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Kobe

[ koh-bee; Japanese kaw-bee ]

noun

  1. a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.


Kobe

/ ˈkəʊbɪ /

noun

  1. a port in S Japan, on S Honshu on Osaka Bay: formed in 1889 by the amalgamation of Hyogo and Kobe; a major industrial complex, producing ships, steel, and rubber goods. Pop: 1 478 380 (2002 est)


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The King returns to Cleveland, a battered Kobe battles in the West, and the Zen Master is christened the savior of New York.

Kobe got docked but his career was never going to be in jeopardy.

The idea seemed as absurd as a $200 pair of designer blue jeans, as ridiculous as a burger made from Kobe beef.

An ode to Meryl Streep's brilliant selfie, taken at a Lakers game with 50 Cent and Kobe Bryant.

A few people are going to be like Kobe but most people will be on the end of the bench not making much.

The first day's record here in Kobe, I believe, showed six cases and five deaths.

The experiences of his first twenty-four hours in Japan were repeated with variations three times before Percival reached Kobe.

There was no possibility of getting to Yokohama even, and the Kobe express was snowed up for the day 10 miles from Tokio.

But at Yokohama, Blake hurried ashore in a sampan, met an agent who seemed to be awaiting him, and caught a train for Kobe.

At four o'clock we weighed anchor, and once more made a start from Kobe, and passed through the Straits of Akashi.

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