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aburi - fried tofu
anmitsu - a type of fruit and jelly ice cream
azuki beans - sweet red beans used in desserts throughout Asia
daikon - large Japanese radish
dango - dumplings of mochi (a chewy dough made of rice flour)
deer senbei - biscuits for deer; Nara's parks are famous for deer that visitors can feed
dim sum - pork buns (Chinese dish)
edamame - green soybeans
gahan - rice/cooked meal
gyouza - dumpling
kabosu - a juicy green citrus fruit with the sharpness of lemon, used instead of vinegar in some Japanese dishes
kashiwa-mochi - mochi balls filled with azuki beans; rice cake wrapped in oak leaf
katsu - a thin slice of pork done up in a fried breading
Kusamochi - boiled leaves with mochi; sometimes with sweet bean paste in the center
kuzumochi - chewy cakes made from kozu [arrowroot] starch
maguro - tuna
manjuu - type of bean paste. For example, in a chicken-wing manjuu, it's a dish of bean paste stuffed in chicken wings [although this is usually not a very appetizing dish]
menma � fermented bamboo shoots
miso - Japanese soy-based soup
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mochi - a Japanese dessert: rice dough (kinda marshmallow in texture) stuffed with ohagi (sweet bean paste); made of rice flour
monja-yaki - a pan-fried pancake of mixed vegetables and meat, similar to okonomiyaki, only without the eggs
moussaka - lasagna with fried eggplant slices instead of pasta
nagashi soumen - a type of noodle that is served in a bamboo flume; as the noodles flow down the flume, diners pick them out with chopsticks
naruto � steamed fish-paste cake sliced to decorate soup; white with a pink spiral in the middle
natto - fermented soybean paste; really sticky and smelly
nimono - stewed/boiled foods
niratama - a dish with leeks and egg
nishin soba - herring noodles
odango - balls of sweetened rice flour; Japanese sweet dumplings
oden - consists of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and chikuwa cooked in konbu or katsuobushi based dashi broth. Mustard may be used as a condiment. In Nagoya, miso is used as a dipping sauce. In Kansai, it may be called Kanto ni or Kanto daki, both literally Kanto stew, because Oden originated in the Kanto area. It is usually served over rice.
ohagi - sweet bean paste; a rice cake covered with bean jam, soybean flour, or ground sesame
okonomiyaki - a vegetable griddlecake; meat or seafood in a vegetable pancake. The basic ingredients are cabbage, flour and eggs, and the rest depends on your okonomi, that is, "your taste". Shrimp and squid are popular additions, and when it's all done, you top it off with thick sauce, aonori and bonito flakes.
onigiri - rice ball
oshiruko � red bean soup
ramen - a popular noodle soup dish
ringo-ame - an apple on a stick dipped into liquid candy that hardens as it cools until it resembles lollipop candy; kind of like a caramel apple except with lollipop candy-coating
sashimi - raw fish; sushi can be raw fish or sometimes it has no raw fish; sushi is actually more talking about the vinegared rice so if you want to specifically mean "raw fish" its good to use "sashimi"
shiokara - salted fish guts
shougayaki - pork fried with ginger
shungiku - Chrysanthemum leaves
soba - buckwheat noodles (resembling spaghetti) served in a soy-flavored, or sometimes clear, broth made from fish and seaweed
soumen - noodles
sushi - mostly raw fish and rice wrapped in seaweed, with some exceptions
taiyaki - fish-shaped pancakes filled with azuki bean paste
takoyaki - dumplings made with bits of octopus meat
teriyaki - food covered in sweet soy sauce
tempura - batter-fried vegetables and seafood
tonkatsu - breaded pork cutlet
tonkoro ten � transparent noodles eaten together with black honey and vinegar
tororo soba - grated yam noodles
tsukemen � dipping noodles, the soup and noodles are served separately
ume konbu - plum and seaweed
umeboshi - the Japanese plum fruit; sour and seldom eaten raw
wagarashi - hot mustard; used as a dressing
wasabi - condiment for sushi, sashimi and chilled soba noodles
yaki-imo - baked sweet potatoes often sold by street vendors in Japan during autumn. Also often thought of as a sign of the season.
youkan � tasty chocolate treat
yosenabe � a soup consisting especially of seafood and veggies cooked in a broth
yude-takenoko - young shoots of the bamboo tree; used in soups, simmered dishes and mixed rice dishes
Common Foods:
kehki - cake
kudamono - fruit
momo - peach
nabe - hot pot; stew
ozoni - a soup
pan - bread
Drinks:
koh-cha - black tea
kohhi - coffee
kohhi gyunyu - coffee with milk
ocha - green tea
oyu - hot water
sake - wine made from rice
There are more I know, but I can't think of them at the moment... I'll post them when it comes to me.
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