Moyashi bean sprouts

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Bean sprouts (moyashi)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: see below
***** Category: Plants

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Explanation

moyashi 萌やし、糵, もやし bean sprouts.
Bohnensprossen


from the following three types of beans

burakku mappe ブラックマッペ black mapte beans from Thailand and Malaysia
used for salads, with dressings and in fried dishes

ryootoo, ryoto 緑豆 "green beans" Vigna radiata. also called "green mapte"
used for fried dishes

oyashi, mame moyashi おやし、 豆もやし soybean sprouts.
Soyabohnensprossen
daizu 大豆 soy beans, Glycine max
for fried dishes, in soups and namuru ナムル Korean dishes.
also for Sapporo Ramen, Genghis Khan Nabe, Chanchanyaki, Nagasaki chanpuru and dishes from Okinawa, Chinese-style yasaitiame fried vegetables, Korean namuru dishes.

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moyashi udo もやし独活（もやしうど）sprouts of spikenard
me udo, me-udo 芽独活（めうど）buds of spikenard
Udo, Spikenard, Japanese spikenard 独活（うど)
kigo for late spring

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Sprouts which are NOT KIGO


arufarufa アルファルファ Alfalfa
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand it is known as lucerne and as lucerne grass in south Asia.
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scent of alfalfa:
the grace of an Afghan hound
running down rabbits

Charles Trumbull
source : Shiki Kukai 1/31/99




burning alfalfa--
old farmer pelted by
fleeing grasshoppers

Michael Maiello
source : Shiki Kukai 5/2/99


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kaiwarena かいわれな 【貝割れ菜】sprouts of all kinds
mostly of daikon radish (kaiware daikon かいわれだいこん)
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Samensprossen



supurauto スプラウト sprout, sprouts of various kinds
for example from
buckwheat ソバ　soba supurauto
bukokkoli ブロッコリ　brokkoli
masutaado　マスタード　 mustard sprouts



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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


A young Japanese who grows fast and is tall is sometimes called a

moyashikko　もやしっ子　"moyashi child"

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HAIKU and SENRYU

雪間より薄紫の芽独活かな　
雪間より薄紫の芽独活哉
yukima yori usumurasaki no me-udo kana　　　

in a patch of earth between the snow
there are some light purple
sprouts of spikenard
　　　　
Matsuo Basho 芭蕉

yukima is a short word in Japanese, but difficult to render in English.


More haiku with UDO


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Related words

***** WASHOKU :
YASAI . Vegetable SAIJIKI


. Beans in all Seasons .


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