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Definitions by adamo-chan

PET bottle 

noun, countable
the PET bottle
a sports event in which competitors throw a 750ml PET bottled paint at the Japanese Embassy.
The PET bottle will be approved as a new field event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
PET bottle by Adamo-chan July 24, 2005
preposition
used when giving someone's real name, especially a Zainichi's name, together with another name he/she uses to pretend to be a Japanese citizen.
Joji Obara, koto Kim Sung Jong, was charged with her murder in 2001.
koto by Adamo-chan July 18, 2005

Zainichi 

za-i-ni-chi noun, plural, countable
Koreans being residing in Japan are referred to as Zainichi.
During the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula in the period 1910-1945, Zainichi came to Japan to seek a better life. They abandoned thier own country due to the Cold War between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Korean War broke out in 1950 although the General Headquarters in Japan ordered them to return to Korea in 1945.
Zainichi by Adamo-chan July 4, 2005