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English → English (gcide) Definition: Kuro-Siwo Japan current \Japan current\ A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Kuro-Siwo \Ku"ro-Siwo\, n. [Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio tide.] See Japan Current, above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]