おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
メシマズ家庭で育ったので弁当にあまりいい思い出ないのよねぇ。
intervening
意味 [[名]の前で]間の, 間に起こる〈年月など〉.
The Japanese were first preparing bento-boxed lunches in the 12th century, but in the intervening years they have elevated the meal to one that is both healthy and portable, as well as being easy on the wallet and often a work of culinary art.
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fascination
意味 [U][C]魅力, 魅惑; <…に> 魅せられた状態 <for, with>
Japan’s fascination with taking a meal on a journey started in the Kamakura period, when cooked and dried rice balls were first wrapped in bamboo leaves and taken into the fields by workers.
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formative
意味 (人格) 形成の〈時期など〉; 発達上の〈影響· 効果など〉.
Bento was also an important part of the formative years of Maki Ogawa, who collaborates with Matsumoto on both the television cooking program and the bento book, while also authoring the blog cuteobento.
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