セイタン

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セイタン (seitan): A piece of seitan.

Etymology

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Coined by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa in 1961. Ohsawa also occasionally used the kanji term 生蛋 from 生 (“fresh; raw”) and 蛋, the first character in 蛋白 (tanpaku, “protein”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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セイタン • (seitan) 

  1. seitan

Usage notes

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Due to the potential of confusion with homophones (see せいたん), the term グルテンミート (guruten mīto) is more commonly used.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, editors (2014), History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Japan, and in Japanese Cookbooks and Restaurants outside Japan (701 CE to 2014)‎[1], SoyInfo Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2676
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