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How to pronounce kobayashi in American English
“kobayashi” pronunciation by American speakers
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But I always thought gee, they don't know about the Kobayashi Maru [chuckles].
NIST
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group there but currently we have Bruce Kobayashi is the head of the Bureau of economics
FTC
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kobayashi maru or level up or space camp or any of the software factories that have
U.S. Air Force
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