How the Japanese Craft the World’s Hardest Food

鰹

Skipjack tuna, bonito (katsuwonus pelamis)

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

一番

Pair, couple, brace

硬い

Hard, solid, tough; stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing); strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe, steady, honest, steadfast; obstinate, stubborn; bookish, formal, stuffy

食品

Food, food products, foodstuffs

言う

To say, to utter, to declare; to name, to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise

行う

To perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out

製造

Manufacture, production

私

I, me

行う

To perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out

年間

Year (period of)

製造

Manufacture, production

私

I, me

日本

Japan

一番

Pair, couple, brace

食

Meal, (one''s) diet, food, foodstuff, foodstuffs; eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)

削る

To shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage, to take a cut

削り節

Flaked bonito

上

From the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality, best, top, high class; going up; governmental, imperial; presenting, showing; ana- (medical, biol.)

多い

Many, numerous

食べる

To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

ご飯

Cooked rice; meal

以上

Not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one''s means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned, foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..; this is all, that is the end, the end

生産

Production, manufacture

県

Territory (pre-taika: under the yamato court; heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); countryside

割

Rate, ratio, proportion, percentage; profit; assignment; 10%, unit of ten percent; match, schedule of matches; diluted with (of drinks), mixed with

静岡

Shizuoka (city)

工場

Factory, plant, mill, workshop

言う

To say, to utter, to declare; to name, to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise

会社

Company, corporation; workplace

山

Mountain, hill

工場

Factory, plant, mill, workshop

製造

Manufacture, production

月

Monday

入る

To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score

大体

Outline, main point, gist; general, substantially, approximately, about; in the first place, to begin with, from the start

火

Fire, flame, blaze

後

After

活用

Practical use, application; conjugation, declension, inflection

くらい

Approximately, about, around, or so; to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least; as ... as ..., like

乾燥

Dryness, aridity, insipidity, dehydration, desiccation

菌

Fungus; germ, bacterium, bacillus

噴霧

Spraying

形

Style, way, shape, form, appearance, state

どんどん

Drumming (noise); rapidly, steadily

生

Raw, uncooked, fresh; natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed; unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude; impudence, sauciness; unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer; just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-; irresponsibly, half-baked; cash; tipsiness

減る

To decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate

我々

We

切る

To cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (i.e. the light); to terminate (i.e. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect; to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub); to open (something sealed); to start; to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.); to reduce, to decrease, to discount; to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain; to cross, to traverse; to criticize sharply; to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki); to turn (a vehicle); to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut; to shuffle (cards); to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expulse, to excommunicate; to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph); to trump; (in go) to isolate (an opponent''s stone); to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone); to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.); to finish, to complete

みたい

-like, sort of, similar to, resembling

包丁

Kitchen knife, carving knife; cooking, food

気持ち

Feeling, sensation, mood; preparedness, readiness, attitude; thanks, solicitude, sympathy; just a little, somewhat, slightly

日本

Japan

我々

We

伝統

Tradition, convention

ベース

Base; bass

食

Meal, (one''s) diet, food, foodstuff, foodstuffs; eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)

担う

To carry on shoulder, to bear (burden), to shoulder (gun)