Word/Phrase |
Reading |
Meaning |
阿媽
|
あま
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amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)
|
阿媽港
|
あまこう
|
Macau (Macao)
|
麺麻
麺媽
|
めんま
メンマ
|
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
|
菩薩揚げ
媽姐揚げ
菩薩揚
媽姐揚
|
ぼさあげ
|
ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
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媽祖
|
まそ
|
Mazu
Chinese goddess of the sea
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