蛋

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protein

On-Yomi: タン

Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 29-6-2007(52): At the zoo, most animals think of insects as just good sources of protein.

2) [mantixen] 28-7-2009(9): Insects are fed to the critters at the zoo for protein.

3) [shidosuru] 5-2-2012(3): The zoo's had this huge bug problem lately! Actually the problem wasn't the bugs exactly. All of the animals were eating the bugs, and got so much protein that they all became super strong! (imagine ripped penguins!) They started strong-arming all the visitors for their wallets and eventually ripped the iron bars of their cages open!

4) [Miyumera] 30-8-2012(1): At the ZOO, most animals think of INSECTS as just good sources of protein. a ZOO was built on the back of a giant fly/INSECT and the zoo animals eat the flesh of this giant insect as source of protein.

5) [kapalama] 11-3-2011(1): 蛋白質 , 皮蛋 , 蛋白石映光 (opalescence), protein (#2683 蛋)タン … Parts: 疋 critters (#2098 疋), 虫 … Story:Work with the idea that in Earlier times, the only protein available to Buddhist Japan were fish. SO people living in the mountains kept zoos, and got their only protein from the insects living off the animals in their zoos. Protein is written in kana on food packages: たん白質 . The actual meaning of the character is Egg Whites.

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