Words and phrases for food and drinks or related to their preparation, consumption, tradition, and other aspects.
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Differences between the many words for dinner
According to my dictionary, the following words all mean the same thing: "Dinner":
[夜]{よる}ご[飯]{はん}, [晩]{ばん}ご[飯]{はん}, [晩飯]{ばんめし}, [晩食]{ばんしょく}, [夕]{ゆう}ご[飯]{はん}, [夕飯]{ゆうはん(ゆうめし)}, [夕食]{ゆうしょく}
A similar ...
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What is a クリームパン in English? [closed]
A Japanese person learning English has asked me what クリームパン is in English.
jisho.org describes it as "a cream-filled roll", but that may be describing it rather than translating it. The Japanese ...
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What words are used for dolphin meat?
What words are used for dolphin meat?
Searching jisho.org using "dolphin" in the English field listed several different words for dolphin, but no compounds involving meat.
Neither the English nor ...
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Fast Food Conversation - Any Practical Guides?
I looked up for fast food conversation but I could not find anything very practical.
While most guide always emphasize on how to order, I never found it prepares one to understand what a fast food ...
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Yakiniku (焼き肉 or 焼肉) [duplicate]
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Is there any difference for compounds with/without okurigana?
I was reading the wikipedia article about yakiniku.
I noticed that in the title they use: (焼き肉 or 焼肉).
The ...
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What is a 丁寧 food?
When eating ramen, a Japanese person commented on how the ramen of this shop are 丁寧.
What does 丁寧 means in the context of food?
丁寧 means polite in social contexts, but I am not sure it the same ...
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Different conventions for animal meat
After reading this awesome question, I got to thinking about different animal meat. Upon researching a little, there seems to be different conventions in referring to different meats.
Using 訓読み
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Does “おつまみ” (otsumami) mean “snack” or “rice crackers” or “crunchy snack” like chips and peanuts, or something else entirely?
This is a word I learned by reading and not by studying or in conversation with Japanese.
After learning the kana years ago I had occasion to fly with JAL and the pre-meal snack was a little packet ...
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Onigiri and nigiri
I was reading this two articles:
Onigiri wikipedia's article
Nigiri explanation inside wikipedia's sushi article
I first thought that onigiri was a type of sushi but it's not.
It calls my ...
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What's the difference between “gohan” and “meshi”?
In answer to my question on the difference between "gyudon" and "gyumeshi" I learned that "meshi" just means cooked rice. But I thought "gohan" meant cooked rice, so please, what is the difference?
I ...
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What is the etymology of [山葵]{わさび}?
I know that "わさび" 'wasabi' can also be written using kanji as "山葵" and that these two characters mean respectively "mountain" and "hollyhock", but hollyhock doesn't seem at first glance to be related.
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Are the names of some food items written in katakana?
Japanese for Busy People 1 (lesson 11) mentions when talking about [キス]{kisu} (whiting) at a [てんぷらや]{tempura-ya}:
NOTE: Names of fish, fruits and vegetables etc. are sometimes written in katakana.
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What is 野菜ソムリエ?
I have trouble understanding the concept of 野菜ソムリエ.
I have searched Wikipedia and others but I can't understand if it is the name of a media job, or the name of a restaurant job.
I feel it might be ...
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Would I have 牛乳 or ミルク with my cereal?
I've just found out that there's a couple of words for milk, and that they have slightly different meanings. Which one would I have with my Weetbix in a "viking style" breakfast in Niseko?
Based on ...
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Most appropriate word for 'food'
I have seen many ways of saying 'food'. I am wondering if there is ever a difference in appropriateness.
食品、食べ物、～物(type+物)、飯、ご飯、etc.
Most commonly, I think, is 食べ物, but I thought I'd use 食品 for an ...
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What's the difference between “マグロ” (maguro), “ツナ” (tsuna), and “シーチキン” (shiichikin)?
It seems that there are (at least) three words for "tuna" in Japanese:
"マグロ" / "鮪" / "まぐろ" (maguro) - Seems to be the native name for the creature and used at least in sushi
"ツナ" (tsuna) - Seems to ...
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What's the difference between “さけ” (sake) “しゃけ” (shake)?
Today I saw onigiri claiming to contain "しゃけ" (shake), when I asked my friend what that was she said it was the same as "さけ" (sake), "salmon".
So are these two just different readings of a kanji, ...
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Is there a word for the type of onigiri that comes in the triangular wrap that keeps the nori fresh?
The term "onigiri" covers all kinds of rice balls, with or without filling, and with or without nori seawood around it.
Is there a specific term that only covers the one class of onigiri available in ...
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What's the difference between “巻寿司” (makizushi), “海苔巻き” (norimaki), and “巻物” (makimono)?
It seems there are three words for the same Japanese food item, a kind of "sushi in a long roll":
"巻寿司" (makizushi)
"海苔巻き" (norimaki)
"巻物" (makimono)
Are they all identical / synonyms? Do they ...
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Words/characters for fast food meal sizes: 並, 大, 特
When dining at Yoshinoya I never know how to ask for the size meal I want.
Their sizes are 並, 大, and 特.
I only know that "大" means big, but it also has two readings so I have no idea whether to ask ...
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Since Japanese already had several words for rice why was “ライス” (raisu) borrowed from English?
Last night I had dinner in a ramen restaurant in northern Japan and was surprised to read the katakana "ライス" (raisu) on the menu. This is obviously the English word "rice" borrowed. But what kind of ...
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What is the difference between “meshi” and “don” for the food sometimes translated as “rice bowl” in English?
I'm a big fan of the Japanese fast food gyudon (cooked thinly sliced beef strips on top of a bowl of boiled white rice) and its variants such as butadon (the same but with pork).
But why do some ...
