Sendai

[ sen-dahy ]

/ ˈsɛnˈdaɪ /

a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.

Example sentences from the Web for sendai

It happens to open Friday, one week after the Sendai earthquake and tsunami.

Bye Bye Kitty Review: Japanese Art Grows Up |Blake Gopnik |March 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
These are the types of scenarios that would make the current catastrophe in Sendai look piddling by comparison.

Be Afraid, Very Afraid |Nathaniel Rich |March 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He ended up teaching English in Sendai, Japan—the epicenter of this week's devastating quake.

Japan Earthquake: Gripping Survivor Stories |The Daily Beast |March 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Aftershocks continue to rattle Sendai and its environs, including a 6.9-magnitude temblor on Sunday.

Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Fears |Lennox Samuels |March 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

More haunting footage of the tsunami overtaking Sendai Airport.

Shocking Videos and Photos From the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami |The Daily Beast |March 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
They are not, like the mens fashionable hakama, made of Sendai silk.

The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 |Elizabeth Bisland
When the pupils in the Christian schools of Sendai came together they were one thousand seven hundred strong.

The Child in the Midst |Mary Schauffler Labaree
Next we put in to Sendai bay, a commodious anchorage, but very much exposed seaward from its broad and unprotected mouth.

In Eastern Seas |J. J. Smith
In 1876, the Mikado visited his grave in Sendai, and ordered a monument erected to the honor of this far-seeing patriot.

The Religions of Japan |William Elliot Griffis
But now it is full fifteen years since Saito went from Sendai in the night, he and all his house, and left no trace behind.

Japanese Fairy Tales |Grace James

Sendai

/ (sɛnˈdaɪ) /

a city in central Japan, on NE Honshu: university (1907). Pop: 986 713 (2002 est)