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Japanese: 鬼食い - おにくい
Demon Eater - Demon Eater

…Also, when offering toso on New Year's Day, a kusuri-ko (medicinal girl) was chosen from among unmarried girls to taste it. In the Middle Ages, this custom was also adopted by samurai families, and tasting or sampling was called "oni," "oniku" or "oni-nomi," and the act of doing so was called "doing an oni." The Imagawa Daisoshi explains that when playing the role of rice oni in front of a nobleman, the proper way to do it is to remove the lid of the rice bowl and take the left side of the rice, not the top part. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "onikui" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,元日の屠蘇(とそ)を進めるにあたっては未婚の少女の中から選ばれた薬子(くすりこ∥くすこ)が試飲の役にあたった。中世には武家にもこの風がとり入れられ,試飲,試食を〈鬼〉〈鬼食い〉〈鬼飲み〉といい,それを行うことを〈鬼をする〉と呼んだ。《今川大双紙》には,貴人の前で飯の鬼をする場合,飯わんのふたをとり,盛られた飯の上の部分ではなく,左側をとるものだという作法が説かれている。…

※「鬼食い」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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