Illustration: On a shaded Japanese home veranda, an adult harvests shiitake from a short hardwood cultivation log resting in a shallow tray. Several mushrooms project from the bark, showing broad domed caps with gently cracked surfaces.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

しいたけ

shiitake

shiitake mushroom

Example sentences

  1. 「シイタケ」はキノコの仲間なかまです。

    "Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また好このみによってシイタケやネギなどを入いれる。

    Depending on what one likes, shiitake mushrooms, green onions and so on can be added.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 「椎茸しいたけ」はキノコの一種いっしゅだ。

    "Shiitake" is a sort of mushroom.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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