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Kuri

Kuri can refer to: kurix

  • Kurī, Māori dog
  • Kuri (cattle), West African breed of cattle
  • Kuri (kitchen), kitchen in a Zen monastery
  • , Japanese Chestnut

  • The Kuri subgroup of the Yuin–Kuric languages, indigenous Australian languages
  • The Koori people, indigenous people of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia
  • Lezgian language
  • Kuri (film), Tamil remake of Telugu film Panjaa
Kuri (kitchen)

A or is the kitchen of a Zen monastery, typically located behind the butsuden (or, Buddha Hall). Historically the kuri was a kitchen which prepared meals only for the abbot and his guests, though in modern Japan it now functions as the kitchen and administrative office for the entire monastery.

Usage examples of "kuri".

Once Kuri had decided the effect he wanted, he worked quickly, tapping out crescents of citrine and gamboge from the solar orb.

Dropping the pouch in front of Kuri she ran, snarling, at a couple of vultures that were eyeing the fish.

Most darted straight for their roosts in the thorn bushes and palm trees along the shore, but a canny few landed on the ground beside Kuri and bounced up and down, waiting for scraps.

Each time Kuri approached her, she lumbered off to a safe distance, then stopped and stared superciliously.

By then, Kuri was gasping painfully, and his sweat-soaked trousers clung to his legs.

Once started, Beast trundled down the familiar road and Kuri rested, even slept a little, huddled under a blanket and with his hat jammed on his head.

A light rose behind Kuri, but he did not look back, but gazed transfixed at his creation.

If there was one thing Kuri had learned through the years it was never to underestimate the deviousness of the Federation mind.

Afterward, the trainees cleared and scrubbed the tables, and Kuri went to the head of the room.

Daine helped Kuri to clear a ground-floor storeroom, freeing it to serve as her bedroom.

Marek whispered, gritting his teeth as Kuri probed the wound in his side.

George obeyed and lit the lamps as Kuri gently placed Marek on the long table.

He wondered vaguely if his two Dark Head spies, Galzu and Kuri, were watching over him as they had promised.

The brothers Kuri and Galzu, his two Dark Head spies, bent their heads in greeting.

Wind and ice pelted my face as Kuri and Neva and the others lunged against their harnesses.