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Shichirin being a compound word made up of the characters 七 (shichi or nana, "seven") and 輪 (rin or wa, "wheel," "loop," or "ring"), its coinage can be suggested through the individual kanji. A popular story links the "rin" of shichirin to the Edo period currency denomination, the one- rin coin (albeit a different character, 厘 ).
Omoikane (思兼) The deity of wisdom and intelligence, who is always called upon to "ponder" and give good counsel in the deliberations of the heavenly deities. Ōmononushi (大物主神) in the Nihongi, Ōmononushi was considered an alternate name for Ōkuninushi. But, it appears that the two were separate kami. [8]
Yakiniku (Japanese: 焼き肉/焼肉), meaning "grilled meat", is a Japanese term that, in its broadest sense, refers to grilled meat cuisine.. Today, "yakiniku" commonly refers to a style of cooking bite-size meat (usually beef and offal) and vegetables on gridirons or griddles over a flame of wood charcoals carbonized by dry distillation (sumibi, 炭火) or a gas/electric grill.
Usually seen in compounds such as shabon-dama ('soap bubbles') in modern Japanese. shurasuko: ja:シュラスコ: Brazilian style churrasco barbecue churrasco barbecue Modern borrowing. subeta: スベタ (an insulting word for women) espada espada sword Originally a term from playing cards, in reference to certain cards that earned the player ...
To turn your American BBQ sauce recipe or classic bottled BBQ sauce into a Japanese BBQ sauce, add a splash of mirin, and “a really good, traditionally-brewed Japanese soy sauce,” Gill ...
Japanese commonly use proverbs, often citing just the first part of common phrases for brevity. For example, one might say i no naka no kawazu (井の中の蛙, 'a frog in a well') to refer to the proverb i no naka no kawazu, taikai o shirazu (井の中の蛙、大海を知らず, 'a frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean').
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
The hibachi (Japanese: 火鉢, fire bowl) is a traditional Japanese heating device. It is a brazier which is a round, cylindrical, or box-shaped, open-topped container, made from or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold burning charcoal. It is believed hibachi date back to the Heian period (794 to 1185). [1]