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Japanese term or phrase:
自家山
English translation:
privately-owned mountain
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Shannon Morales
Jun 21, 2007 19:53
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place name?
This appears in a spiel about freshly picked matsutake mushrooms at a ryotei in the Sagano area of Kyoto (?). I'm not sure if it's a place name (no hits for Jikayama or Jikasan), or just something like "private mountain." If the latter, what's an appealing term for that? Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | privately-sourced (please see explanation) |
KathyT
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| 2 +1 | (from) our own family mountain hillside |
Yasu Hosomatsu
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privately-sourced (please see explanation)
It's not a place name, but means, as you suspected, "private mountain(/forest)."
I guess they really want to emphasize that the mushrooms are sourced from a selected private source, rather than from a commercial bulk supplier, so that they are somehow more 'special.'
So maybe "local home-grown matsutake" - but hang on, very few people have had success with cultivating matsutake - they're usually wild, I think...
In which case, perhaps you could say "our own privately-sourced wild matsutake" or "local wild matsutake" or something of that nature (no pun intended).
Nice new pic!
I guess they really want to emphasize that the mushrooms are sourced from a selected private source, rather than from a commercial bulk supplier, so that they are somehow more 'special.'
So maybe "local home-grown matsutake" - but hang on, very few people have had success with cultivating matsutake - they're usually wild, I think...
In which case, perhaps you could say "our own privately-sourced wild matsutake" or "local wild matsutake" or something of that nature (no pun intended).
Nice new pic!
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Comment: "Thanks, Kathy! Great explanation."
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7 hrs
(from) our own family mountain hillside
Or something like that. As KathyT pointed out, the produce comes from a private source, from a wooded area owned by the family.
Note from asker:
| Thanks! I like "hillside." That gives it a cozier, homier feel. |
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