Nomura Toshio (1904.11.21-1966.10.27)
convenience food; instant food
proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles
shinsui (cultivar of nashi, Pyrus pyrifolia)
smorgasbord; all-you-can-eat buffet
bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud
mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); mallard duck
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc.
taking food directly from a communal dish with one's own chopsticks
Chinese wolfberry fruit (Lycium chinense); Chinese matrimony vine fruit
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
padded spear (for practice)
salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
showing by a diagram; illustrating; representing graphically
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
pea (Pisum sativum); green pea
Tang lunar calendar, used for 823 years in Japan
bony; tough; plucky; spirited; hard to deal with
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in