Japanese food glossary
Japanese enjoy foods in season.
Learn about the seasonality of Japanese ingredients.
Dec.Seasonal foods
91 foods
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Aguu pork
あぐー豚：Aguubuta
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Alfonsino
きんめだい：Kinmedai
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Apple
りんご：Ringo
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Avocado
アボカド：Abokado
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Bacon
ベーコン：Beikon
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Banana
バナナ：Banana
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Barracuda
かます：Kamasu
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Beef
牛肉：Gyuniku
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Blood Clam
あかがい：Akagai
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Broccoli
ブロッコリー：Burokkori
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Burdock
ごぼう：Gobo
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Butterbut Sprout
ふきのとう：Fukinotou
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Cabbage
キャベツ：Kyabetsu
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Cauliflower
カリフラワー：Karifurawa
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Chicken
鶏肉：Toriniku
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Chinese Cabbage
はくさい：Hakusai
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Chinese Yam
ながいも：Nagaimo
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Chrysanthemum Leaves
しゅんぎく：Shungiku
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Cod
たら：Tara
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Cod Roe
たらこ：Tarako
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Crab
カニ：Kani
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Deer
鹿肉：Shikaniku
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Devil's-tongue Starch Blocks and Noodles
こんにゃく・しらたき：Konnyaku, Shirataki
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Duck meat
合鴨肉：Aigamoniku
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Eel
うなぎ：Unagi
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Egg
たまご（鶏卵）： Tamago
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Flounder
ひらめ：Hirame
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Giant Crab
たかあしがに：Takaashigani
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Goat meat
山羊肉：Yaginiku
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Green Onion
ながねぎ：Naganegi
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Halfbeak
さより：Sayori
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Hida beef
飛騨牛：Hida gyuniku
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Hinai chicken
比内地鶏：Hinaidori
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Hokke (Okhotsk atka mackerel)
ほっけ：Hokke
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Horsemeat
馬肉：Baniku
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Icefish
しらうお：Shirauo
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Japanese Parsley
せり：Seri
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Japanese Radish
だいこん：Daikon
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Japanese spiny lobster
いせえび：Ise-ebi
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Karei (flounder)
かれい：Karei
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Kegani (hairy crab or horsehair crab)
けがに：Kegani
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King Crab
タラバガニ：Tarabagani
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King trumpet mushroom
エリンギ：Eringi
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Kiwifruit
キウイ：kiwi
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Kobe beef
神戸牛： Kobe gyu
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Kuroge-wagyu (Japanese black cattle)
黒毛和牛：Kurogewagyu
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Lamb
ラム：Ramu
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Lettuce
レタス：Retasu
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Lotus Root
れんこん：Renkon
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Mackerel
さば：Saba
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Maezawa beef
前沢牛：Maezawa gyuniku
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Matsuzaka beef
松坂牛：Matsuzaka gyuniku
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Monkfish
あんこう：Ankou
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Mustard Spinach
こまつな：Komatsuna
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Mutton
マトン：Maton
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Nagoya Cochin (chicken)
名古屋コーチン：Nagoyakochin
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Octopus
タコ：Tako
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Ohmi beef
近江牛：Ohmi gyuniku
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Onion
たまねぎ：Tamanegi
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Oyster
かき：Kaki
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Parsley
パセリ：Paseri
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Peanuts
ピーナッツ：Piinattsu
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Platinum pork
白金豚：Hakkinton
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Pork
豚肉：Butaniku
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Pumpkin
かぼちゃ：Kabocha
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Sailfin sandfish
はたはた：Hatahata
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Sausages
ソーセージ：Soseiji
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Sea Bream
たい：Tai
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Shamo (game fowl)
軍鶏：Shamo
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Shekwasha (flat lemon)
シークワーサー：Shiikwasaa
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Shrimp
えび：Ebi
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Snow Crab
ずわいがに：Zuwaigani
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Spanish mackerel
さわら：Sawara
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Spinich
ほうれんそう：Horenso
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Squid
イカ：Ika
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Strawberry
いちご：Ichigo
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Sweet bean paste
あんこ：Anko
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Tajima beef
但馬牛：Tajima gyuniku
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Tangerine
みかん：Mikan
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Taro
さといも：Sato-imo
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Tsumire (fish meatballs) & fish sausage
つみれ・魚肉ソーセージ：Tsumire & Gyoniku sooseiji
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Tuna
まぐろ：Maguro
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Turnip
かぶ：Kabu
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Wagyu
和牛：Wagyu
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Wasabi
わさび：Wasabi
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Wild duck
鴨肉：Kamoniku
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Yam
やまいも：Yamaimo
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Yamagata beef
山形牛：Yamagata gyuniku
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Yellowtail
ぶり：Buri
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Yonezawa beef
米沢牛：Yonezawa gyuniku
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Yuzu (Japanese citron)
ゆず：Yuzu