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Meaning |
fire,
Tuesday |
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Onyomi |
カ, コ |
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Kunyomi |
ひ, ほ |
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Kanji
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Japanese
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Romaji
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English
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火 |
ひ |
hi |
fire, flame, blaze |
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火の手 |
ひのて |
hinote |
flames, blaze, fire |
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火の粉 |
ひのこ |
hinoko |
sparks |
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火光 |
かこう |
kakou |
firelight |
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火曜日 |
かようび |
kayoubi |
Tuesday |
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火木土 |
かもくど |
kamokudo |
Tue-Thurs-Sat |
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火星 |
かせい |
kasei |
Mars (planet) |
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火星人 |
かせいじん |
kaseijin |
Martian |
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火の玉 |
ひのたま |
hinotama |
falling star, fireball |
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火山 |
かざん |
kazan |
volcano |
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Japanese food |
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火鉢, ひばち |
 Hibachi
(Japanese: 火鉢, ひばち, literally "fire bowl") - A
traditional Japanese heating device. It consists of a round,
cylindrical or a box-shaped open-topped container, made from
or lined with a heatproof material and designed to hold
burning charcoal.
In North America, the term "hibachi" is used to refer to a
small cooking stove heated by charcoal (actually called
shichirin in Japanese), or to an iron hot plate (teppan)
used in Teppanyaki restaurants.
Although the word is Japanese and the device is strongly
associated with Japan, the hibachi originated in China as a
type of portable charcoal brazier used to heat the homes of
the nobility. It is not known when the hibachi was first
used in Japan; however written records suggest that it was
used by the Heian period (798-1185AD). Owing to the low
availability of metal in China and Japan, early hibachis
were made from dug-out cypress wood lined with clay.
However, craftsmen soon began to make more decorative
versions with lacquered finishes, gold leaf, and other
artistic embellishments. Stronger materials such as metal
and ceramics became popular over time. Traditional hibachis
can be very attractive objects in themselves and are today
sometimes sold as antiques. They were originally used mainly
by the samurai classes and aristocrats but gradually spread
among ordinary people. Their design developed throughout the
Edo period. It is a flat surface of heat, to be more
specific.
For most of its history the hibachi was used for heating,
but it has been put to many uses; for example, as a
cigarette lighter and portable stove for Japanese troops
during World War II.
The hibachi was once a common sight in Japan before the
Second World War (and was often seen in waiting rooms at
train stations), but it became a rarity and was gradually
replaced by the oil heaters now commonplace in Japan.
(Central heating is relatively rare in Japanese homes.)
The traditional Japanese hibachi is a heating device and not
usually used for cooking. In English, however, "hibachi"
often refers to small cooking grills typically made of
aluminium or cast iron, with the latter generally being of
higher quality. Owing to their small size, hibachi grills
are popular as a form of portable barbecue. They resemble
traditional, Japanese, charcoal-heated cooking utensils
called shichirin. It has been suggested that these grills
were confusingly marketed as "hibachi" when they were
introduced to North America because that word was easier
than "shichirin" for English speakers to pronounce.
Alternatively, "hibachi-style" is a North American term for
Japanese teppanyaki cooking, in which gas-heated hotplates
are integrated into tables around which many people (often
multiple parties) can sit and eat at once. The chef performs
the cooking in front of the diners, typically with
theatrical flair -- flipping shrimp tails into his hat, for
example, or lighting a volcano of onions on fire with his
fingers. The popular Japanese restaurant chain Benihana uses
hibachi grill cooking as its trademark.
Information source: “Hibachi.” wikipedia.org. Article date:
17 Jan. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 8 Feb. 2008 <Hibachi>. |
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