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Examples
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We laughed when we realized that he thought he ordered octopus which is called tako in Japanese.
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Here's a question I just couldn't help thinking while reading this: do you think Elaine's mom makes "tako" salad as well?
wreck 2006
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Not as fun as telling everyone I could what I was doing though, since 'tako' in Swahili means buttock just one though.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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Not as fun as telling everyone I could what I was doing though, since 'tako' in Swahili means buttock just one though.
wreck 2006
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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The tako octopus nigiri sushi is pictured here.
Nuanced Sushi 2011
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Kraj tako slabe prozivodnje, u zemlji u kojoj je pojam biti trgovac, ekonomist ili odvjetnik, mizerna produktivnost je nesto najgore sto se moze desiti.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ante Karamati 2009
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Really, any of it especially sashmi; but if I have to narrow it down … I love the tuna belly (name escapes me right now) and also tako.
24 Hours 2009
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The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.
Sushi Day » Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar » Print 2008
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The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.
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The poke was composed of ahi tuna, salmon, tako (octopus), sweet Maui onions, wakame, and kaiware sprouts, in a spicy poke sauce.
bilby commented on the word tako
An entertaining bit of disambiguation:
"Tako may refer to:
Tako, Chiba, a town in Japan
Tako (band), a former Yugoslav symphonic rock band
Tako hiki, a Japanese knife used to prepare sashimi
Tako, the Japanese word for "octopus"
Tako, the Japanese word for "kite"
Tako, the Japanese word for "callus"
Tako, the Swahili word for "Buttock"
Takoyaki, a type of dumpling
TAKO is an acronym for four unrecognized breakaway regions in the former Soviet Union: Transnistria, Abkhazia, Karabakh, and Ossetia
Tako, Thung Tako - Chumphon Province, Thailand
TaKO, an Android application for shopping
Tako, a type of eyeshadow by the Sugarpill company; it's vegan."
- Wikipedia.
July 17, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word tako
The visuals are fantastic.
July 17, 2011