Word: takenoko
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...snow was already deep. In Tokyo and to the south, an early frost sparkled on the richly tinted autumn leaves. But as the trees shed their leaves, Japanese shed their kimonos, one by one, to sell for food. They even devised an ironic name for their wretched existence: takenoko, after the bamboo sprout which peels, layer by layer...
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