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senbei

senbei noun: a type of Japanese rice cracker.

senbei: a type of Japanese rice cracker
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Noun

senbei (plural senbei)

  1. A type of Japanese rice cracker.
    • The story passed down through the years of the origin of the present method of making senbei begins in 804 with the sojourn to China of the priest Kūkai (774–835).1986, The East, volumes 22–23, Tokyo: East Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 1
    • Break the senbei into small pieces – they will double in size so have this in mind – then drop the pieces into the hot oil one at a time, they will puff immediately.2017, Scott Hallsworth, “Crunchy Rice Senbei in Avocado-Jalapeño Dip”, in Junk Food Japan: Addictive Food from Kurobuta, London: Absolute Press, →ISBN, “Snack” section, page 19

Examples of senbei in a sentence

  • I broke apart a senbei to get a piece about the size of my pinky nail, then I placed it on my desk.2019 October, Hagane Kurodome, translated by Taishi, “Training My Telekinesis With Unwavering Focus”, in There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting...
  • After steaming, the process of making senbei consists of pounding and rolling out the dough, cutting out the shape, and drying.2023, Yukiharu Ogawa, “Commercial Processing of Rice”, in Jinhu Tian, Yukiharu Ogawa, Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur, editors, Science of...

Forms of senbei

pluralsenbei

Origin of senbei

From Japanese 煎餅(せんべい) (senbei). Doublet of jianbing.

Questions about senbei

What does senbei mean?
Senbei means a type of Japanese rice cracker.
How do you use senbei in a sentence?
I broke apart a senbei to get a piece about the size of my pinky nail, then I placed it on my desk.
What part of speech is senbei?
Senbei is a noun.
What is the plural of senbei?
The plural of senbei is senbei.

Words near senbei in the dictionary

  1. senatus academicus
  2. senatusconsult
  3. senatusconsults
  4. Senatuses
  5. Senavati
  6. senbei
  7. Senboku
  8. sence
  9. sencelesse
  10. sences
  11. sench

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