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  1. Newsgroups: rec.games.go
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!news.service.uci.edu!gordius!til!til!tanaka
  3. From: tanaka@til.til.com (Yokichi Tanaka)
  4. Subject: Re: Etiquette question
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.003809.28299@til.til.com>
  6. Sender: tanaka@til (Yokichi Tanaka)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: til
  8. Organization: Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
  9. References:  <1jinj3INNdud@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  10. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:38:09 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <1jinj3INNdud@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, smg6@po.CWRU.Edu (Stanley M. Golem) writes:
  14. |> 
  15. |> About the Japanese custom on "nigiri":  the literal meaning of the 
  16. |> word comes from the Japanese verb meaning "to grab" or "to grasp."
  17. |>
  18.  
  19. Yes.  "Nigiri" comes from the verb "to grab" or "to grasp", but is
  20. actually a noun.  So, the closest translation would be "the grab",
  21. "the grip", "the grasp", "the hold", "the clench".
  22.  
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  24. Yoke Tanaka                Togai InfraLogic, Inc.       "fuzzy"
  25. tanaka@til.com             5 Vanderbilt, Irvine, Calif 92718, USA
  26. gordius!til!tanaka         714-975-8522
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