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月餅について。大好きだけど山パンので充分美味しいんだよなw本格的な月餅って高すぎる。
commemorate
意味 …を記念する; （演説などで）〈人が〉…を祝う; …をしのぶ, 追悼する
A celebration of the luminous autumn pastry — the signature dish of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which commemorates the full moon and the fall harvest.
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satisfy
意味 〈人· 物· 事が〉〈必要· 欲求· 期待· 条件など〉を充足させる, 満たす （通例進行形にしない）
The cookbook author Betty Liu grew up in a California neighborhood with many Chinese bakeries but could not rely on them to satisfy her mooncake cravings.
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spherical
意味 (かたく) 球形の; 丸い.
“Most of them only sold the classic molded Cantonese mooncake,” she said. Ms. Liu’s parents are from Shanghai, where mooncakes are flaky and spherical, stuffed with juicy pork.
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甘くないやつか。一度は食べてみたいけどどうしても手頃なものを買ってしまうのよね。
pass A off
意味 ＜…だとして＞A を偽る, 通用させる; ＜…だと＞A の身元 [正体] を偽る ＜as, for＞
“I got a couple of comments that were like: ‘These aren’t mooncakes. Don’t pass them off as mooncakes,’” Ms. Liu said. “But they were only familiar with the Cantonese style.”
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月餅に限らず地方で味や作り方は全然違うもんね。
elaborate
意味 手の込んだ
When Hong Kong became an international financial hub in the 1960s, however, the pastries were commercialized and widely circulated — bundled in elaborate packaging and given to clients and friends.
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rubric
意味 （試験問題などの） 指示, 注意書き; （祈禱 （きとう） 書中の） 典礼規定.
Though the Cantonese version may be the one best known internationally, there is no set rubric for the pastry.
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