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Answer for the clue "Japanese lake ", 3 letters:
omi

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Word definitions for omi in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
was an ancient Japanese hereditary title denoting rank and political standing (a kabane ) that, along with muraji , was reserved for the most powerful clans during the Kofun period . The omi clans generally took their names from the geographic location ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Polari English) man, bloke

Usage examples of omi.

He knelt comfortably, his heels tucked neatly under him, flanked by four lieutenants, one of whom was Kasigi Omi, his nephew and vassal.

This was the first time that Omi had been in close contact with his uncle, for he was a very minor link in the clan chain, and his fief of Anjiro and the surrounding area poor and unimportant.

Then all the rest of the brothers and their wives and children would be subservient to her and, of course, Mizuno-san would make Omi heir when Yabu was dead and gone.

She was even paler than usual and Omi could see the screams were taking their toll on her too.

When the screams had begun Omi had had to use all his skill to persuade her to stay.

Kiku was a courtesan of the First Class, the most famous in Izu, and though Omi was convinced she would not compare even to a courtesan of the Second Class of Yedo, Osaka, or Kyoto, here she was at the pinnacle and correctly prideful and exclusive.

Mura came up from the shore to intercept him, forewarned the moment Omi had opened the garden door.

At sunset Omi watched Zukimoto, puffed with vanity, supervising while the barbarian was trussed like a chicken, his arms around his knees, his hands loosely to his feet, and put into cold water.

Zukimoto had asked Omi for the privilege and the honor had been granted to him.

By the Lord God, Blackthorne swore to himself, I will remember this day and somehow, somewhere, Omi will pay.

But if you know the contents of the ship, then the spy is Omi, one of his samurai, or a villager.

Their wills locked and Omi was called as a man is called at cards or at dice.

The four samurai flanked Blackthorne as he walked down the hill, the harbor still hidden from him, Mura discreetly ten paces back, Omi ahead.

But Omi shook his head and said something he did not understand and continued across the square, down the foreshore, past the cauldron, and on to the jetty.

Once on the jetty, Omi turned and called back to the guards on the trapdoor.