{"id":14072,"date":"2021-06-09T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T07:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/s\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2026-10-13T23:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:01:26","slug":"quiz-%e2%99%aa-peanut-trivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/s\/en\/14072\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz \u266a [Peanut Trivia]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi, I’m one of our SUZUICHI staff members, and lately I’m hooked on frozen peanuts, which another staff member recommended to me \u266a (At first they half forced me to eat them, but now I love them, lol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we’re doing a quiz \ud83d\ude4b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why a quiz? Because it’s fun, lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a quiz show is on, it’s fun and you can’t help watching, right!? (This is where you nod along)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here’s some peanut trivia in quiz form \u2728 I’m the type who wants to try everything, lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, here’s the question! (Ta-da \u266a)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fill-in-the-blank<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz] Guess the word that goes in the box \u266a
Question: Where does the name “Rakkasei” (\u843d\u82b1\u751f), the Japanese word for peanut, come from?
“Because a \u2610 grows from the fallen flower.”
(Hint: Rakkasei is written with three characters meaning “fall” (\u843d), “flower” (\u82b1), and “grow” (\u751f).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What grows from a fallen flower…? \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tick, tick, tick, tick \u23f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time’s up \ud83d\udc50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The answer is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Fruit] (\u5b9f, “mi”: the fruit or nut)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Peanuts<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Peanuts at harvest time: they bear their fruit underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the flower<\/strong> (\u82b1) blooms and falls<\/strong> (\u843d), a needle-like stalk called a gynophore (or “peg”) grows downward and burrows into the soil, where the fruit grows<\/strong> (\u751f). That’s why peanuts were named Rakkasei \ud83e\udd5c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Peanut<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Circled in red: the gynophore (peg) reaching into the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned where the name Rakkasei comes from 5 years ago, when I had just started working at SUZUICHI and came across a book in the shop \ud83d\udca1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s an old book, probably several decades old, but it has easy-to-follow illustrations showing how a peanut sprouts from a seed, forms its fruit, and grows…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I read it, I kept saying<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wow! So that’s how it works!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

over and over \ud83d\ude2e
I’d never really thought about there being a story behind the name Rakkasei \ud83d\udca6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! By the way, the book is called “Peanuts, Nankinmame, Rakkasei” (all three are Japanese words for peanuts) \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t post photos of it for copyright reasons… (sob)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ever get the chance to visit our shop, it’s a book I’d really love for you to see \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you next time \ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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