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Glossary of Japanese foods and related items. Please click on a letter below to jump to the alphabetical list of terms.

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A - Agar-agar (kanten)  
B - Boiled bamboo shoots (yude-takenoko)
- Burdock root (gobo)		  
C - Chopsticks (o-hashi)
- Chrysanthemum leaves (shungiku)		  
D - Daikon radish
- Daikon radish sprouts (kaiwarena)
- Dashi
- Dried/instant wakame seaweed
- Dried shaved bonito strands/flakes (itokaki/kezuribushi)
- Dried shiitake mushrooms
- Dried soba noodles
- Dried udon noodles		 Back to Top
E - Enoki mushrooms  
G - Ginger root (shoga)
- Ginkgo nuts (ginnan)
- Green nori seaweed flakes (aonori)
- Green perilla (aojiso)
- Grilled tofu (yakidofu)		  
H - Hamaguri
- Horse mackerel (aji)		  
J - Japanese hot mustard (wagarashi)
- Japanese onions		  
K - Kabosu
- Kelp (konbu)
- Kusamochi		 Back to Top
L - Lotus root (renkon)
M - Maitake
- Matsutake
- Miso		  
N - Noodles  
P - Pickled red ginger (benishoga)
- Plain rice
- Portable gas stove
- Potato starch (katakuriko)		  
R - Rice
- Rice cooker
- Rice vinegar (komezu)
- Roasted nori seaweed		  
S - Sake
- Sakuramochi
- Sashimi-style tuna
- Seven-spice chili pepper (shichimi-togarashi)
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Shimeji mushrooms
- Short-grain white rice
- Sudachi
- Sushi		 Back to Top
T - Taro (satoimo)
- Tempura
- Teriyaki
- Thin deep-fried tofu (abura-age)
- Tiny dried shrimp (sakura-ebi)
- Tofu
- Toso
- Trefoil (mitsuba)		  
U - Umeboshi  
W - Wasabi
- White turnip (kabu)		  
Y - Yam cake (konnyaku)
- Yam noodles (shirataki)
- Yellowtail (hamachi or buri)
- Yuzu		 Back to Top
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