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May 8, 2024 · Food. Food has surprisingly few abbreviations. Pote-chi (potato chips): you can order “pote-chi” in a restaurant and no one will bat an eyelid. Sando (sandwich): generally reserved for Japanese cream and fruit sandwiches. Pote-sara (potato salad): Japanese style potato salad.
- Ingredients: 食材
- Preparation: 作り方
- Let’s Cook!: 料理をしよう！
- How to Learn Japanese Through Cooking
Fruit: 果物
apple: りんご (ringo) citron: 柚子 (yuzu) 柚子 is a Japanese citrus fruit most closely related to lemons, but with a sweeter and more floral taste. Once the hot weather hits, you’ll find 柚子 everywhere and in everything. fig: 無花果 (ichijiku) strawberry: 苺 (ichigo) watermelon: 西瓜 (suika) cucumber: きゅうり (kyūri) grape(s): 葡萄 (budō)
Vegetables and Herbs: 野菜
pumpkins: 南瓜 (kabocha) mushrooms: 榎茸 (enoki dake) eggplant: 茄子 (nasu) carrot: 人参 (ninjin) lotus root: 蓮根 (renkon) or 蓮 (hasu) ginger: 生姜 (shōga) bell pepper: ピーマン (pīman) potato: じゃがいも (jagaimo) いも by itself refers to tubers related to potatoes (like yams, sweet potatoes, taro root and so on). じゃがいも is one of the more common types. さつまいも are Japanese sweet potatoes: purple on the outside and yellow on the inside, unlike the American orange variety. garlic: にんにく (ninniku) perilla, Japanese min...
Nuts and Grains: 木の実と穀物
rice: 米 (kome) uncooked rice: 米 (kome) cooked rice: ご飯 (gohan) or 飯 (meshi) As the Inuit are said to have many words for “snow,” Japan has many words for “rice.” Raw, uncooked grain is generally 米, and different strains of the crop are variations on that word. ご飯 and 飯 are the same word, pronounced differently. sesame seeds: 胡麻 (goma) walnuts: 胡桃 (kurumi) oats: 麦 (mugi) chestnuts: 栗 (kuri) 麦also refers to barley and wheat.
To Cook: 料理をする
to fry, grill, roast, bake: 焼く (yaku) In the case of rice or noodles (“fried rice,” “stir-fried noodles” and so on), this means “to stir-fry” or “to pan fry.” The next verb below is used with meat, vegetables and sautéing. 焼く is for baking pastries, frying pancakes or omelets, grilling, roasting in the oven, pan searing (steak, etc.) and the aforementioned stir-fried noodles and rice. to stir-fry: 炒める (itameru) to deep fry: 揚げる (ageru) to steam: 蒸かす (fukasu) to cut: 切る (kiru) to heat: 熱する (ne...
Utensils/Tools 道具
skillet: フライパン (furaipan) knife: 包丁 (hō chō) or ナイフ (naifu) rubber spatula: ゴムベラ (gomu bera) strainer: こし器 (koshiki) whisk: 泡立て器 (awadateki) baking sheet or jelly roll pan: バット (batto) or オーブン用鉄板 (ōbunyō teppan) parchment paper: オーブンシート (ōbun shīto) or クッキングシート (kukkingu shīto)
Much of modern Japanese cooking is foreign-inspired, but all of it is simple. The recipe below is a personal favorite. See if you can decipher the instructions with your new knowledge of food vocabulary! In some places, hiragana have been added in parentheses next to words, in order to give you a helping hand. 豚肉の生姜焼き (butaniku no shōgayaki) Ginger...
Once you’re armed with a handy dandy dictionary, smartphone dictionary app or online translation tool, get yourself into the kitchen! Actually, sit yourself down on the couch, with your computer. Let’s learn Japanese culinarily by: 1. Getting a subscription to the Kawaii Box. It’s a sweet little box of Japanese cuteness that often contains one or t...
Sake: salmon. Saké: traditional rice wine served hot or cold. Tuna sashimi. Sashimi: thinly sliced raw fish on rice, usually served with soy sauce and wasabi. Shabu shabu: similar to sukiyaki; beef and vegetables cooked tableside in a broth. Shiitake: prized cultivated mushroom, dark brown with a large cap. Shoya: soy sauce.
Okawari kudasai: “more food please”. It is often considered good manners in Japanese food culture to finish all the food on your plate, even down to the last grain of rice. If one portion of food wasn’t enough, then you can use the phrase okawari to ask for a second serving. To make this a little more polite, add the word kudasai on the ...
Nov 15, 2017 · Sushi and Sashimi. Omakase. This phrase translates to "I'll leave it up to you." As such, diners leave the selection of the contents of their meal to the head chef. While it's most commonly associated with sushi, omakase can encompass other Japanese cooking techniques. Kaiseki.
Oct 28, 2019 · キモい (kimoi) This one is short for 気持ち悪い (kimochi warui), which means something gives you a “bad feeling.”. 気持ち悪い is often used to describe any kind of bad feeling, like feeling sick or sad. It can also be used to describe something that repulses you. As for キモい, it only means “gross,” “disgusting,” or ...
Shabu-shabu (Japanese: しゃぶしゃぶ, romanized:shabushabu) is a Japanese nabemono hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water and served with dipping sauces. [ 1 ] The term is onomatopoeic, derived from the sound – "swish swish" – emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot. [ 2 ]
