Okawa
Proper noun
Meaning
Okawa (plural Okawas)
A surname from Japanese.
Examples
“I want to run to disseminate the lesson learned from (the incident at) Okawa Elementary School,” he said.
The following morning we had to tear ourselves away from the indulgent breakfast buffet and race to the rental car, for the first activity of day two was at Okawa Bay (less than 20 minutes’ drive), where a 53-foot catamaran awaited us.
Okawa is one of an estimated 1.5 million so-called gig workers who make a living driving people to airports, picking out produce at grocery stores or providing childcare for working parents.
It was completely stolen by Okawa and family.
Only later would the full scale of the tragedy at Okawa elementary school become clear.