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精進 しょうじん

  1. concentration; devotion; diligence
  2. asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment
  3. adherence to a vegetarian diet

精進うなぎ しょうじんうなぎ

  1. tofu-based mock eel dish

精進揚げ しょうじんあげ

  1. vegetable tempura

精進料理 しょうじんりょうり

  1. vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks

精進日 しょうじんび

  1. day of abstinence

精進潔斎 しょうじんけっさい

  1. purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

精進物 しょうじんもの

  1. vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)

精進落ち しょうじんおち

  1. first meal (including meat or fish) taken after a period of abstinence

精進落とし しょうじんおとし

  1. allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining

精進蟹 ショウジンガニ

  1. cleft-fronted bait crab (Guinusia dentipes); shore crab
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