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Drizzle some soy sauce for taste and bon apetit or as they say in japanese "itadakimasu"
Archive 2007-02-01 bilbo 2007
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Drizzle some soy sauce for taste and bon apetit or as they say in japanese "itadakimasu"
JFI ginger-avocado filled with myoga bilbo 2007
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Indeed, "itadakimasu" expresses precisely what he is trying to get at with his editted Psalm.
Philocrites: This week at uuworld.org: Our theological center. 2007
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I, however, think it would be best to say no itadakimasu to this one.
No Itadakimasu to Spam Sushi Sarah Lenz 2008
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I, however, think it would be best to say no itadakimasu to this one.
Archive 2008-07-01 Sarah Lenz 2008
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Old Meanie sat down in a huff next to me and picked up her chopsticks and began to eat without saying the customary grace, “itadakimasu.”
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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Old Meanie sat down in a huff next to me and picked up her chopsticks and began to eat without saying the customary grace, “itadakimasu.”
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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•Before a meal, it’s polite to say “itadakimasu” ee-TAH-dah-kee-MAHSS, which means “thanks to the hostess or cook.”
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Before a meal, it’s polite to say “itadakimasu” ee-TAH-dah-kee-MAHSS, which means “thanks to the hostess or cook.”
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Before a meal, it’s polite to say “itadakimasu” ee-TAH-dah-kee-MAHSS, which means “thanks to the hostess or cook.”
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
lampbane commented on the word itadakimasu
Said before meals in Japan, means "I will receive" but is more often translated as "Let's eat!"
December 20, 2006