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Sankyo (pachinko)
means "''third one''" in Japanese. It may refer to: * , a Japanese pharmaceutical company and a successor of , since 2005. * , a Japanese manufacturer of pachinko machines * Sankyo Flute Company, which produces silver, 5K, 10K, 14K, 18K, and 24K gold flutes * Nidec Sankyo, a Japanese manufacturer of music boxes and electronic components, successor to Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co. since 2005, part of the Nidec Group *Sankyo Seiko Co., Ltd. (三共生興グループ) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daiichi Sankyo Co
(第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning ''number one'', or ''first''. In kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第Nakao, Seigo''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 39. Retrieved 2011-03-18. and "ichi" ("one") is 一.Nakao, Seigo''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 95. Retrieved 2011-03-18. "Dai" is also defined " ordinal number marker." It is this feature that makes the phrase a modifier, or an adjective, describing a noun, as ''first''. ''Number one'' functions in the same way. The phrase is also written without the hyphen, as daiichi. Dai-ichi is frequently used in proper names, hence capitalized; also Dai-Ichi and occasionally Dai Ichi. There is a sound-alike common first name with different spelling. :Uses include but are not limited to: *Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (or Fukushima Dai-ichi), a.k.a. Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |