Glossary

Osechi

Osechi is specially prepared New Year’s food, beautifully arranged in lacquer boxes.
Each of the dishes has some auspicious meaning which reflects people’s wishes. For example, kazunoko, herring roe, represents fertility, kuromame, cooked black beans, are for health (mame means healthy), and lobsters are for longevity because their bodies are bent like an old man’s.

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