Word info

Kakutani

Proper noun

Meaning

Kakutani (plural Kakutanis)

A surname from Japanese.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

For every South African of this current generation, Trevor Noah is such a hero and I heard from our former book critic Michiko Kakutani, who is a huge fan, that the book is really great. Source: Internet

As for the reviewing establishment, it is no more than the blurbing arm for conglomerate publishing, offering unanalytical "reviews" announcing that the emperor wearing clothes (hence my inclusion of Michiko Kakutani). Source: Internet

In recent years, Kakutani has turned her attention more towards politics, writing a review of Volker Ullrich’s biography of Hitler that could easily be read as a takedown of Donald Trump and interviewing Barack Obama during his last days in office. Source: Internet

In social media and literature, television, academia, and politics, Kakutani identifies the trends — originating on both the right and the left — that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science, and common values. Source: Internet

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. Source: Internet

Throughout her 34-year tenure as a book critic for The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani has been a powerful guiding force in the publishing industry, both beloved and feared as she launched the careers of some authors and savagely eviscerated others. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms