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  • It is my annual opportunity to make arare, brief visit to the moral high ground, if only to admire the view.

    Tim Dowling: Happy birthday to me 2010

  • Growing up in MT the only shrimp I ever experienced was arare treat of deep fried shrimp.

    Why Are We Eating So Much Shrimp ? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Okaki and arare are basically processed the same way as senbei and use the same ingredients with one exception; Okaki and arare use glutinous rice mochi goma and senbei use non-glutinous rice.

    Kuro Mame Okaki | The Anime Blog 2007

  • Also, traditionally, senbei are shaped in large flat circles while arare are smaller and and more spherical I believe cracker nuts would fall into this category.

    Kuro Mame Okaki | The Anime Blog 2007

  • Even prior arare, which have let me down in the flavor department are way, way better than this.

    Nagisa Age | The Anime Blog 2007

  • Even prior arare, which have let me down in the flavor department are way, way better than this.

    Kuro Mame Okaki | The Anime Blog 2007

  • The flavor is that of any other senbei or arare, but with a much stronger emphasis on the soy and hella salty.

    Nagisa Age | The Anime Blog 2007

  • (Genesis 45: 6; Exodus 34: 21) Derived from the Latin arare, to plough; hence it means ploughing.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

  • _Kiyomidzu kosaka_ (the name of a place); _arare ni ozasa_ (hail on the leaves of the bamboo-grass); _itaya ni arare_ (hail following upon a wooden roof);

    Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Then the chief among the maids, receiving the letter, tried to read the writing upon the envelope: _ "Tsuki ni hoshi -- ame ni arare ga -- kori kana, _" --

    Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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