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Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.
Dinaw Mengestu

Meaning of "Ishiguro" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ISHIGURO

Ishiguro  [ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊrəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISHIGURO

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Ishiguro is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ISHIGURO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ishiguro

Ishiguro is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: ▪ Aya Ishiguro, a.k.a. Ayappe, a singer ▪ Hide Ishiguro, Wittgenstein scholar ▪ Hideo Ishiguro, a Japanese actor ▪ Hiroshi Ishiguro, a professor at Osaka University who works in robotics ▪ Kazuo Ishiguro, a British author ▪ Keishichi Ishiguro, a Japanese judoka ▪ Keisho Ishiguro, a Japanese photo collector ▪ Ken Ishiguro, a Japanese actor ▪ Kenji Ishiguro, a renowned Japanese photographer ▪ Masakazu Ishiguro, a Japanese tennis manga artist ▪ Masayuki Ishiguro, a Japanese handball player who plays in German ▪ Noboru Ishiguro, a Japanese animator and anime series director ▪ Osamu Ishiguro, a Japanese tennis player ▪ Tatsuya Ishiguro, a Japanese kickboxer ▪ Yumiko Ishiguro, a Japanese synchronized swimmer...

Definition of Ishiguro in the English dictionary

The definition of Ishiguro in the dictionary is Kazuo. born 1954, British novelist, born in Japan. His novels include An Artist of the Floating World, the Booker-prizewinning The Remains of the Day, and Never Let Me Go.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISHIGURO


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burro
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claro
ˈklɑːrəʊ
euro
ˈjʊərəʊ
grow
ɡrəʊ
hero
ˈhɪərəʊ
hydro
ˈhaɪdrəʊ
karoro
ˈkɑːrəʊrəʊ
metro
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micro
ˈmaɪkrəʊ
narrow
ˈnærəʊ
Negro
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outro
ˈaʊtrəʊ
pedro
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primero
prɪˈmɛərəʊ
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ro-ro
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row
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISHIGURO

Iseult
Isfahan
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Isherwood
Ishmael
Ishmaelite
Ishmaelitism
Ishtar
Isidore of Seville
isinglass
Isis
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Iskander Bey
Iskenderun
Isl.
Isla de la Juventud
Isla de Pascua
Islam
Islamabad
Islamic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISHIGURO

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Castro
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Douro
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electro
enduro
intro
libero
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maduro
Oruro
Politburo
Rio de Janeiro
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Synonyms and antonyms of Ishiguro in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ishiguro» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISHIGURO

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The translations of Ishiguro from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ishiguro» in English.

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石黑
1,325 millions of speakers

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Ishiguro
570 millions of speakers

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Ishiguro
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इशिगुरो
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ايشيجورو
280 millions of speakers

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Исигуро
278 millions of speakers

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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
180 millions of speakers

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石黒
130 millions of speakers

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이시구
85 millions of speakers

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Ishiguro
85 millions of speakers
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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इशिगोरो
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
65 millions of speakers

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Ishiguro
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Ісігуро
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Ishiguro
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Trends of use of Ishiguro

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISHIGURO»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ishiguro

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QUOTES WITH «ISHIGURO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Ishiguro.
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Dinaw Mengestu
Most of my favorite writers are over forty, and so I suppose I'll only name a few of the writers whose work I find myself constantly returning to: Edward P. Jones, Marilynne Robinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, V. S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison, and Philip Roth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISHIGURO»

Discover the use of Ishiguro in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ishiguro and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Never Let Me Go
A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.
Kazuo Ishiguro, 2009
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Kazuo Ishiguro
How Japanese is Ishiguro?What role does memory and unreliability play in his narratives?Why was The Unconsoled (1995) perceived to be such a radical break from the earlier novels?
Barry Lewis, 2000
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England.
Kazuo Ishiguro, 2010
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Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
The volume includes interviews from British, French, and American periodicals, a conversation between Ishiguro and acclaimed Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, and a new interview conducted with the book's editors.
Brian W. Shaffer, Cynthia F. Wong, 2008
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Kazuo Ishiguro
And this also explains the change of direction instantiated by The Unconsoled. The non-realist elements of this book help launch a new phase in Ishiguro's career [60]. It acknowledges at some level that the first three books have cumulatively ...
Wai-chew Sim, 2009
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Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
In a sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time.
Kazuo Ishiguro, 2009
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Kazuo Ishiguro: Contemporary Critical Perspectives
This is an up-to-date reader of critical essays on Kazuo Ishiguro by leading international academics.
Sean Matthews, Sebastian Groes, 2009
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When We Were Orphans
It haunts the mind. It moves to tears.' Mail on Sunday 'When We Were Orphans discloses a writer not only near the height of his powers but in a league all of his own.' Independent 'His fullest achievement yet.
Kazuo Ishiguro, 2009
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Kazuo Ishiguro
This book analyses his subtle and ironic portrayals of people in 'emotional bereavement,' and it situates Ishiguro as an important 'international novelist' by looking at his constructions of personal and political histories.
Cynthia F. Wong, 2005
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Leibniz's Philosophy of Logic and Language
This is the second edition of an important introduction to Leibniz's philosophy of logic and language first published in 1972.
Hide Ishiguro, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISHIGURO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ishiguro is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Statesman: Is the age of robots upon us?
There is great growth potential in the field to make them have feelings and thoughts,” professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of the laboratory said. A society ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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The fight against the world's biggest online retailer of books | afr.com
... incidentally, is Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. Bezos's expansion of Amazon has made him the world's ninth-richest person, with a ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
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Review: 'A Cure for Suicide' by Jesse Ball
... John Fowles, Jose Saramago and, perhaps most intensely and successfully in our time, Kazuo Ishiguro — is how easily it's able to return us ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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10 New Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books To Explore This Summer
Like Ishiguro's novel, Millhauser's short stories aren't squarely science fiction, but they are peopled with phantoms, mermaids and other ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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The smartest robot movie you'll see this year
... the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and the comic book Dredd. But now Garland has turned director himself with Ex Machina ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Writers to grow old with, from Murakami to Ishiguro
In my 20s and reeling from a break-up, I read everything best-selling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami had written, drowning myself in his ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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Best summer books: Harper Lee, Kazuo Ishiguro and David Nicholls
Didn't you know? It's only worth offering opinions about books if you've read them. No exceptions. Sorry. This basic rule makes most “summer ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
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The 100 best novels: No 94 – An Artist of the Floating World by …
Kazuo Ishiguro is best known for The Remains of the Day, his Booker ... In his interview with the Paris Review, Ishiguro describes the genesis of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Interview/ Kazuo Ishiguro: One's dark history central to Ishiguro's
Acclaimed writer Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel might contain ogres and a dragon, but the underlying themes are very much based in reality. «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
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“Let's talk about genre”: Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro in …
Kazuo Ishiguro and Neil Gaiman. ... Kazuo Ishiguro I felt like I'd stepped into some larger discussion that had been going on for some time. «New Statesman, Jun 15»

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