traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)
National Taiwan University
Shigemori Takako (1939.9.14-)
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with white stalks); pak choi; Chinese cabbage
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat
willy-nilly; whether willing or not
Kamchatka stonecrop (Sedum kamtschaticum)
polychlorinated biphenyl; PCB; printed circuit board
Kanemi rice oil disease (of 1968); Kanemi oil PCB poisoning
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
moss phlox (Phlox subulata); moss pink
Vienna sausage; wiener; frankfurter
(generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (1926-1934)
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); pak choi; Chinese cabbage
the 8th month has the least work for farmers
to rebury; to refill; to backfill
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
controversy over school textbooks (i.e. history texts avoiding reference to Japanese military, etc. acts)
Takamine Mieko (1918.12.2-1990.5.27)
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
boiled fish-paste products
cross between a mallard and domestic duck
leper colony; leprosarium
pair of bundles slung over a shoulder
above all else; more than anything
Nosaka Akiyuki (1930.10-)
Marumoto Yoshio (1934.2-)