a vegetable consisting of the small compact bud of a variety of cabbage.
さまざまなキャベツの小さくコンパクトな芽からなる野菜
Brussels Sprouts[芽きゃべつ]は、村上春樹の小説「かえるくん、東京を救う」の＃20の表題。以下、Brussels Sproutsが使われている件りを書き出す。
"Oh, nothing mush," Frog said. "Nothing much more complicated than boiling Brussels Sprouts. I just gave them a little scare. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel toward their imagination. But never mind that, Mr.Kaatagiri. Tell me about the Big Bear cases. It's going well?"
