| ubaguruma |  |
perambulator Today, we seldome see this type of ubaguruma. |
| Uchiage hanabi |  |
bottle rocket, mine |
| uchide no kozuchi |  |
a mallet of luck almost the same with an Aladdin's lamp |
| uchikake | a formal gown worn over a bride's white wedding kimono. There are two types: white uchikake and colored one called "iro-uchikake" |
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| uchiwa |  |
a flat paper fan used to keeo oneself cool and also to kindle a fire in place of a bellows. |
| udemakuri |  |
roll (turn) up one's sleeves |
| udo |  |
A kind of mountain vegetable. Native vegetable of Japan. Tip of udo is a good ingredient of tempura, and main part is tasty with miso. |
| Udo no taiboku | - | Big useless fellow/ big oaf taiboku ‘å–Ø means big tree. Very young udo is eatable, but when it grows we can not eat it. As it grows approx. 2m, it's too soft and can't use it as a timber. Then "Udo no taiboku" means a person who is good at nothing. |
| udon |  |
white noodles made from wheat flour the flour is kneaded, then rolledout and cut into long strips eaten with a dip or in a soup with minced green onion |
| ukai |  |
cormorant fishing |
| ukiyoe | ||
| uma |  |
horse |
| uma no toh | "Uma no Toh" of Osu Kannon temple |
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| umibiraki |  |
The opening of the beach to swimmers. We have Shinto ceremony at the beach to pray safety. |
| unagi |  |
eel |
| unagi no kabayaki |  |
broiled eel with special sweet sauce Ishiki-cho (Aichi Pref.) is a major souce of cultivated eel. |
| Unagi no nedoko | - | lit. a bed for eel A house or room that is long and narrow. You can see lots of "Unagi no nedoko" houses in Kyoto. This was for tax purposes in the Heian period. |
| unajuu |  |
square or rectanglar lacquer ware of eel and rice delicious ! |
| unkai |  |
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| Urajiro | a variety of fern | |
| usagi |  |
rabbit hare (no-usagi) |
| Usokae Shinji |  |
Changing Uso Ritual Uso is a bullfinch, but the same sound "Uso" means lie. People change toy uso each other and wish a new year be full of the truth. |
| usuzumi-zakura |  |
one of the three great cherry trees in Japan in Neodani, Gifu Pref. 1,500 years old. 17.2m in height take JR Tokaido Line for Oogaki. change the train at Oogaki Sta. to Tarumi-tetsudo Line. get off at Tarumi Sta. walk 10 minutes. |
| utatane |  |
nap short sleep |