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かま カニ蒲
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1. imitation crab meat; crab sticks​Usually written using kana alone
Wikipedia definition
2. Crab stick​Crab sticks (imitation crab meat, seafood sticks, krab) are a form of kamaboko, a processed seafood made of finely pulverized white fish flesh, shaped and cured to resemble crab leg meat. Crab flakes use the same mixture to form flakes instead of sticks to resemble crab meat or lobster meat. Sugiyo Co. , Ltd. of Japan first produced and patented crab sticks in 1973, as Kanikama. In 1976, The Berelson Company of San Francisco, CA USA, working with Sugiyo, introduced them internationally.
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Other forms
蟹蒲 【かにかま】、カニカマ

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