Search Details

Word: namiki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Asakusa is crowded with noodle shops that are perfect for lunch. Most serve plump udon or soba in savory broth crowned with tempura-fried shrimp, the area's other delicacy. Namiki Yabu Soba, south of Kaminarimon Gate, is excellent and has English menus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Life: Tokyo Tempts | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...DIED. MICHIKO NAMIKI, 79, Japanese singer whose Apple Song was a major hit following WWII; in Tokyo. As historian John Dower wrote: "That spirits were lifted by a peppy jingle about something edible was hardly surprising at a time when food was an overriding concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...spent 14 hours a day trying to learn how to pronounce the name of the show: except in French Canada, where it is called La Jardiniere, Romper Room is the name of the show no matter what language the script may be translated into, and Japan's Midori Namiki couldn't seem to keep herself from saying Lomper Loom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The World's Largest Kindergarten | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

| 1 |