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Word: kisaburo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

Among Japanese who did disembowel themselves last week in the good old-fashioned way was Captain Kisaburo Koyanagi, Assistant Naval Attache of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow. Reason: "private." The following cryptic utterance arrived from Moscow the next morning: "It is needless to state a painful impression has been created in foreign diplomatic circles . . . when parties grow so rowdy that neighbors protest, the case becomes a matter of public interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Such Vulgarity! | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

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