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Examples

  • Kagitsune - They even have these adorable kanpai cups that you could eat your ice cream out of.

    Koo-Ki Sushi - Sushi Day - Sushiday.com 2008

  • They kanpai (cheers) for their successful presentation and also wished my luck with my never ending project.

    kieli Diary Entry kieli 2008

  • That grew into a sophisticated, romantic affair with sushi, a meaningful relationship built on balance and trusting omakase, and now has blossomed into a full-blown orgiastic, swinging “relationship” that includes everything from doing it yourself in a steaming hot bath of shabu shabu to unrestrained sharing of multiple tastes with multiple partners at the izakaya, their faces glowing pink, screaming “kanpai!” between every frenzied shot of sake.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • That grew into a sophisticated, romantic affair with sushi, a meaningful relationship built on balance and trusting omakase, and now has blossomed into a full-blown orgiastic, swinging “relationship” that includes everything from doing it yourself in a steaming hot bath of shabu shabu to unrestrained sharing of multiple tastes with multiple partners at the izakaya, their faces glowing pink, screaming “kanpai!” between every frenzied shot of sake.

    (Robata) Grills Gone Wild - Shin Sen Gumi 2006

  • Pacific Grille-DowntownLA. www. thegreatproduct.com / kanpai (310) 741-2203

    unknown title 2009

  • the sake was crisp and, to my liking, rather sweet. the first kanpai! and we were on were way.

    Archive 2005-04-01 2005

  • the sake was crisp and, to my liking, rather sweet. the first kanpai! and we were on were way.

    memoirs of... geisha house, hollywood 2005

  • Be certain you don’t mistakenly say the Japanese toast kanpai KAHN-pie.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Be certain you don’t mistakenly say the Japanese toast kanpai KAHN-pie.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

  • Be certain you don’t mistakenly say the Japanese toast kanpai KAHN-pie.

    ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

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  • 乾杯, a toast in Japanese: "drain the glass"

    May 15, 2013