Word: ji
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...volcanologist of Sobetsu, a small town in southwestern Hokkaido, was working on routine papers. Once in a while he looked out the window at his pet volcano, intermittently active Mount Usu, two miles away. On Dec. 31 he heard a mighty rumbling and the ground began to tremble. Shouting "Ji-shin!" (earthquake), he rushed outdoors and looked again at Mount Usu. The tall black volcano showed no signs of life...
...went that day, their open carriage, drawn by six bay horses, was beset by happy, cheering Indians who swept aside police lines. A Briton received a popular ovation rarely given even to an Indian leader. "Mountbattenji ki jai [Victory to Mountbatten]," they roared, adding the affectionate and respectful suffix "ji" usually reserved for popular Indian leaders...
Sample sentence from the test: "Again he mused, 'These laryngeal effulgences, I suppose, are the sine qua non of ethereal broadcasting.'" The NBC versions of key words: uh GEN; myoozd; luh RIN ji'l; i FUHL j'n s'z; suh POZ (not spoz); SI nee kwa NAHN; i THIER i'l; BRAWD kasting...
...name he himself prefers-according to Nehru-rather than the addition of Mahatma. The suffix ji conveys an idea of simple respect in Hindustani and does not mean, as some might think, "dear little Gandhi...