January 17: Saori-ori
January 23rd 2008 Japanese Vocabulary
chi-chai: slang for little or tiny
yaki-niku: literally grilled beef, but it’s a dinner where everyone sits around a grill and grills their own meat and veggies and dips them in a sauce. It usually includes onions, cabbage, rice and beef.
nama biiru: literally raw beer, but refers to any draft beer on tap usually (like asahi, Sapporo, and kirin)
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