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/ˈhɑnʃu/
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NOUN
- the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
How To Use Honshu In A Sentence
- Typhoon Roke first made landfall in the tourist town of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture at about 2 p.m. local time Wednesday, knocking over trucks and ripping roofs from homes, then crawled up Japan's Honshu island. Storm Strikes Central Japan
- The quake was most strongly felt in Aomori and Iwate, the two farthest-north prefectures on Japan's main island of Honshu.
- I like solitude, but it is not un-lonely; at least I have drink to comfort me, namu nihonshu nyorai. Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » Nyorai
- Perhaps conincidentally, the ground tace passes through Tsugaru Strait, minimizing the possibility of falling onto any land mass, and avoid the Japanese main island Honshu, had the rocket failed in the middle of its trajectory. Calculating Taepodong-2's range, charting its planned path
- Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu was the only outlet from the Inland Sea to the Sea of Japan. Whirlwind
- In July the miners achieved a near total blockade of Shimonoseki, Honshu, and Kyushu, plus some Korean ports. Whirlwind
- A city of southern Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay south - southwest of Kyoto.
- Commonly called sake outside of Japan, nihonshu or sake (note that "sake" is also the general Japanese term for alcohol) is brewed using rice, water and white koji mold as the main ingredients.
- A city of west - central Honshu, Japan, north - northeast of Osaka.
- Consequently, the Superforts went after one of the known industrial plants, the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata, identifiable near Shimonoseki Strait separating Kyushu from Honshu. Whirlwind
