Etymology

binchotan

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Today it means: A kind of oak charcoal used in traditional Japanese cooking. Full definition →

Japanese 備長炭
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from備長炭
  2. English todaybinchotan

Borrowed from Japanese 備長炭 (binchō-tan).

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