yanagi

15 The expression yanagi-goshi, a willow-waist, is one of several in common use comparing slender beauty to the willow-tree.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

In his restaurant kitchen and in his Iron Chef battles, Mr. Morimoto relies on three basic Japanese-style knives: the butcher's knife known as a d eba , in two sizes, and a yanagi , which is designed for slicing sashimi.

For a Cutting Edge, Care for Your Knives Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011

I may mention a curious superstition about the yanagi, or willow-tree.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Thus purchased and transplanted, the yanagi flourished well in its new home, and its spirit, out of gratitude, took the form of a beautiful woman, and became the wife of the samurai who had befriended it.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

It is said that if either an old yanagi or a young enoki be cut blood will flow from the gash.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

"At this stage we still cannot meet the market demand so we need to expand this project to other villages," said Mukda, who hopes to begin growing yanagi or straw mushrooms, and shiitake, which can fetch a higher price.

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"At this stage we still cannot meet the market demand so we need to expand this project to other villages," said Mukda, who hopes to begin growing yanagi or straw mushrooms, and shiitake, which can fetch a higher price.

My Sinchew - 2010

The term _yanagi-goshi_ ( "willow-loins") in the last line is a common expression designating a slender and graceful figure; and the reader should observe that the first half of the term is ingeniously made to do double duty here, -- suggesting, with the context, not only the grace of willow branches weighed down by snow, but also the grace of a human figure that one must stop to admire, in spite of the cold.]

The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Willdenowiana) and the yanagi (drooping willow) are deemed especially ghostly, and are rarely now to be found in old Japanese gardens.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877