“jellyfish” 海月 くらげ kurage “pufferfish” 河豚 ふぐ fugu “octopus” 蛸 たこ tako “squid” 烏賊 いか ika “crab” 蟹 かに kani “shrimp” / “prawn” 海老 えび ebi “shell” 貝 かい kai “starfish” 人手 ヒトデ hitode* literally “human hand” in Japanese You can also hea...
During the ritual, Emperor Naruhito will kneel on a mat facing towards the direction of theIse Grand Shrinededicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu and will make an offering of sacred rice, sake, millet, fish and a variety of other foods from both the land and the sea to the sun goddess A...
A smack of jellyfish? A murder of crows? A pod of dolphins? What’s going on here? If these idiosyncrasies annoy you as an English speaker, just wait until you start Elaina Robbins Sep 1, 2023 • 5 min read Japanese The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Particles Learning a new language is...
Bok choy, fresh dill and cilantro, bean sprouts, tofu, jellyfish, it's as close to Asia as you can get in my neck of the woods without going. Their prices are also very competitive with local name brand stores. In fact my wife and I (both Caucasian American) have chosen to support...
You could name this jellyfish Pokémon“K-Y”but maybe that is just being too weird … Tentacool hascool tentacles. My idiot ex-brother-in-law once said they were “testicles”, but he was a stupid jackass … and I digress. Tentacruel willuse its tentacles and be cruelto you. … as...
The creature was thrust into the spotlight this year after marine biologist and organic chemist Osamu Shimomura, along with Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the jellyfish and developing it as an...
A generic Japanese alien, or kaseijin (火星人, literally “Mars person”), is usually depicted as a sort of jellyfish thing. A traditional "American style" alien is called a "Grey" (グレイ). Many centuries ago, it used to be part of the traditional Japanese burial costume to wear a...
A kami that appeared in the process of formation of heaven and earth. Acording to Kojiki and an “alternate writing” quoted in the Nihongi, when the land was first formed, it was uncongealed like floating oil, and drifted about like a jellyfish. From within this substance an object appe...
a我是一只桃花水母,一只有毒的美丽水母,在海底,唯我独尊 I am a craspedacusta sowerbyi, virulent beautiful jellyfish, in seabed, conceited[translate] a顽皮中带点可爱 Mischievous belt lovable[translate] a因为没有我适合的工作 Because does not have my suitable work[translate] ...
Octopus and jellyfish ice creams are also available from the Kumamoto (Kyushu) and Yamagata (Honshu) prefectures, respectively. From the town of Bizen, it is possible to buy ice cream that has chunks of deep-fried oysters jutting from the sides. ...