Lucy, I would like to improve my English

April 18, 2007

Kakinoha sushi
I love Kakinoha sushi. Kakinoha is persimmon's leaves. If we say it in English, it is Leaf sushi of a persimmon??

My uncle sent me this pic.

Labels: food

At 12:36 AM , looney said...: In English, you would say it is Persimmon leaf sushi.
At 4:19 AM , SzélsőFa said...: I know this fruit, but it is very rare in Hungary. We call it kaki or kaki-szilva (kaki-plum).
It is not very popular.
The name 'kaki' has a meaning in the Hungarian language...hmm....it means....hmm...poo.
I'm sorry.
At 2:13 PM , Cazzie!!! said...: Mmm, yummmyy!!
At 8:23 PM , Lucy said...: looney,
hello. Thank you for comments. Persimmons are traditinal fruits in Japan.

SzélsőFa,
It is intersting. Pooo
Persimmons leaves have Tannin which has an antibacterial effect.
Old Japanse were very smart.

Cazzie!!!,
There are a lot of kind of sushi in Japan!
At 8:58 PM , SzélsőFa said...: I have no doubts about the wisdom of traditional Japanese cuisine.

I'm only saying that what an unfortunate coincidence of meaning :) Funny.
At 11:17 PM , Lucy said...: SzélsőFa,
Yes, I understood your comments.
Japanese Yahoo don't have Japanse to hungarian translation.
I nead it.