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煎餅せんべい (senbei)

biscuit; rice cracker

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煎餅 (せんべい, senbei) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “biscuit; rice cracker”.

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彼女かのじょはおせんべいが大好だいすきです

She loves rice crackers.

あらやだ、このお煎餅せんべいもう湿気しけってる。

Yecch. This rice cracker is soggy.

関東では、米菓煎餅を焼いて売る煎餅屋も多くみられる。

In the Kanto region, there is a number of senbei shops which specialize in making and selling beika-senbei.

日本で「煎餅」の記述がでてきたのは正倉院所蔵の737年頃の文書である。

In Japan, the term 'senbei' first appeared in a document from around 737 held in the Shosoin Repository.

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