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Nihon

American  
[nee-hawn] / ˈniˈhɔn /

noun

  1. a Japanese name of Japan.


Nihon British  
/ ˈniːˈhɒn /

noun

  1. transliteration of a Japanese name for Japan

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NS Group is the holding company for Nihon Safety, which is a leader in the rent-guarantee industry by size and profitability, the analyst says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Tomoaki Iwai, professor emeritus of Nihon University, told AFP that she would likely still be elected prime minister "if the opposition fails to unite in electing their own candidate".

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

In 2024, Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

The researchers then recruited 45 people diagnosed with chronic periodontitis at the Nihon University Hospital School of Dentistry at Matsudo for a follow up clinical study.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

There were salmon from Hakodate, tea from Uji, young rice from Higo, pheasants' eggs, fried cuttle-fish, tai, koi, maguro and many another sort of toothsome fish from the market at Nihon Bashi.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various