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“Kinki” is a name for the Osaka region of Japan.

• jkhdigital 3y ago
  And “sharyo” means rolling stock
  • layer8 3y ago
    “Kinky chariots” isn’t too far off. ;)
• resolutebat 3y ago
  To be quite exact, it means "near the capital", namely Kyoto/Nara. Osaka is the economic powerhouse of the region but has never been the capital. These days the more common name is Kansai (west of the toll gate), to contrast with the Kanto region (east of the toll gate), aka greater Tokyo.
• resonious 3y ago
  There is a university there whose name would directly translate to "Kinki University". They opted to editorialize it a bit before going international (they go by "Kindai University" outside of Japan).
  • earthboundkid 3y ago
    From the makers of the PIN number and the ATM machine, it’s Kinki U. University.