hardwicke, or Tetraceros quadricornis. Also called
chousingha . - noun A Hindu musical instrument of the violin class, having four or five horsehair strings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The goat antelope (
Tragops Bennettii ) of India. - noun The Indian four-horned antelope (
Tetraceros quadricornis ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An Indian antelope (Tragops bennettii).
- noun The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Warai aeru minna iru kara mada mada yareru chikara ga daseru Wakatteiru sa muri wa shinai itami wa nai sa daijoubu sa
light4u Diary Entry light4u 2005
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At the advent of the New Year's Festival, bitter oranges, rice, and rice-flour cakes, native sardines (iwashi), chikara-iwai ( 'strength-rice-bread'), black peas, dried chestnuts, and a fine lobster, are all tastefully arranged upon the family sambo.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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When alarmed, the _chikara_ stamps its foot and gives a sharp little hiss.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Mutiny, a few _chikara_ crossed our line of march.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Boku niwa keisatsuyori mo naniyori mo Minna ga itakureru koto no houga kokoro tsuyoi desu yo Giseki wo okosu no minna ga chikara wo awasenakute wa naranai Saa, anata mo isshou ni ikou Omoi dori ni sasewa shinai Kono
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Eienni owaranai aa kono ryokugatsu kara Itoshii hibi wo chikara ni shite Hakanai inori mio musubunara Akira mekaketa sono deguchi no Saki wo ikitai no [Dialogue] Shi ne ... shi ne ... minna shi ne!
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Tameratta hitomi ukabu namida demo ashita no chikara ni kaete
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Boku niwa keisatsuyori mo naniyori mo Minna ga itakureru koto no houga kokoro tsuyoi desu yo Giseki wo okosu no minna ga chikara wo awasenakute wa naranai Saa, anata mo isshou ni ikou Omoi dori ni sasewa shinai Kono
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Tameratta hitomi ukabu namida demo ashita no chikara ni kaete
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Boku niwa keisatsuyori mo naniyori mo Minna ga itakureru koto no houga kokoro tsuyoi desu yo Giseki wo okosu no minna ga chikara wo awasenakute wa naranai Saa, anata mo isshou ni ikou Omoi dori ni sasewa shinai Kono
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