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Kirin

/ ˈkiːˈrɪn /

noun

  1. See Jilin
    a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Jilin


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Kirin Brewery Co., for example, is installing a natural gas power generator at its factory in Taga, Shiga Prefecture.

This is a satellite image of Japan showing damage after an earthquake and tsunami at the Kirin plant, Sendai.

Kirin itself is famous for the battlemented wall which, with its heavy ramparts and pagoda-like towers, is very imposing.

But the town itself is very primitive, and far behind the other two chief towns, Kirin and Mukden.

Manchuria is divided into three administrations, Tsi-tsi-kar, Kirin, and Mukden.

Eat he could not in this lazaret, but sipped a little of the dark Kirin brew, and plunged again into his researches.

As messenger of mercy and benevolence, the Kirin never treads on a live insect or eats growing grass.

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