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Learned 2 new Japanese Kanji: 炙り, 挽肉

When my friends and I went out for lunch today, I was asked about these 2 Japanese kanji: “炙り”, “挽肉”, since I’m Chinese and I’m supposed to be the “Kanji Reader” in the Gaijin group.

Hmm, but I let them down.. What I said was “I don’t know because we don’t have those kanji in Chinese”. But I was wrong! We do have “炙” and “挽” in Chinese, it’s just these kanji have highly fixed usages so I couldn’t recognise them in when they combined with Japanese Hiragana.

Any here are the meanings:

Even though I’ve lived in Japan for over 5 years, I still find myself rarely know any Japanese vocabularies related to cooking or food.

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Qihuan Piao

Qihuan Piao

Originally from China and now living in Tokyo, I started this blog to practice English. Over the years, writing helped me find my own voice and explore thoughts about identity, life, and ordinary things that catch my curiosity. I mostly write for myself, but I love it when something here connects with someone else.

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