寿

Food, cooking

Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)

narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi

From the decomposition of 茶 as two 十s (10+10) and 八十八 (88)

108th birthday

seasoned vinegar used for preparing sushi rice

French marigold (Tagetes patula)

From viewing the character 白 as 百 (100) minus 一 (1)

99th birthday

90th birthday

Food, cooking

oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)

Food, cooking

futomaki; thick roll of makizushi

sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)

healthy life expectancy; healthy life years

90th birthday

type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight

centenarianism; centenarian; 100th birthday celebration

central pavilion (of Heian Palace)

brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

longevity

sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)

type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice

variegated Spanish violet; Yucca Aloifolia

reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

Food, cooking

fermented sushi made with sake instead of vinegar (speciality of Kagoshima)

centenarian

Food, cooking

longevity noodles (eaten in China on one's birthday)