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A Japanese confection made from small pieces of mochi (glutinous rice cakes) that are fried and usually flavored with soy sauce or other flavorings..
arare あられ 霰 little rice crackers resembling hailstones. They are eaten with drinks as tsumamimono.
And the newest concoction made by Jen Kunishima at her McCully bakery is Arf Arf Arare, a rice-flour cracker glazed with beef broth, shaped like a tiny doggie bone and hand-wrapped with nori (seaweed).
We were four generations of women – my maternal greatgrandmother lived with my grandmother at that time – staying in one house with no men, and we were surrounded and supported by the seven sisters who brought us sashimi and takuan for dinner, homemade bento for lunch, arare and mochi and edamame for snacks.
A brand named Chimaski focuses on Japanese sweets and snacks. They make accessories that resemble popular snacks such as arare rice crackers and kaki-no-tane rice snacks, which are shaped like persimmon seeds.
Use arare when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arare means A Japanese confection made from small pieces of mochi (glutinous rice cakes) that are fried and usually flavored with soy sauce or other flavorings..
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arare あられ 霰 little rice crackers resembling hailstones. They are eaten with drinks as tsumamimono.
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