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Word: chika (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...Kaya San, who lived next door to Grier in the hotel, first attracted his attentions. But when he found his progress imperceptible he went to see Chika. an acrobat who had traveled from Europe on his boat. Chika's villainous father wanted to sell her to Grier, and she would not really have minded, but since Grier did not fall in with the idea she let her father put her in a brothel. Grier soon forgot her when he met O Setsu San. the lovely interpreter at an inn called The House of the Playful Kitten. Then an earthquake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Poor Butterfly | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

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