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Tokko

a river in the Yakut ASSR; a right tributary of the Chara River in the Lena River basin. The Tokko is 446 km long and drains an area of 23,100 sq km. The river rises in the Udokan Range and flows through the Olekmo-Chara Plateau. It is fed mainly by snow. Its mean flow rate is 220 cu m per sec. The river freezes in October, and the ice breaks up in May.

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Weiterhin kennen die finnischen Dialekte die phonetischen Varianten tukka, tokku, dok-ku, tokko und auf letztgenannte geht das Diminutiv tokkone(n) zuruck.

Terms for 'doll' in finnic languages/Puppenbezeichnungen in den ostseefinnischen sprachen

When the Imperial military, after agonizing deliberations, decided to call for the last ditch, certain death tactics, they called it the Tokko Tai, meaning Special-Attack Force.

Racing against invasion: engineering a kamikaze "cruise missile"

Noe, Osugi and Osugi's six year-old nephew were murdered by special political police (tokko) because of their anti-establishment activities.

Modernising Japanese Women Through Literary Journals

Nyozekan frequented the Maruyama home during Masao's childhood, and Masao's arrest by the Tokko (Secret Police) as a teen came as a result of his attendance at a meeting of the Yuibutsuron kenkyukai, the Materialism Study Group chaired by Nyozekan.

The old generation in (mid)Showa Japan: Hasegawa Nyozekan, Maruyama Masao, and postwar thought

Unit 731 was already known to have made preparations to stage ''tokko'' suicide germ attacks against U.S.

Unit 731 planned germ warfare against U.S. forces after end of war

Coming up: Gothic mystery TV series "Le Chevalier d'Eon" about an 18th-century French knight skedded for summer delivery, and action TV series "Tokko," broadcasting locally from April.

Asian animation outfits drawing attention

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