oni

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy

From Japanese 鬼 (oni).

Hu ſulde oni man[214] poure for-geten, ſwilke and ſo manige ſunes bigeten? — The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D., Unknown
FOOTNOTES: [3] La Salle appears to have discovered the Bay of St. Bernard, and formed a settlement on the western side of the Colorado, in 1685.--_See J. Q. Adams's Correspondence with Don Onis. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
Nirueteo heito? It is so firm I cannot move it Are agagrette ekkononyette Bring the wood Itofie nue omoi ire Do not throw them away Oni tinyeno nue ofitare I am going to see A chimitekwe If you do not bring them, I shall punish you Omoi pweya fachiomoi Plant them carefully Nue omoi haire Go and clean up Mei omoi reitiseiri Place all the sticks together Reitekinyo nue omoi ofitare You have left the plantation untidy Akkafo gagritte omoi fueka Why don’t you bring it? — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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