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English: For example, according to the 'forecast of cherry blossom blooming dates' issued on March 14, 2007 by the Japan Meteorological Agency, cherry blossoms in Tokyo were expected to bloom earlier than those in Kagoshima City.
Japanese: 例えば、2007年（平成19年）3月14日に気象庁が発表した開花予想によれば、鹿児島市より東京都の方が先に咲くとされた。
English: Cherry blossoms in the center city of Tokyo (with sample trees being located on the grounds of the Yasukuni-jinja Shrine) actually came into bloom on March 20 being the earliest in the country for the year.
Japanese: 実際に東京都心のサクラ（標本木は靖国神社にある）が3月20日に全国で最初に開花した。
English: Additionally, a few hours prior to announcing the flowering in Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported during their third forecast of cherry blossoms flowering dates that it was forecasted for March 22.
Japanese: なおこの日、東京の開花が宣言される数時間前に発表された第3回の開花予想では東京は3月22日になっていた。
English: That forecast did not reflect the real situation where a few blossoms had been open for the past couple of days.
Japanese: これは数日前から数輪の花が咲いているにもかかわらず現実を反映していない発表となった。
English: This error was caused by the current methodology of forecasting flowering dates which does not take in consideration the actual flowering process of cherry blossoms which can be detected by observing how buds are developing.
Japanese: これは現在の開花予想手法がサクラの蕾のふくらみ具合など実物の開花の様子が考慮されないことに起因する。
English: Weathernews Inc. develops the 'Cherry Blossom Flowering Forecast Map' based on its own research aside from that of the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japanese: ウェザーニューズでは、気象庁とは別に独自の調査で「さくら開花予想マップ」を作成している。
English: The Japan Weather Association develops the flowering forecast mainly for urban areas based on its own research as well.
Japanese: 財団法人日本気象協会も独自の調査で都市部を中心の開花予想を作成している。
English: Uchiwa fan has not only physical function to make a wind by fanning it with a hand, but also various cultural functions for its design and pattern applied to the fan part.
Japanese: 手で扇いで風を起こすほか、絵柄や文様にもさまざまな文化的機能がある。
English: Fan-shaped object called "wa" in Japanese was grouped by size, large "wa" and small "wa," latter of which was used for more practical purposes such as for knocking down harmful insects like fly and mosquito.
Japanese: 大型の翳（は）に比して実用的な小型の翳と区別され、それを用いて害（ハエや蚊などの虫）を打ち払う。
English: Uchiwa fan was originally larger than the current one, which was made of various materials such as wood, feather, fur, leaf of areca nut palm or Japanese banana.
Japanese: 古来、うちわは木製品、鳥毛や獣毛、ビロウ（びろう）や芭蕉の葉にはじまり、もっと大型であった。
English: Uchiwa fan in the old days was aimed at 'brushing something off' or 'holding it up high' rather than 'making a wind,' which was used for several purposes including a symbol of dignity, ritual, good-luck token, prayer, religious faith and fortune-telling, as well as used as military leader's fan and sumo referee's fan.
Japanese: 「あおぐ」ためより「はらう」「かざす」ためのもので、威儀、儀式、縁起、祈り、軍配、行司、信仰、占いなどにつかわれた。
English: Current type of Uchiwa fan, which is made of bamboo-made frame and paper, was established in the end of the Muromachi period, aimed at lightening the structure with a strong fan part.
Japanese: 室町時代末、軽くて扇部がへたらない構造として、竹骨と紙を素材とする現在のかたちとなる。
English: With the bloom of popular culture, Uchiwa fan was used in various scenes and for various purposes such as in enjoying the cool and in watching fireflies, and for cooking, for accentuating one's dress and fashion, and for brushing away insects.
Japanese: 町民文化が花開くとともに涼（りょう）や炊事、装いや流行、蛍や虫追いなど、さまざまな場面で利用された。
English: In the Meiji period, receiving high acclaim from foreigners for their beautiful pattern, Uchiwa fan were exported in large quantities.
Japanese: 明治時代には、その美しい図柄の団扇は外国人に高い評価を得て盛んに外国に輸出された。
English: With the dramatic increase of demand from merchants for Uchiwa fan to distribute, Uchiwa fan was gradually used as an advertising medium by adding the name relating to the clients on the back side as well as the image of their products and various messages on the front side.
Japanese: 商家の配布用としての需要も急増し、裏面に名入れ、表面には商品や様々なメッセージが織り込まれ、広告媒体としての意義を備えていった。
English: Uchiwa fan has been loosing its practical role due to the drastic change in living conditions such as the spread of electric fan, air conditioner and stove since 1965, however, Uchiwa fan now enjoys popularity as a living tool for cooling off in summer, a fashion tool for enjoying the Japanese taste such as fireworks, a kitchen tool and an advertising medium.
Japanese: 昭和40年代以降、扇風機やクーラー、焜炉の普及など、生活環境の著しい変化により実用面は縮小するものの、夏場を中心に涼をとる生活の道具、花火など日本の風情を楽しむおしゃれの小道具、炊事の道具、広告の媒体としての利用は今も盛んである。
English: In addition, Uchiwa fan is also used in the concert of entertainers belonging to the Johnny & Associates, stars from South Korea and so on.
Japanese: また、現在はジャニーズや韓流スターなどのコンサートにも使用されている。
English: The history of Uchiwa fan can mainly be categorized into five periods according to its design (shape, material, and structure), function and purpose, meaning and significance, background and period it existed.
Japanese: 団扇の歴史は、その意匠（形状、材質、構造）ならびに機能・用途、意味・意義、背景・時代の特徴からみて、主に5つの時代に分類できる。
English: The oldest records, on which Uchiwa fan first appeared, are the record of Chinese history and wall painting of the ancient Egypt.
Japanese: 最も古いうちわ（団扇）の例は、中国の歴史の記録や古代エジプトの壁画にみることができる。
English: Wooden products excavated from the remains of the Yayoi period and the Kofun period (tumulus period) show the detailed shape of the oldest Uchiwa fan existing in Japan.
Japanese: 日本でその具体的な形状を知る最も早い例は、弥生、古墳時代より出土する木製品である。
English: Uchiwa fan was originally larger than the current one, which was made of various materials such as wood, feather, fur, leaf of areca nut palm or Japanese banana.
Japanese: 古来、うちわは木製品、鳥毛や獣毛、蒲葵や芭蕉の葉にはじまり、もっと大型であった。
English: Uchiwa fan in the old days was aimed at 'brushing something off' or 'holding it up high' rather than 'making a wind,' which was used for several purposes including showing dignity, ritual, good-luck token, prayer, religious faith and fortune-telling, as well as used as military leader's fan and sumo referee's fan.
Japanese: 「あおぐ」ためより「はらう」「かざす」ためのものであり、威儀、儀式、縁起、祈願、軍配、行司、信仰、占いなどにつかわれた。
English: However, it is believed that Sashiba was regarded as a symbol of power or used for showing person's dignity in Chinese aristocratic society, while it was used as a tool for showing the dignified appearance in the ritual ceremony at tumulus in Japan, according to the picture and sentences left on the wall paintings.
Japanese: 中国貴族社会では権威の象徴あるいは威儀具、日本では古墳壁画の図文から、主に古墳祭祀にかかわる威儀行列の道具として用いられたとされている。
English: Uchiwa fan developed into a tool for showing person's dignity among kuge (court noble), government officers and Buddhist monks in the Medieval period (Asuka, Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods).
Japanese: 中世（飛鳥、奈良、平安、鎌倉時代）、公家、役人、僧侶の間では威儀具として発展した。
English: As a result, large-sized Uchiwa fan for having their attendant carry, as well as gorgeous Uchiwa fan with patterns, were produced using various materials such as silk, vegetable fiber distracted from areca nut palm or Japanese banana, feather of Japanese pheasant and magpie.
Japanese: 伴（とも）にもたせる大型のものや文様を付した豪華なものが作られ、素材も絹、蒲葵（びろう）や芭蕉などの植物繊維、雉（きじ）や鵲（かさらぎ）の鳥の羽など多様に用いられる。
English: Among ordinary people, a quadrilateral Uchiwa fan (called Hosen) with a wickerwork pattern was commonly used for its lightness and convenience.
Japanese: 庶民の間では軽くて便利な網代網の方扇（ほうせん：四角形の団扇）が使われた。
English: Since ancient times, most Uchiwa fan have had a structure of one main center 'rod,' which also becomes a handle part, and a 'frame' for fixing the material, which shapes the outline of the fan part.
Japanese: 古代以来、構造は中心に柄と一体である「棒」を通し、扇部分の縁を「枠」によって素材を固定する例が多数を占める。
English: It was the end of the Muromachi period when the model of 'Current type' of Uchiwa fan was established by using bamboo-made frame and paper made from areca nut palm or Japanese banana, aimed at lightening the structure with a strong fan part.
Japanese: 軽くて扇部がへたらない構造として、竹または蒲葵（びろう）や芭蕉の骨と紙を素材とする「現在のかたち」の原型となったのは室町時代末である。
English: Moreover, Ajiro Uchiwa fan, which was made by painting urushi Japanese lacquer on materials, and the military leader's Uchiwa fan (called Gunbai in Japanese in short), which had a firm structure by adopting various materials such as lacquered skin, board and thin iron plate, had been used in samurai's war since the Sengoku period
Japanese: また、戦国時代(日本)以降、素材に漆塗りの網代団扇や漆塗りの皮、あるいは板や薄い鉄板などを用い堅固につくられた軍配団扇（略称：軍配）が武家の戦いの中で使用された。
English: Becoming popular among ordinary people in the Edo period, Uchiwa fan was used as a daily life tool in various scenes and for various purposes such as in enjoying the cool and in watching fireflies, for cooking, for accentuating one's dress and fashion, and for brushing away insects.
Japanese: 江戸時代にはいると、庶民へも広く普及し、涼や炊事、装いや流行、蛍や虫追いなど、日常生活道具として多様な場面で利用されてゆく。
English: In addition, advancement of the wood-block printing technology enabled mass production of fan painting, with the result that even ordinary people could enjoy the beauty.
Japanese: また木版技術の向上が大量の団扇絵生産を可能にし、一般大衆の手にその美がゆき届くようになった。
English: The pattern of the fan painting reflected the public tastes, which allowed the appearance of fan part with literature (seventeen-syllable verse, Japanese poem, and Chinese poem) and Ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints of manners and customs).
Japanese: 図柄もその好みが反映されるようになり、文芸（俳諧、和歌、漢詩）や浮世絵も扇部にあらわれた。
English: At this time, the role of Uchiwa fan shifted from a tool for "showing the dignity" to a tool for 'fanning,' 'brushing off' and 'enjoying.'
Japanese: このとき、従来の“威儀を示す”から、「あおぐ」「はらう」そして「たのしむ」道具としての意味が大きくなる。
English: In the Meiji period, Uchiwa fan with beautiful pattern fascinated foreigners, with the result that Uchiwa fan was exported in large quantities.
Japanese: 明治時代には、美しい図柄の団扇は外国人の目に留まり盛んに外国に輸出された。
English: The elegant features of the Uchiwa fan, such as the painting and calligraphy on the body of the fan, and elaborate Uchiwa fans used to make fires for making sencha (medium-grade green tea) means that this type of fan is preferred even in the present day, lending a little color to everyday life and the Japanese arts and crafts.
Japanese: また扇部にほどこす絵入れや揮毫（きごう）、煎茶の団扇など趣向を凝らす側面は、近代でも好まれ生活や技芸を彩っている。
English: With the dramatic increase of demand from merchants for Uchiwa fan to distribute, Uchiwa fan gradually became one of the significant advertising mediums by adding the name relating to the clients on the back side as well as image of their products and various messages on the front side, which was abetted by its low cost.
Japanese: 商家や寺社の配布用としての需要も急増し、裏面に名入れ、表面には商品や様々なメッセージが織り込まれ、その実用面に広告媒体としての意義が備わり、廉価性からマス・メディア媒体としての地位を築いた。
English: However, it was used for the national policy such as the fostering the spirit for the war during the decade started from 1935, therefore the production decreased sharply in wartime.
Japanese: しかし、昭和10年代には戦意高揚など国策に利用され、戦時中は生産が激減した。
English: After the war, in line with the recovery of Japanese economy, the production of Uchiwa fan gradually recovered from around 1950.
Japanese: 戦後、昭和20年代後半から日本経済の回復とともに団扇の生産も復調していく。
English: Printing the image of popular actors and actresses at that time on the fan part was quite popular from 1955 to 1975, which enabled people to feel close to those idols.
Japanese: 昭和30～40年代は当時人気の俳優・女優の顔や姿が扇部を飾り、人々はそのアイドル（偶像）を近い距離感で手にとって親しんだ。
English: Aiming at solving the bamboo shortage, as well as pursuing higher productivity and lower cost by the introduction of machine-made method instead of hand-made method, Uchiwa fan made of plastic materials instead of traditional bamboo was developed and became popular in the decade started from 1965.
Japanese: 昭和40年代には、竹不足の解消、機械生産による手づくりをはるかに上回る生産性と低コストから、伝統的な竹に換わってポリピレン（プラスチック）を使用したポリ団扇が登場し、急速に普及していく。
English: Uchiwa fan has been loosing its practical role due to the drastic change in living conditions such as the spread of electric fan, air conditioner and stove since 1965
Japanese: そして、昭和40年代以降、扇風機やクーラー、焜炉の普及に伴い、生活での団扇の実用面は縮小し、その姿は減少の一途を辿っている。
English: However, Uchiwa fan, which can fit people's hand for its comfortable lightness and make a handmade wind, is even now counted as one of the tools which create a cool atmosphere.
Japanese: しかし、心地よい軽さで手になじみ、手づくりの風をうみだすうちわは現代においても涼しさをうむイメージのひとつである。
English: Uchiwa fan is still regarded as a Japanese living tool for enjoying customs in summer like fireworks, or as an advertising medium.
Japanese: 今もなお、花火など夏の風情を楽しむ日本の生活道具、あるいは広告・販促の媒体としてみることができる。
English: Uchiwa fan and Sensu had been confused by using a word 'Ogi' (fan) in documents of all times.
Japanese: 団扇（うちわ）と扇子（せんす）は、古今の文献でも扇（おうぎ）という言葉で混同されている。
English: "Ogi" designed in a way that people can fold is called 'Sensu,' while people cannot fold is called 'Uchiwa fan.'
Japanese: 『おうぎ（扇）』を折りたためるものを「扇子」、折りたためないものを「団扇」という。
English: There was a period like the Medieval period when Uchiwa fan was mainly used by Buddhist monk, literati and hermit, while 'Sensu' was mainly used by court nobles and nobles.
Japanese: 中世のように、団扇（うちわ）は僧侶、文人、隠遁者に、「扇子（せんす）は公家・貴族を中心につかわれた時代もある。
English: Usage and function of Uchiwa fan can be classified as follows from physical and other viewpoints.
Japanese: 団扇の用途と機能は、生活用具としての物理的な用途・機能とそれ例外の役割により、以下のように分類できる。
English: Using Uchiwa fan, people can cool themselves by fanning it, send a wind to their children (wind includes natural wind and spiritual wind), dry something wet (including damp wound and others), drive away something, make a fire, cool dishes and dust off.
Japanese: 涼をとる（あおぐ、ひやす）、子どもに風をおくる（自然の風、愛情の風）、乾かす（濡れたもの、傷などの乾燥）、飛ばす（風を送りものを飛ばす）、炊事・起火（風をおくる）、料理など冷ます（あおぐ、さます）、塵を掃う（防塵）
English: Before winnower came into wide use, put on a basket like winnow after grain threshing, paddy was separated from rice husks by wind made by hand in the Edo period.
Japanese: 江戸時代、唐箕が普及する以前は脱穀後、選別する籾を箕などに入れて掲げ、人の手による風で籾殻を飛ばし選別していた。
English: The Uchiwa fan used for fire fighting was a large fan given a coat of lacquer or other materials, by which people made a wind and fanned the sparks away to block the spreading fire.
Japanese: 消防用の団扇は、扇部に漆を塗るなどした大団扇で、これをあおぎ火の粉を払い類焼を防いだ。
English: Uchiwa fan was also used for sheltering oneself from the sunbeam and driving away insects (mosquito in the mosquito net and flies in a living room).
Japanese: 陽射しをよける（遮陽・防陽）、虫をはらう（防虫／蚊帳での出入りでは蚊、お茶の間では蝿）
English: The Uchiwa fan is used to drive out evil spirits, show dignity, cover one's face to show dignity, show one's symbol such as a family crest, tell fortunes, take command of the military, and demonstrate good manners when entertaining others in a drawing room; it is also held above one's head in certain rituals.
Japanese: 祓う（災厄、身の汚れを祓う）、示す・正す（威儀）、顔を隠す（威儀）、表す（家紋など、象徴）、かざす（儀式の際）、占う（軍配、差配）、もてなす（客間、作法・礼儀）。
English: It is also used as presents, a lucky charm (sold at a festival day), and used for enjoying festivals (enjoy dance holding it in Bon Festival Dance and other festivals), advertising, putting it on (as a fashion tool), following the current fashion (influenced by the pattern on the fan part), catching fireflies and driving insects away, sorting out paddy from rice husks, extinguishing fire (by fanning the sparks away, a large type was used).
Japanese: 贈答、祭（盆踊りなどで持って踊る）、縁起もの（縁日に売られる）、宣伝する（広告）、装う（おしゃれの小道具）、流行にのる（おしゃれ、描かれる模様）、狩る・追う（蛍狩り・追い、遊び）、選別（籾殻を、農耕）、火消し（火の粉を払う、村の共有品、大型のうちわ）
English: When the Uchiwa fan is affixed to the front door, it is believed to protect the family member from illnesses which would prevail in the summer (Karasu Uchiwa (crow fans) distributed by Okunitama-jinja Shrine in Fuchu City Tokyo).
Japanese: 門口に貼ると夏の病を防ぐと信じられている（烏団扇／東京都府中市　大國魂神社）。
English: It has been regarded as one of the fetishes which can drive out misfortune and an evil spirit (Hosen distributed by Toshodai-ji Temple in Nara City, Nara Prefecture).
Japanese: 災厄を除く呪物のひとつとされてきた（宝扇／奈良県奈良市　唐招堤寺）。
English: Uchiwa fan has been regarded as one of the major summer gifts, which was proved in an ancient document by the description that the court presented the delegate from Balhae Kingdom with 'Binro Ogi' (Uchiwa fan made of Chinese fan palm).
Japanese: 古代、朝廷が渤海使に「檳榔扇」を贈ったように、暑中の贈答品として主要な地位を占めてきた。
English: In an event that a child visits the shrine where Mt. Fuji is enshrined for the first time, his or her parents buy Uchiwa fan called Hatsuyama Uchiwa in the annual festival held on the opening day of a mountain to climbers (usually June 1), distributing it to relatives for expressing their appreciation and telling relatives about their child's growth.
Japanese: 生まれて初めて富士山を祀る神社に参拝する行事で、山開きの日（多くは6月1日）の例祭に、初山団扇と呼ばれる団扇を購入して親類縁者に配り、子供の成長の御礼と報告を兼ねる場合が多い。
English: Uchiwa fan is generally sold apart from the goods given by Shinto shrine, which means that Uchiwa fan is regarded as a gift.
Japanese: 団扇は本来、神社授与品とは別に売ることが多く、贈答品としての意味合いが強い。
English: The large-sized Uchiwa fan with dynamic writing of the name of the group, religious group and the role of the person on its fan part is used as a Sashiba to make their presence felt by holding high the Uchiwa fan.
Japanese: 大型のものでは、その扇部に組や講中、役名などを大書きして掲げ持ち、所在を表示することが多く、翳的な用法となる。
English: By virtue of various pattern and design added on Uchiwa fan, Uchiwa fan is used as a tool for various purposes such as a fashion tool for introducing Japanese special feature, an advertising tool for business and others, and a ritual tool for showing 'heraldic emblem and family crest.'
Japanese: 日本の風物詩を伝えるおしゃれの小道具、商業などを目的に「宣伝」をする広告の道具、「紋章、家紋」などをあらわす儀式の道具である。
English: In the past, every house used to equip Uchiwa-shiki (special material to set Uchiwa fan) and Uchiwa-tate (holder of Uchiwa fan) in a zashiki (Japanese style tatami room) or a drawing room.
Japanese: ひと昔前までは、団扇敷きや団扇立てをどの家でも座敷や客間に備えられた。
English: A set of those items and Uchiwa fan were regarded as one of the important tools for entertaining guests in summer.
Japanese: 団扇をいれて夏場の来客の供とする大切なもてなしの道具の一つであった。
English: Iaido is a kind of martial art that was developed from the battojutsu (technique of drawing a sword) called Iai.
Japanese: 居合道（いあいどう）とは、武術である抜刀術・居合を武道としたものである。
English: Iaido is a self-discipline that represents not only training in technique but also the maturing of the person by learning how to use a Japanese sword such as drawing it, sheathing it and other manners.
Japanese: 居合道とは、日本刀を用い、抜刀から納刀、および諸作法を通し技能の修練のみならず人格の涵養なども含めた各自による自己修練のこと。
English: Currently, a sequence of techniques from drawing a sword to sheathing it while in a seated position is considered as an independent martial art only in Japan, but in fact it is very rare.
Japanese: 現在、座った状態で、鞘から刀剣を抜き放ち、さらに納刀に至るまでをも含めた技術を、一つの独立した武道と成している国は、全世界でも日本のみで、実は非常に稀有なものである。
English: Each organization has a kyu-and-dan grading system, so that a performer who works hard, performs kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) and ultimately passes a certain audition and examination (whether it is written or oral depends on the organization) can receive a dan-i (qualification of rank) or a title such as Hanshi (the top rank), Kyoshi (prestigious title) or Renshi (senior teacher).
Japanese: それぞれの団体において段級位制があり精進を重ね、形を演武し所定の審査と試験（筆記、口頭かは各団体により異なる）を経て段位及び範士、教士、錬士という称号を授かる。
English: In the kyu grading system, the first kyu is the highest grade, but in the dan grading system the more advanced the training is, the larger the number of the grade becomes, thus enabling performers to ascend the ladder of grades interminably.
Japanese: 級位制度は一級が最高であるが、段位制度は階段を果てしなく昇れるように修行が進むほどに数字が大きくなるように創設された。
English: Currently, each organization has an authorized highest dan-i, but in some organizations a Hanshi of the tenth dan is the final stage and ultimate goal.
Japanese: 現在、各団体ごとに允可最高段位を定めており、十段範士を最終段階、最終目的とする団体もある。
English: The difference from swordplay is that the kata of iaido is made on the assumption that it's played on the floor; another point is that iaido puts emphasis on the awareness on drawing and sheathing the sword.
Japanese: 剣術との相違点は主に床の間での想定で型が組まれている点にあり、奉納、作法を意識している点も挙げられる。
English: Additionally, it is sometimes conducted as a hono-enbu in order to report the result of daily training at a Shinto shrine.
Japanese: また神社にて日頃の精進の成果をご神前に報告する奉納演武を執り行うこともある。
English: In the game of iaido, performers don't kill each other but instead perform each school's kata; and if the organization includes several schools, an established kata also, whereupon they're evaluated on the performance of wazamae (kata) and judged by majority vote using flags or grades.
Japanese: 試合は実際に斬りあうのではなく、段位ごとに、各流派の形ならびに、各流派が集まる団体では共通の制定した形を加え、演武としての業前（形）を審判の旗の掲示による多数決や採点で評価することで執り行う。
English: Okara is a food peculiar to countries in East Asia, such as Japan, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea.
Japanese: おからは日本、中華人民共和国、大韓民国など、東アジア特有の食品の一種。
English: The word 'okara', which literally means refuse, consists of the honorific 'o' and the word 'kara' (which is a paronym of 'gara,' as in chagara, meaning tea dregs), and this word was typically used by court ladies.
Japanese: 「おから」は絞りかすの意で茶殻の「がら」などと同源の「から」に丁寧語の「御」をつけたもので、女房言葉のひとつ。
English: Since the word 'kara' has a meaning of emptiness, sometimes it is restated for good luck as 'utsugi' (or unohana meaning deutzia, mainly used in Kanto region) because of its whiteness or 'kirazu' (written as 雪花菜, mainly used in Kinki region) because it is edible without cutting.
Japanese: 「から」が空に通じるとして、縁起を担いで、白いことからウツギ（うのはな、主に関東地方）、包丁を使わず切らずに食べられるところから雪花菜（きらず、主に近畿地方）などと言いかえることもある。
English: It is called 'toja' or 'tofuja' in Chinese and it is called 'piji' in Korean and it is used for a vegetarian dish and home cuisine.
Japanese: 中国語では「」（トウジャ-dòuzhā）または「」（トウフジャ-dòufuzhā）、朝鮮語では「」（ピジ）と呼び、精進料理や家庭料理の材料にする。
English: In some cases, it has been distributed for free by a tofu seller or discarded since the Edo period.
Japanese: 場合によっては豆腐屋が無料で分け与えたり、捨てたりすることが、古く江戸時代からあった。
English: Currently, most okara is discarded since the demand falls much below the supply and it spoils rapidly, except for a part that is used as feeding stuff or dehydrated to enhance the preservative quality.
Japanese: 現在では食品としての需要が供給を大きく下回り、また品質の劣化が早く日持ちがしないため、家畜の飼料として一部を活用したり脱水して保存性を高めて供給されるほかは、ほとんどが廃棄されている。
English: According to the general analysis value, one kilogram of dry food contains approximately 26 percent of crude protein, 13 percent of crude fat, 33 percent of nitrogen-free extract and 15 percent of crude fiber and it is rich in nutrients.
Japanese: 一般分析値を見れば、乾物中1キロあたりの粗蛋白質は約26%、粗脂肪は約13%、可溶無窒素物が約33%、粗繊維が約15%と非常に栄養価が高い。
English: About 50 percent of the contained crude fat (oil) is linoleic acid which is unsaturated fatty acid.
Japanese: 含まれている粗脂肪（油分）の約50%は不飽和脂肪酸のリノール酸である。
English: Also, okara is rich in phosphatidylcholine (or lecithin) which enhances memory.
Japanese: また、おからには脳の記憶力を高めるホスファチジルコリン（レシチンとも）が豊富に含まれている。
English: The precursor of choline is phosphatidylcholine and there is a report that when choline is given to mice, their memory improved.
Japanese: その前駆物質がホスファチジルコリンであり、ネズミにコリンを与えたところ、記憶力が良くなったという報告もある。
English: The most general recipe is boiling okara with in abura-age (deep-fried bean curd), shiitake mushroom and carrot in a sweetened soup stock.
Japanese: 油揚げ、シイタケ、ニンジンなどといっしょに出汁で甘めに煮付けるのがもっとも一般的な調理法。
English: Sometimes okara is used as meat substitute for the deep-fried food and meat stuffed recipe such as tofu hamburger.
Japanese: 豆腐ハンバーグのように、揚げ物や肉詰めなどの料理に、肉の代りとして用いることもある。
English: In Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, there is a dish called Tai no Karamushi (Chinese-style steamed sea bream), which is prepared by stuffing two sea bream with okara through a cut in their backs and then steaming them, after which they are served on a plate with their stomachs facing each other at a wedding party.
Japanese: 石川県金沢市では、背から切れ目を入れた鯛におからを詰め、蒸した鯛を2匹腹合わせに盛りつけた鯛の唐蒸しという料理が結婚披露宴で振る舞われる。
English: In the central region of Kochi Prefecture, there is a unique local dish which is cooked by stuffing okara into the stomach of a sea bream and steaming it.
Japanese: 高知県中部には、鯛の腹におからを詰め、蒸し物にする独特の郷土料理がある。
English: In recent years, it is used as an ingredient which is rich in fiber to make cakes and biscuits.
Japanese: 近年は食物繊維が豊富な食材として、ケーキやビスケットなどにも利用されている。
English: Okara konjac' which is made by mixing okara with konjac powder and molding has attracted attention as a healthy food that can be a meat substitute since around 2006.
Japanese: こんにゃくの粉末と混ぜ合わせて成形した「おからこんにゃく」が肉の代用となる健康食材として、2006年頃から注目を集めている。
English: Heat a small amount of sesame oil in a skillet and add unohana, then stir it constantly with a wooden ladle.
Japanese: -鍋に少量のゴマ油をおとし、火にかけて煮立ったところへ卯の花をいれ、たえず杓子でかきまぜながらよく炒める。