daikon
- n radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
- Local farmers in this part of the Japanese capital produce heirloom daikon radishes to preserve traditional daikon stock, some of which date back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868).
- Suh In Seock, a surgeon in Seoul, has struggled to find the best way to fix an affliction the Koreans call muu-dari and the Japanese call daikon-ashi: radish-shaped calves.
- A vendor at the Makishi public market in the town of Naha offers a sample of daikon to a potential customer.