Statistics for Japanese Food

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
traditional Japanese soup	miso soup	82%
battered and fried shrimp, fish, and vegetables	tempura	79%
sticky rice cakes that kill people every New Years	mochi	58%
This licorice black seaweed is pounded into paper-like sheets and used to roll everything from sushi to lunch-time rice balls.	nori	53%
the Japanese word for sea urchin	uni	52%
boiled soybeans	edamame	48%
condiment that is squirted in criss-cross patterns over everything from takoyaki to cheap sushi to even pizza	mayonnaise	47%
strips of meat boiled at the table	shabu shabu	33%
family dish boiled at the table and cooked with a raw egg dropped into the broth	sukiyaki	33%
This rice bowl dish is often translated as "happy family" because it contains both chicken and egg	oyakodon	29%
a bread pastry with bean paste in the center, and a popular cartoon character	anpan	26%
fatty tuna, usually served on a bed of vinegar rice	toro	24%
Japanese meat and potatoes	nikujaga	21%
a sushi roll made with cucumber slices	kappa maki	20%
tiny dried fish used as seasoning on other foods	jako	2%