A normal heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute at rest. Ventricular tachycardia is a regular, faster-than-normal heart rate that begins in the heart's lower chambers.
Umami (pronounced oo-MAH-mee) has been called the fifth taste, joining the traditional quartet of salty, sweet, bitter and sour. The word umami derives from the Japanese umai, which roughly translates as deliciousness [source: Umami Information Center]. Chefs have described it as everything from delicate and subtle to earthy, musty and mushroom-like [source: Ninomiya].
Kami-Musumi ('divine generative force') The Japanese goddess who collected and sowed the seeds produced by Ogetsu-Hime, the goddess of food. Kami-Musumi was also responsible for reviging the god of medecine, O-Kuni-Nushi, when he was killed by his jealous brothers.minai-gami (Okinawa) A creator goddess, who with her brother Umikii-gami, created humans and the land. Uso-dori Goddess of singing. Uzume The Japanese Shinto goddess of joy and happiness, called the Daughter of Heaven and Heaven's Forthright Female. Her name means whirling.