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A
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abura..
oil.
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abura-age..
fried tofu slices.
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aemono..
foods in vinegar dressing or sauces.
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age..
fried.
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amiyaki..
cooked
over a wire grill.
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an..
sweet adzuki bean jam.
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anmitsu..
dessert made from (agar-agar), an, and sugar.
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asa
gohan..
breakfast.
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awabi..
abalone.
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azuki..
a small red bean, adzuki.
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B
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baataa..
butter.
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battera-zushi..
Osaka-style pressed and molded mackerel sushi.
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bento..
traditional boxed lunch.
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biiru..
beer.
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burokkori..
broccoli.
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C
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o-cha..
green tea (the -o is an honorific).
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chanko-nabe..
seafood and vegetable stew eaten by sumo wrestlers.
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chawan..
rice bowl.
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chawan
mushi..
egg custard with diced vegetables.
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chazuke..
rice and various toppings, over which green tea is poured.
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chikuwa..
tube shaped, hollow fish cake.
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chirashi-zushi..
assorted raw fish on a bed of vinegared rice.
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chiizu..
cheese.
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D
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daikon..
a large white, carrot shaped Japanese radish.
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daizu..
soybeans.
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dango..
small, round, dumplings, usually served on a stick.
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dashi..
a soup stock made from kelp and fish (basic to Japanese
cooking).
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dengaku..
tofu or konnyaku broiled with a sweet miso topping.
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E
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ebi..
shrimp.
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enoki..
long, thin, white mushrooms.
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F
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fugu..
blowfish, a highly prized sashimi delicacy.
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furutsu..
fruit.
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G
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gari..
sliced pickled ginger (served in sushi restaurants).
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genmai..
brown rice.
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gobo..
burdock root.
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gohan..
formal word for rice, also meaning "meal" (the informal
word "meshi" can also be used).
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goma..
sesame seeds.
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gyoza..
Chinese style dumplings of meat or vegetables.
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H
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hashi..
the commonly used word for chopsticks.
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hijiki..
a variety of seaweed.
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hiru-gohan..
lunch.
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hiyashi..
cold.
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hiyashi-bachi..
served chilled in a bowl with ice and cold water.
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hiya
yakko..
blocks of cold tofu.
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horenso..
spinach
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I
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iidako..
small octopus
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ika..
squid
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ikura..
salmon roe.
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inari-zushi..
sushi rice in fried tofu pockets.
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K
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kabayaki..
grilled eel on skewers without rice.
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kabu..
a small, round, white Japanese turnip.
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kai..
a generic term for shellfish.
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kaiseki
ryori..
elaborate Kyoto style cuisine.
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kanpyo..
strips of dried gourd, used for tying foods placed in stews.
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kanten..
gelatin derived from seaweed, used mostly in making desserts.
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kappa-maki..
rolled sushi with a filling of rice and Japanese cucumbers.
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katsuo-bushi..
dried bonito (used to make dashi).
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ki-no-ko..
generic term for mushrooms.
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kissaten..
coffee shop.
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koohii..
coffee.
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konbu..
kelp - used in making dashi (soup stock).
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konnyaku..
a gelatinous substance made from the "devils-tongue" tuber.
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kyuri..
long and thin, Japanese cucumber.
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M
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maguro..
tuna.
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maki..
rolled.
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meshi..
informal word for cooked rice (can also mean "meal.")
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mirin..
sweetened cooking sake.
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miso..
fermented soybean paste.
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mizu..
water.
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momo..
peach.
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mori-soba..
cold buckwheat noodles served on a bamboo screen.
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myoga..
variety
of ginger, highly prized and quite expensive.
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