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English
Noun
shiatzu (uncountable)
- Alternative form of shiatsu
Italian
Noun
shiatzu m (invariable)
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of shiatsu
1986, Antonella Pelloni, transl., Il libro dei rimedi macrobiotici: ricette, diete e terapie nella vita quotidiana, Edizioni Mediterranee, translation of Macrobiotic Home Remedies by Michio Kushi (久司道夫) and Marc van Cauwenberghe, published 1997, page 131:È un trattamento che non richiede specialisti di sorta, diversamente dallo shiatzu, dall'agopuntura, dalla moxa, eccetera, che pure consentono di raggiungere gli stessi risultati.- It is a treatment that doesn't require any kind of specialist, unlike shiatsu, acupuncture, moxibustion, and so on, that can still bring the same results.
Adjective
shiatzu (invariable)
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of shiatsu
1983, Ferro Ledvinka, transl., Guardarsi dentro: diagnosi orientale e macrobiotica, Edizioni Mediterranee, translation of How to See Your Health: Book of Oriental Diagnosis by Michio Kushi (久司道夫), published 2003, page 47:Questi meridiani d'energia ed il flusso che li percorre vengono usati in varie pratiche come l'agopuntura, la moxa, il massaggio shiatzu e l'imposizione delle mani (pranoterapia).- These energy meridians, and the stream going through them, are used in various practices, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, shiatsu massage, and hand imposition (pranotherapy).
1993, Annamaria Testa, Leggere e amare, Feltrinelli, published 1994, page 105:Venditori di datteri, di gelati, di salsicce, di cialde di riso. Massaggiatori shiatzu. Astrologi che predicevano il futuro secondo l'oroscopo cinese e quello occidentale.- People selling dates, ice cream, sausages, rice waffles. Shiatsu masseurs. Astrologers who predicted the future according to both the Chinese horoscope and the Western one.
Further reading
- shiatzu in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication