Published on: August 1, 2007 at 6:24 PM

It sounds like something that I would order at the sushi bar.

In Japanese, it means rabbit.

Usagi

It is a powerful typhooon in the western Pacific that is threatening Japan.

Fortunately, it is weakening.

Top winds are still 120mph. It peaked earlier today at near 140 mph, a category four typhoon.

It will reach the island of Kyushu tomorrow evening. By then, top winds will be around 75 mph.