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>spinach (Spinacia oleracea) 菠薐草/ほうれんそう

2011-03-08T23:22:00.000-08:00

赤い根のところ南無妙菠薐草 -- 川崎展宏
Red spots in the roots / Some namo lotus sutra / Om - spinacia - -- haiku by Kawasaki Tenkou, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>blowfish sushi/sashimi 河豚/鰒/ふぐ/フグ寿司/刺身 (fugu)

2011-03-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

河豚食ふや伊万里の皿の菊模様　-- 水原秋櫻子
Dining on blowfish / Imari porcelain plate / Chrysanthemum set -- haiku by Mizuhara Shūōshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>sea urchin sushi/sashimi 海胆/海栗/ウニ/うに寿司/刺身 (uni)

2011-03-07T20:54:00.000-08:00

海胆怒る漆黒の棘ざうと立ち　-- 橋本鶏二
Angry sea urchin / Jet black spine needles erect / Stands from where it sat - haiku by Hashimoto Keiji, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>pistachio, Pistacia vera

2011-03-07T20:53:00.000-08:00

猥褻な神々あまたピスタチオ -- 下山田禮子
Libidinous gods / Multitudinous seed pods / Pistachio nuts -- haiku by Shimoyamada Reiko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>tea 茶 cha

2011-03-07T20:52:00.000-08:00

五月晴れ茶園もいつか流行歌　-- 渡辺則子
Fine cloudless May day / Pop songs since some time ago / At a tea garden -- haiku (senryu) by Watanabe Noriko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>soju 焼酎 shochu/shōchū

2011-03-04T19:52:00.000-08:00

焼酎の酔いへボタ山月を上げ　-- 和田いさむ
Tipsy from shochu / Coal-mined slag heaps seem to be / Raising the moon high -- haiku (senryu) by Wada Isamu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>oyster 牡蛎/牡蠣/カキ kaki

2011-03-04T19:51:00.000-08:00

牡蠣むきの殻投げおとす音ばかり -- 中村汀女
Facing the oysters / Only sound of shells being / Flung off through the air -- haiku by Nakamura Teijo, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>pheasant 雉子 kiji

2011-03-03T16:18:00.000-08:00

お歳暮の雉子の尾長吊りながめ -- 皆吉爽雨
Pheasant - year end gift / Tail feathers are suspended / Look how long they are -- haiku by Minayoshi Souu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>wine (vin) ワイン

2011-03-01T12:01:00.000-08:00

晩酌をワインに変えたVゴール　-- ボジョレ・マーボー
I switched tonight's drink / Honoring the golden goal / With a glass of wine -- haiku (senryu) by Beaujolais Mapo, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>Wasabia japonica (horseradish) 山葵/ワサビ/わさび wasabi

2011-03-01T11:59:00.000-08:00

おもしろうわさびに咽ぶ泪かな　-- 召波
Would those be tears from / Bawling over horseradish / That's interesting -- haiku by Shouha, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>gratin グラタン

2011-02-28T21:33:00.000-08:00

グラタンの焦げたる匂ひ暮の春　-- 松嶋光秋
Gratin is being scorched / Spring has almost come to pass / Its scent in the air -- haiku (senryu) by Matsushima Mitsuaki, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>pork cutlet トンカツ/豚カツ tonkatsu

2011-02-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

トンカツにしぼったレモンがさかむけに -- 熊夢
Squeezed some lemon juice / Onto my pork cutlet dish / Dripped on my hangnail -- haiku (senryu) by Kumayume, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>ham cutlet ハムカツ hamukatsu

2011-02-28T15:16:00.000-08:00

ハムカツというものあって社のお昼　-- 吉田素水
There is this thing called / Hamukatsu -ham cutlet- / It's company lunch -- haiku (senryu) by Yoshida Sosui, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>"piggy man" meat dumpling ブタマン butaman

2011-02-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

どうにでもなれとブタマン２個も食う　-- アマ朱實
Damn the calories / I will be eating them all / Two piggy dumplings -- haiku (senryu) by Ama Akemi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>beef stew ビーフシチュー

2011-02-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

夕食はビーフシチューよ豚肉の -- 相馬かほり
Today's dinner is / Biifushichuu - that's / Beef stew. With pork meat(!) -- haiku (senryu) by Souma Kaori, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>tea rice お茶漬け ochazuke

2011-02-26T22:31:00.000-08:00

お茶漬の底に残した鮭の皮　 -- 義博
Hot tea over rice / At the bottom of the bowl / Salmon skin remains -- haiku by Yoshihiro, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>savory griddlecake お好み焼き okonomiyaki

2011-02-26T20:53:00.000-08:00

お好み焼き鉄板真中にまづひろげ　 -- 吉野みゆき
First, on the griddle, / Spread okonomiyaki / Right in the middle -- haiku by Yoshino Miyuki, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>cherry blossom rice cake 桜餅/さくらもち sakura mochi

2011-02-26T14:59:00.000-08:00

わが妻に永き青春桜餅　-- 沢木欣一
To my dearest wife / A cherry blossom rice cake / Everlasting youth -- haiku by Sawaki Kinichi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>cherry blossom (sakura) shrimp 桜海老 /さくらえび sakuraebi

2011-02-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

桜海老少しつまんだたこ焼屋 -- 駒人
Takoyaki house / Picked a little sakura / Cherry blossom shrimp 　-- haiku (senryu) by Komanchu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>grilled chicken skewers 焼き鳥/やきとり yakitori

2011-02-25T20:07:00.000-08:00

焼き鳥の匂いも混じる通り抜け -- 宮園射月芳
Grilled chicken skewers / Their smells, too, blend together / In the through passage -- haiku translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>cherry blossom rice 桜飯/桜ご飯 sakura meshi/sakura gohan

2011-02-25T15:52:00.000-08:00

もう一度食べたい老母の桜飯 -- 勝康治
I want to have it / One more time - my aged mother's / Cherry blossom rice -- haiku (senryu) by Katsu Yasuharu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>pan-fried dumplings 焼餃子/焼き餃子 yaki gyoza/gyouza

2011-02-25T12:19:00.000-08:00

大家族にて焼餃子皆が好き　-- 楠節子
A big family / Pan-fried gyoza -that's dumplings- / Everybody likes -- haiku by Kusunoki Setsuko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>big sushi roll 太巻き/ふとまき futomaki

2011-02-25T09:53:00.000-08:00

太巻きのはじっこ見つめる六つの目　-- 柴田十子
Jumbo sushi roll / Ogling the loose end pieces / Six hungry eyeballs -- haiku (senryu) by Shibata Tooko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>octopus roe タコの卵/タコ卵/たこたまご/たこまんま tako tamago/takomanma

2011-02-23T22:20:00.000-08:00

章魚沈むそのとき海の色をして　-- 上村占魚
Octopus sinking / At that instant assuming / The ocean's color -- haiku by Uemura Sengyo, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>sailfin sandfish roe ブリコ/ハタハタの卵 buriko

2011-02-23T19:04:00.000-08:00

はたはたの大粒卵噛むさびしさ　-- 林翔
Ample drops of eggs / Lonesomeness - biting into / Sailfin sandfish roe -- haiku by Hayashi Shou, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>salmon roe イクラ икра (ikra) ikura

2011-02-23T16:24:00.000-08:00

はららご飯ひとたびは捨つふるさとに -- 八牧美喜子
Salmon roe dinner / To begin with, give it up / For our old country -- haiku by Yamaki Mikiko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>capelin or smelt ("willow leaf fish") roe 柳葉魚卵/シシャモ卵/マサゴ masago

2011-02-23T12:22:00.000-08:00

柳葉魚漁るアイヌ舟歌雪がふる -- 野見山朱鳥
An Ainu singing / Casting for willow leaf fish / Snowing on his boat -- haiku by Nomiyama Asuka, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>flying fish roe 飛子/とびこ tobiko

2011-02-23T10:16:00.000-08:00

飛魚の翅透くまでにはばたける -- 福永耕二
Wings of the flying fish / Flutter through air as far as / Seen through the fin slits -- haiku by Fukunaga Kouji, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>salt-cured salmon roe (still in sac) 筋子/すじこ sujiko

2011-02-22T23:05:00.000-08:00

鮭の鼻故郷を忘れたりしない　-- 天野堯亘
The nose of salmon / No such thing as forgetting / The home it came from -- haiku (senryu) by Amano Gyoukou, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>fish sperm sac 白子/しらこ shirako

2011-02-22T11:32:00.000-08:00

まづ煮立つふくのしらこを箸にせよ　-- 角川源義
First order of things / Fortune fish comes to a boil / Chopsticks to sperm sacs -- haiku by Kadokawa Genyoshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>salt-cured herring roe 数の子/かずのこ/鯑 kazunoko

2011-02-22T09:15:00.000-08:00

数の子をダイアのように見て通り -- 田中南都
Salt-cured herring roe / The appearance of diamonds / As you may notice -- haiku (senryu) by Tanaka Nanto, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>salt-cured and dried mullet roe 鱲子/からすみ karasumi

2011-02-21T22:26:00.000-08:00

からすみに猪口をくわえて丸く座し -- 森下愛論
Add a sake cup / To salt-cured mullet roe and / Sit in a circle -- haiku (senryu) by Morishita Airon, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>salt-cured pollock roe 明太子/めんたいこ/たらこ mentaiko/tarako

2011-02-21T19:45:00.000-08:00

舟宿の飯あつあつと明太子 -- 清水基吉
Hotel on a boat / Our meal is served piping hot / Salt-cured pollock roe -- haiku by Shimizu Motoyoshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>pickled herring (with vegetables) 鰊漬け/にしんづけ nishinzuke

2011-02-21T16:30:00.000-08:00

宅配で今年も母のにしん漬け -- 菊地吾朗
Yet again this year / Door-to-door delivery / Mom's pickled herrings -- haiku (senryu) by Kikuchi Goro, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>red pickled ginger 紅生姜/紅しょうが benishouga

2011-02-21T15:37:00.000-08:00

紅生姜乏しい膳を引き立たせ -- 中島一二三
Red pickled ginger / Hoists a meager table up / To a better fare -- haiku (senryu) by Nakajima Ichinisan, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>plum pickle 梅干し/うめぼし umeboshi

2011-02-21T12:38:00.000-08:00

おむすびを割ったら梅干し笑ってた -- 冨田潤
I cracked the rice ball / There I found a plum pickle / Cracking itself up -- haiku translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>Allium chinense onion pickle 辣韮漬/らっきょう漬け rakkyozuke

2011-02-21T10:37:00.000-08:00

佐久山やらっきょの花に蝶がつく -- 細見綾子
Sakuyama town / A butterfly alights on / A rakkyo flower -- haiku by Hosomi Ayako, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>daikon radish pickle 沢庵/沢庵漬け takuan/takuanzuke

2011-02-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

沢庵は石の重みに堪えた味　-- 坂成ゆり子
Taste of takuan / Fruition, having endured / The weight of a rock -- haiku (senryu) by Sakanari Yuriko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>(ancient capital) Nara pickle 奈良漬 narazuke

2011-02-20T15:15:00.000-08:00

奈良漬の味の深さはママ譲り　-- 藤松久美子
The depth of flavor / Inherited from mama / My Nara pickles -- haiku (senryu) by Fujimatsu Kumiko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>Rape/rapeseed/canola (Brassica napus) flower pickle 花菜漬 hananazuke

2011-02-20T12:07:00.000-08:00

人の世をやさしと思ふ花菜漬　-- 　後藤比奈夫
Pickled rape flower / Deems humanity to be / A gracious party -- haiku by Gotou Hinao, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>thousand leaves (sliced radish) pickle 千枚漬 senmaizuke

2011-02-20T08:21:00.000-08:00

千枚漬京の冷たき雨に会ひ　-- 　村田脩
Thousand leaves pickles / Come to have a meeting with / Kyoto's icy rain -- haiku by Murata Osamu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>cherry blossom pickle 桜漬/桜の花漬 sakurazuke

2011-02-19T23:07:00.000-08:00

桜漬きれいな夢を見て暮らす - 坪田深雪
Sakurazuke / Cherry blossom pickle lives/ Dreaming pretty dreams -- haiku (senryu) by Tsubota Miyuki, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>winter egg 寒たまご/寒卵 kantamago

2011-02-19T18:20:00.000-08:00

寒たまご愛は無言のままでよし -- 皆川綾子
Special winter eggs / Love suffices, just like that / Mute amid the chill -- haiku (senryu) by Minagawa Ayako, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>kelp 昆布/コンブ/こんぶ konbu

2011-02-19T12:07:00.000-08:00

朝日が呼ぶ海の青さと昆布馬車 -- 大野林火
It's the morning sun / That summons the ocean blue / And kelp horse carriage -- haiku by Oono Rinka, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>sea vegetable/seaweed (Undaria pinnatifida) 若布/ワカメ wakame

2011-02-18T17:05:00.000-08:00

塗り橋をすべる若布も春の色　　-- 田向秀史
Wakame seaweed / Gliding on a painted bridge / Color of spring, too -- haiku (senryu) by Tamukai Shuuji, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>(fresh, not dried) seaweed 生海苔/生のり/なまのり nama nori

2011-02-17T22:33:00.000-08:00

海苔あぶる手もとの袖も美しき　 -- 瀧井孝作
Her capable hands / Roasting nori - dried seaweed - / Sleeves, too, are lovely -- haiku by Takii Kousaku, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>coffee (Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea robusta) コーヒー

2011-02-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

飲みたくて入ったコーヒータバコ味 -- 凛山
I wanted a drink / Went in to get some coffee / Smacked of cigarettes -- haiku (senryu) by Rinyama, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>stonehead cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) キャベツ

2011-02-15T19:02:00.000-08:00

人の子と同じキャベツの出来不出来　-- 山崎文義
Just like a real child / A cabbage turning out well / Or not - the same thing -- haiku (senryu) by Yamasaki Fumiyoshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>Perilla frutescens 紫蘇/シソ shiso

2011-02-15T12:29:00.000-08:00

指触れぬ青紫蘇の芽と解るまで　-- 東山晃
Can't touch with fingers / Until you know for sure they're / Green perilla sprouts -- haiku by Higashiyama Akira, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>mizuna mustard 水菜/ミズナ Brassica rapa var. nipposinica

2011-02-15T08:08:00.000-08:00

春雪の忽ち溶けぬ水菜畑　 -- 鈴鹿野風呂
Spring snow does not melt / On mizuna mustard fields / All of a sudden -- haiku by Suzuka Noburo, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>napa cabbage 白菜 hakusai

2011-02-14T19:04:00.000-08:00

白菜をキュッキュッと漬け星降る夜 -- 野々宮高成
Squish squish lightly pressed / Napa cabbage is pickled / This star-raining night -- haiku translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>chives (Allium schoenoprasum) 韮ニラ nira

2011-02-13T15:51:00.000-08:00

むさい野に棲みつく韮の苗育て　-- 沢木欣一
Raising chive seedlings / Who've taken up residence / On a shabby field -- haiku by Sawaki Kinichi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>squash/pumpkin/gourd 南瓜/カボチャ kabocha

2011-02-13T12:10:00.000-08:00

南瓜煮てくらし至って平凡に　-- 島田紅帆
To cook up pumpkins / To live a radically / Ordinary life -- poetry by Shimada Kouhan, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>(sweet, skinny, thin-walled) mini bell pepper 獅子唐/シシトウ/ししとう shishitou

2011-02-12T23:01:00.000-08:00

シシトウと葉の佃煮の朝の飯 -- 岡本猛
Mini sweet peppers / Soy sauce simmered leafy greens / Your breakfast dishes -- haiku (senryu) by Okamoto Takeshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>scallion/green onion/spring onion (Allium fistulosum) ネギ/葱

2011-02-12T20:41:00.000-08:00

葱すらり可も不可もなく家守る　-- 佐怒賀由美子
Spring onions, with ease / With stoic indifference / Watch over the home -- poetry by Sanuka Yumiko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>turnip 蕪/カブ/かぶ kabu

2011-02-12T16:39:00.000-08:00

切り替える心いたわる蕪汁 -- 進藤すぎの
For nursing a heart / Going through a renewal / Kabu turnip soup -- poetry by Shindou Sugino, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>eggplant/aubergine (Solanum melongena) 茄子

2011-02-12T14:00:00.000-08:00

茄子を焼く匂いしとしと絹の雨　 -- 堀江芳子
Eggplants are being grilled / Rain drizzling resembles silk / Satin aroma -- haiku (senryu) by Horie Yoshiko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>star cucumber 星型きゅうり

2011-02-12T10:06:00.000-08:00

FMを流して夫婦胡瓜もぐ -- 栗原和子
FM radio / A couple pick cucumbers / Let the music flow -- poetry by Kurihara Kazuko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>bamboo shoot 竹の子/筍/タケノコ/たけのこ

2011-02-11T22:49:00.000-08:00

たけのこの力地を割り天を突き　-- 菊池喜代史
Behold that power / Bamboo shoots rupture the earth / Penetrate the sky -- haiku (senryu) by Kikuchi Kiyoshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>onion (Allium cepa)

2011-02-11T18:18:00.000-08:00

腹いせにたかが玉葱みじん切り　-- 　稲垣さだ子
To calm your anger / All you manage is merely / Mincing the onion -- haiku (senryu) by Inagaki Sadako, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>(wild) mountain yam 山の芋/山芋/自然薯 yamanoimo/yamaimo

2011-02-11T15:59:00.000-08:00

自然薯も私も愛に飢えている -- 　久保良子
Yamanoimo / Mountain yam and I both are / Ravenous for love -- haiku (senryu) by Kubo Ryouko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>lotus root 蓮根 renkon

2011-02-11T13:15:00.000-08:00

掘りたての蓮根泥も乗る秤　-- 福田秋風郎
Mud and dirt and all / Freshly dug up lotus root / Hops onto the scale -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>large white radish 大根 daikon

2011-02-11T10:43:00.000-08:00

大根を引く手に夕日赤く染め　-- 鈴木千歩
Daikon radishes / Pulling hands imparted with / Evening sun's red glow -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>white carrot 白ニンジン

2011-02-10T21:11:00.000-08:00

人参の紅こなゆきに染まりそう　-- 田向秀史
Scarlet of carrots / Looks to me like it will stain / Pristine powder snow -- haiku by Tamukai Shuuji, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>beet (Beta vulgaris)

2011-02-10T17:45:00.000-08:00

一輌の客車のほかはビート貨車　-- 小川里風
One passenger car / The others on the train are / Freight cars hauling beets -- haiku by Kogawa Rifuu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>taro (Colocasia esculenta) 里芋 satoimo

2011-02-10T16:24:00.000-08:00

里芋を盛れば絵になる秋の皿　-- 久家代仕男
Stack up taro roots / They turn into a picture / Autumn on a plate -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>akebi a.k.a. mystery purple fruit あけび/アケビ

2011-02-10T13:30:00.000-08:00

あけびの実軽しつぶてとして重し　　-- 金子兜太
Considered a fruit / Akebi appears light, yet / As a rock - heavy -- haiku by Kaneko Touta, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>purple sweet potato 紫芋 murasaki imo

2011-02-10T10:23:00.000-08:00

ものの芽のこは真紫小紫　-- 星野立子
This thing is sprouting / Lo and behold - violet / Little purple bud -- haiku by Hoshino Tatsuko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

2011-02-10T08:19:00.000-08:00

新田は枯色多しさつま芋 -- 正岡子規
New field of farmland / Profusion of brown patches / New sweet potatoes -- haiku by Masaoka Shiki, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>stone-roasted sweet potato 石焼き芋 ishiyakiimo

2011-02-09T18:46:00.000-08:00

焼き芋をかくした場所はすぐ見つけ　-- ___
Go ahead and hide / Your roasted sweet potato / It'll be found forthwith -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>roasted chestnuts

2011-02-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

栗売りの籠にあふれている童話 -- 栗原文絵
Basket runs over / Fairytales bubble over / Chestnut street vendor -- haiku (senryu) by Kurihara Fumie, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>ginkgo nuts (Ginkgo biloba seeds) ぎんなん ginnan

2011-02-09T00:24:00.000-08:00

銀杏を焼きてもてなすまだぬくし　-- 星野立子
You are feted with / Roasted maidenhair tree seeds / Still warm ginkgo nuts -- haiku by Hoshino Tatsuko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>roasted beans (for bean throwing ceremony) 節分豆, 年の豆 setsubun mame

2011-02-08T16:48:00.000-08:00

恐るべき八十粒や年の豆　-- 相生垣瓜人
You ought to be scared / You have to eat all eighty / Roasted spring soybeans -- haiku (senryu) by Aioigaki Kajin, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>boiled beans 煮豆 nimame

2011-02-08T15:24:00.000-08:00

お節にも煮豆煮染めの影うすし -- とっさん
Holiday table / Subtle shadows of boiled beans / Simmered reduced plates -- verse by "totsan", translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>soup tofu 湯豆腐 yudofu

2011-02-08T10:21:00.000-08:00

つつがない湯豆腐に来る冬の音　-- 池田昭一
Sound, out of harm's way / Soup tofu is treated to / Winter melodies -- haiku (senryu) by Ikeda Shouichi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>red bean 小豆/あずき/アズキ azuki

2011-02-07T22:11:00.000-08:00

何事もなきことを祝ぎ小豆粥　 -- 河内廉
Azukigayu / Bean porridge to celebrate / Nothing happening -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>fermented soybean 納豆 natto

2011-02-07T16:29:00.000-08:00

納豆の糸でからんだ夫婦箸　-- 山本嘉行
Fermented soybeans / Chopsticks of husband and wife / Entwined with fine strings -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>black bean 黒豆くろまめ kuromame

2011-02-07T14:52:00.000-08:00

黒豆のとろりと甘い母の味　-- 　吉田貞子
Delicious black beans / Thickened syrupy goodness / Mother's sweet flavors -- haiku (senryu) by Yoshida Teiko (Sadako?), translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>young green soybean 枝豆 edamame

2011-02-07T12:26:00.000-08:00

枝豆に藍色の猪口好みけり　-- 長谷川かな女
Young green soybean pods / Small navy blue colored cup / Well to my liking -- haiku by Hasegawa Kanajo, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>fava bean, broad bean, field bean, Vicia faba 空豆

2011-02-07T10:57:00.000-08:00

一列にそら豆の愛こぼれます　-- 　服部朗郎
Lined up in a row / Sky beans -fava beans, broad beans- / Overflowing love -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>peanut

2011-02-06T19:16:00.000-08:00

落花生喰ひつつ読むや罪と罰　-- 高浜虚子
Even as I read / I kept munching on peanuts / Crime and punishment -- haiku by Takahama Kyoshi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>soybean 大豆 daizu

2011-02-06T15:36:00.000-08:00

森の端に陽を延べ老婆大豆打つ -- 佐藤鬼房
The edge of forest / A granny beats her soybeans / As the sun lies stretched -- haiku by Satou Onifusa, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>sword bean 刀豆/タチマメ/ナタマメ

2011-02-06T12:36:00.000-08:00

刀豆の鋭きそりに澄む日かな　-- 川端茅舎
Sharpness of sword beans / Leads our thoughts to sledding / Might be a clear day -- haiku by Kawabata Bousha, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>kidney bean 金時豆/きんときまめ/赤インゲン豆 kintokimame

2011-02-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

いんげんを蒔いた日からの農日記　-- 大坪君枝
Daily farm journal / Starting the day we planted / Common kidney beans -- haiku (senryu) by Taihei Kimie, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>navy bean 白インゲン豆

2011-02-05T22:37:00.000-08:00

隠元豆みたいに細く生きようね -- 安田吉甫
Let us live our lives / Not unlike the common beans / Unhurried, steady -- haiku (senryu) by Yasuda Kitchiho, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>(green) pea

2011-02-05T21:15:00.000-08:00

びしょぬれの豌豆摘むやほととぎす　-- 石田波郷
Soaking wet green pea/ As you pick it, a bird now / A lesser cuckoo -- haiku by Ishida Hakyō, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>maize/corn

2011-02-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

唐秬や軒端の荻の取りちがへ　-- 松尾芭蕉
Maize -also called corn- / Not silver grass by the eaves / Mistaken holding -- haiku by Matsuo Bashō, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>barley 麦/むぎ/ムギ mugi

2011-02-05T15:16:00.000-08:00

麦踏の踏みとまりたる昼の月 -- 本田あふひ
With barley treading / Moon at high noon stalls its stride / Comes to a standstill -- haiku by Honda Aoi, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>rice flower cake 稲花餅/いがもち igamochi

2011-02-05T12:38:00.000-08:00

台風が逸れて嬉しい稲の花 -- 原馨
Approaching typhoon / Decided to swerve away / Joyful rice flower -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>thick wheat noodle 饂飩/うどん udon

2011-02-04T22:22:00.000-08:00

この道は夜鳴きうどんの通る道 -- 中村重治
This road takes me to / The wheat flour noodle food cart / A night street vendor -- haiku (senryu) by Nakamura Shigeharu, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>medium (thickness 1.3mm - 1.7mm) wheat noodle 冷麦/冷や麦/ひやむぎ hiyamugi

2011-02-04T20:48:00.000-08:00

冷や麦の赤二三本粋なこと -- 中島一二三
Chilled wheat noodle dish / Two or three strands tinted red / Eye-catching indeed -- haiku (senryu) by Nakajima Ichinisan, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>thin wheat noodle 素麺/索麺/そうめん somen

2011-02-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

そうめんで午後のいくさなどに勝てぬ -- 小宮美奈子
With thin wheat noodles / You can't win battles and such / In the afternoon -- haiku (senryu) by Komiya Minako, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>buckwheat noodle 蕎麦/そば soba

2011-02-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

新蕎麦を打つとて老師襷せり　-- 高橋安子
New crop of buckwheat / Soba dough kneaded into / Old master's sash bands　-- haiku by Takahashi Yasuko, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>chashu pork チャーシュー

2011-02-04T10:18:00.000-08:00

チャーシューに「あとで」と言って沈めとく -- ドド子
"I'll see you later" / I say to my ramen pork / Let it sink for now -- haiku (senryu) by "Dodoko", translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>plum wine 梅酒/うめしゅ/うめざけ/ばいしゅ umeshu/umezake/baishu

2011-02-03T22:38:00.000-08:00

夢追うて今夜はひとり飲む梅酒　-- 　稲垣さだ子
Pursuit of the dream / As for tonight some plum wine / For drinking alone -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>New Year's drink 屠蘇/おとそ/屠蘇酒 toso/otoso/tosozake

2011-02-03T22:03:00.000-08:00

おとそよりおそとで飲みたいお正月 -- 　ぼなんざ
New Year's drink 'toso' / I would rather do 'soto' / That means drink outside -- haiku (senryu) by "bonanza", translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>draft beer 生ビール/なまびーる

2011-02-03T19:42:00.000-08:00

湯上りの妻を待ってる生ビール -- 岩田峰鈴
For my wife who has / Left her bath, grabbed the towel / Fresh beer is waiting -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>rice ball soup 団子汁/だんご汁/だんごじる dangojiru

2011-02-03T18:29:00.000-08:00

ひもじさを満たした母の団子汁 -- 沢田清敏
Mother's rice ball soup / Gratified my hankering / Full and happy now -- haiku (senryu) by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>rabbit soup ウサギ汁/うさぎ汁 usagishiru

2011-02-03T02:35:00.000-08:00

雪の夜いろり囲んだウサギ汁　　-- 曽田和徳　
Snowy night at home / Surrounding the central hearth / Rabbit soup supper -- haiku (senryu) translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin

>yuzu 柚子/ユズ/ゆず

2011-02-02T23:50:00.000-08:00

柚子の香や高級料理めかす妻 -- 山口青邨
Wife primps our dinner / As if it is haute cuisine / A whiff of yuzu -- poem by Yamaguchi Seison, translation by Sharon Hahn Darlin