It seems only natural to assume that the vocabulary of a particular language should grow to reflect the culture of the people (or peoples) among whom it developed, as well as the natural environment(s) within which it evolved . An example which has been popularly used to illustrate this point has been that the Inuit Peoples (once erroneously referred to as Eskimos), denizens of some of the worlds coldest regions, have numerous different words for snow(with claims of up to 100 different snow-words having been cited in the past by respectable sources). And though you might be surprised to learn that now scholars have DEBUNKED this example for various reasons (most importantly that there are SEVERAL Inuit languages, and if each one is looked at seperately there seem to be no more words for snow in them than there are in English), I think it is still safe to say that language often DOES reflect environment, history and culture ( just think- English,
TsukuBlog | Japan Turns Yellow as NANOHANA (rapeseed blossoms) Take Over the Spring Landscape- revisited again
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TsukuBlog | Using Ki no Me (木の芽), the young leaves of the SANSHO ( Japanese Pepper) Tree to Make Distinctively Savory and Aromatic pastes (木の芽和え)
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Celebrating the Season with KOGOMI (fiddleheads) – another one of Japan`s traditionally eaten wild vegetables (sansai, 山菜)
12 April, 2021
Kogomi (fiddleheads) are baby ferns – delicious as tempura or boiled and flavored with soy-sauce etc. (as these were)
By Avi Landau
KISETSU KAN (季節感)- having a sense of the season, and OSUSO WAKEH (おすそわけ)- sharing with others whatever bounty one might have been blessed with, are two concepts anyone interested in Japanese culture should know – and they both played an important role in the story I`m about to tell you.
It was a fine Saturday morning in mid-April. As I passed by the Kasuga Community Center, not far from the Tsukuba University Hospital, someone ran up to me from behind, calling my name – almost making my heart stop in the process. Spinning around, I saw an old acquaintance of mine, a woman I sometimes run into – and whose name, unfortunately, I never seem able to recall. I DO remember,
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Clusters of Long-Headed Poppies (papaver dubium) – NAGAMI HINAGESHI- Create Unfamiliar Roadside Landscapes in Tsukuba in Recent Years
12 April, 2021
Long-headed poppies ( or blind eyes) were first recorded blooming in Japan back in 1961 in Setagaya Ward Tokyo. This year they have sprung up in abundance along Tsukuba`s roads
By Avi Landau
The annual procession of bloomings and blossomings in Tsukuba (and the rest of Japan, as well) is reassuringly regular. And though in a particular year one species might bloom a few days or even a couple of weeks earlier than average – you can pretty much set your electronic calendar by them. And of course, it is possible to accurately predict what a particular spot will look like at a particular time of year.