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Jieyang LNG Terminal
The Jieyang LNG Terminal, known as the Yuedong LNG terminal, is a liquefied natural gas import terminal at Huilai County, Jieyang, Guangdong, China, opened in 2017 and owned by PipeChina.
Jieyu Chufan capsules
Jieyu Chufan capsules (解郁除烦胶囊) are a class 1.1 innovative Chinese patent medicine by Yiling Pharmaceutical, approved December 2021 for mild-to-moderate depression of the qi-stagnation phlegm-obstruction, depressed-fire pattern, derived from Banxia Houpo and Zhizi Houpo formulas.
Jieyu Tang
解郁汤 (Jieyu Decoction), a classical Chinese herbal formula from Fu Shan's Fu Qingzhu Nüke for pregnancy-related hypochondriac pain; listed in China's 2023 Ancient Classic Formulas Catalogue, second batch; also the name of several other historical formulas.
Jieyuhua
Jieyuhua (解语花, "flower that understands speech") is a cipai, a fixed tune pattern for Song dynasty ci poems, best known through Zhou Bangyan's Lantern Festival lyric Jieyuhua · Shangyuan.
Jiffy (time)
A jiffy, plural jiffies, is an informal word for a very short period of time, adopted as the name of small units in physics, electronics, and computing with different durations.
Jiffy Lube
Jiffy Lube is an American franchisor of automotive preventive maintenance centers, best known for fast oil changes. It opened its first service center in 1979 and pioneered the quick-lube industry.
Jig (tool)
A jig is a workholding device in manufacturing that holds and locates the workpiece while guiding the cutting tool, most often through hardened steel bushings in drilling.
Jigar
Jigar is a 1992 Hindi action drama directed by Farogh Siddique, starring Ajay Devgn, Karisma Kapoor, Arjun, and Paresh Rawal; released 23 October 1992 by Aftab Pictures, with music by Anand-Milind.
Jigar Moradabadi
Jigar Moradabadi, born Ali Sikandar (1890–1960), was an Indian Urdu ghazal poet known for his stirring mushaira recitals; his collection Atish-i-Gul won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958.
Jigarthanda (ஜிகர்தண்டா) (2014 film)
Jigarthanda (ஜிகர்தண்டா) is Karthik Subbaraj's 2014 Tamil crime comedy-drama starring Siddharth, Bobby Simha, and Lakshmi Menon; a filmmaker researches Madurai gangster Assault Sethu. Won two National Film Awards and was remade in Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi.
Jigarthanda DoubleX (ஜிகர்தண்டா டபுள்எக்ஸ்)
Jigarthanda DoubleX (ஜிகர்தண்டா டபுள்எக்ஸ்), also Jigarthanda 2, is Karthik Subbaraj's 2023 Tamil period action comedy-drama, a spiritual prequel to Jigarthanda (2014), starring Raghava Lawrence and S.J. Suryah as a gangster and filmmaker making a western in 1975 Madurai; released 10 November 2023, 172 minutes.
Jigawa State
Jigawa State, a Nigerian state in the Northwest zone created 27 August 1991 from Kano State, capital Dutse, 27 LGAs, five emirates, agrarian economy with over 60% of GDP from agriculture, leading producer of sesame, hibiscus, and onions.
Jigel
Jigel (జిగేల్) is a 2025 Telugu romantic comedy thriller directed by Malli Yeluri, starring Thrigun and Megha Chowdhury as thieves targeting a palace locker; released March 7, 2025, streaming on Sun NXT from June 5, 2025.
Jigging
Jigging is a fishing method using weighted jigs worked with jerking motions, by handline or machine, for finfish and squid; squid jigging uses night lights, 8-12 jigs per line at 30-100 m, and industrial machines with up to 10 units per vessel.
Jiggly Caliente
Jiggly Caliente, stage name of Bianca Castro-Arabejo (1980-2025), Filipino-American drag performer on RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 and All Stars 6, judge on Drag Race Philippines, and Pose actress who died at 44 after a leg amputation.
Jigglypuff (プリン)
Jigglypuff (プリン, Purin) is Pokémon #0039, the Balloon Pokémon, a Normal/Fairy species that sings lullabies to put foes to sleep. It evolves from Iigglybuff to Wigglytuff, stars in Smash Bros. and the TCG, and has a Paradox counterpart, Scream Tail.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག)
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, born 1980, is the fifth Druk Gyalpo, or Dragon King, of Bhutan, crowned in 2008 after his father's unprecedented voluntary abdication in 2006.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག)
Jigme Singye Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག), fourth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (reigned 1972-2006), originated Gross National Happiness, modernized Bhutan cautiously, and voluntarily abdicated in 2006 to launch its democracy.
Jignesh Mevani
Jignesh Mevani (જિજ્ઞેશ મેવાણી), born 1980, is a Gujarat MLA from Vadgam, lawyer, and former journalist who led the 2016 Una Dalit agitation, won as an Independent in 2017, and later aligned with the Congress.
Jigoku zōshi
Jigoku zōshi (地獄草紙, "Tales of the Buddhist Hells") is a late 12th-century Japanese handscroll depicting seven hells of Buddhist cosmology, designated a National Treasure of Japan and held in the Nara National Museum.
Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑)
Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑) is an unfenced 1964 park in Yamanouchi, Nagano, where a wild troop of about 160 Japanese macaques, drawn by regulated feeding, famously bathes in a natural hot spring.
Jigorul Mare
Jigorul Mare (Jigoru Mare, Vârful cu Ocol) is a Roman marching camp of Trajan's Dacian Wars at Bănița, Hunedoara County, Romania, at 1,501 m altitude; a 7.1 ha quadrilateral enclosure, RAN 87255.02, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia World Heritage property.
Jigra (जिगरा)
Jigra (जिगरा) is a 2024 Hindi action thriller directed by Vasan Bala, starring Alia Bhatt as Satya, who breaks her brother Ankur (Vedang Raina) out of a foreign prison; a Gumrah remake that flopped at the box office.
Jigris
Jigris (జిగ్రీస్) is a 2025 Telugu comedy-drama, Harish Reddy Uppula's directorial debut, starring Krishna Burugula, Ram Nithin, Dheeraj Athreya, and Mani Vaka. Released 14 November 2025, it flopped theatrically (₹1.98 Cr worldwide) but found viewers on Sun NXT and Prime Video from January 2026.
Jigsaw (2017 film)
Jigsaw (2017) is the eighth Saw franchise film, directed by the Spierig Brothers, written by Stolberg and Goldfinger, starring Tobin Bell; released October 27, 2017, it earned about $103 million on a $10 million budget and holds 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Jigsaw (Marvel Comics)
Jigsaw (Billy Russo) is a Marvel Comics supervillain and the Punisher's archenemy, created by Len Wein and Ross Andru, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 (1976) after his face was scarred by Frank Castle; adapted by Dominic West (2008 film) and Ben Barnes (Netflix).
Jigsaw (Saw character)
Jigsaw, real name John Kramer, is the fictional serial killer of the Saw horror franchise, played by Tobin Bell, who traps victims he judges unworthy of life; the ten-film series earned $1 billion before Saw X (2023).
Jigsaw classroom
The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique where students each learn one lesson piece and teach it to classmates, first used in Austin, Texas, in 1971.
Jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle: interlocking pasteboard or wood pieces forming a picture, first made by John Spilsbury in the 1760s as a dissected geography map; mass die-cut cardboard boom in 1930s America, now a speed-puzzling sport.
Jigsaw technique
The jigsaw technique is a cooperative learning method in which each student masters one segment of a lesson and teaches it to teammates, first used in 1971 in Austin, Texas.