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Zōni

Zōni (雑煮 or ぞうに), often with the honorific "o-" as o-zōni, is a Japanese soup containing mochi rice cakes. The dish is strongly associated with the Japanese New Year and its tradition of osechi ceremonial foods. The preparation of zōni varies both by household and region.

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Main ingredients
mochi rice cakes
Place of origin
Japan
Type
Soup

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Zōni

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples27
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Zōni

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related to Mochi · 8
Zōni → Chūgoku, In, Kansai, Kantō, Kyushu, The, This, Tōhoku
related to Stock · 7
Zōni → Fukui Prefecture, In, Japan, Kansai, Kantō, Shikoku, Tottori-Izumo
related to Origin · 5
Zōni → It, Muromachi, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, The
related to Etymology · 3
Zōni → Formerly, Japanese, Since
Main ingredients · 1
Zōni → mochi rice cakes
Place of origin · 1
Zōni → Japan
Type · 1
Zōni → Soup

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mochi region soup japanese rice stock samurai dish new also vegetables cakes origin japan first thought boiled meal flakes added

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ZōniMain ingredientsmochi rice cakes1.00infobox
ZōniPlace of originJapan1.00infobox
ZōniTypeSoup1.00infobox
komatsuna or spinachinstance ofleafy vegetables0.80text
Zōnirelated to EtymologyJapanese0.60section
Zōnirelated to EtymologySince0.60section
Zōnirelated to EtymologyFormerly0.60section
Zōnirelated to MochiThe0.60section
Zōnirelated to MochiIn0.60section
Zōnirelated to MochiKantō0.60section
Zōnirelated to MochiTōhoku0.60section
Zōnirelated to MochiKansai0.60section

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