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Japanese Pickles. Oshinko is a collective, generic name for Japanese pickles made from various vegetables pickled using salt (shio-zuke.) The vegetables can be cucumbers, daikon radish, Napa cabbage, baby carrots, burdock root, etc. Sometimes, it will also be used to include pickles made with rice bran, such as Takuan.
Zanshin (Japanese: æ®å¿) is a state of awareness, of relaxed alertness, in Japanese martial arts. A literal translation of zanshin is remaining mind. In several martial arts, zanshin refers more narrowly to the body's posture after a technique is executed. In kyÅ«dÅ, zanshin means the body posture after the loosing of an arrow; the posture is intended to reflect the higher meaning of zanshin, which is a mental aspect maintained before, during, and after an action. In karate, zanshin is the state of total awareness.