Shizuoka

[ shee-zoo-aw-kah ]

noun

1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.

Shizuoka

/ ˌʃiːzuːˈəʊkə /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: a centre for green tea; university (1949). Pop: 468 775 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

The snow was spotted on Wednesday, 5 November, by the Japan Meteorological Agency’s branch in Shizuoka.

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Professor Seijiro Takeshita of the University of Shizuoka says Japan had no other option other than to intervene in the currency markets.

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The case has attracted widespread public interest, with some 500 people lining up for seats in the courtroom in Shizuoka on Thursday.

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Earlier this week, local governments issued evacuation advisories to 810,000 people in the central Shizuoka prefecture on Japan's main island of Honshu.

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Beckham, however, was clearly not fully over a foot injury and England's lack of fitness haunted them in the searing heat of Shizuoka in the quarter-final against Brazil.

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