Omakase (1979) and Omusubi (1991)

[Benjamin Barrett]

Thank you, Barry, for this interesting post. I didn't know omusubi was used
outside of Hawai'i, and I didn't know omakase was used at all in English.

I'm going to forward this on to my first-year Japanese students.

Benjamin Barrett

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>Subject:      Omakase (1979) and Omusubi (1991)
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>OMAKASE--17,500 Google hits, 798 Google Groups hits
>OMUSUBI--4,150 Google hits, 71 Google Groups hits OMAKASE--204
>Factiva hits OMUSUBI--25 Factiva hits