Japan Game Index

Jigsaw: Tumamigui
"Cookie getting" A mischievous boy is quietly.

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Neither the cookie nor the distinction of Japan exist in an original sphere in English, and both are called a cookie in Britain, and both are called a cookie in the United States. The cookie of the United States is known in Japan through Kentucky Fried Chicken etc. by the one near the scone of Britain.

The name of the cookie has come from French Biscui (biscuit). Because bis is an adverb in French that means prefix that means "2" or "Twice", and cuit is a past participle type of verb cuire ("Burn" is meant), the meaning "Burnt twice" is shown as a whole. In addition, the etymology that goes back : from "Bread burnt twice" Biscoctus Parnis (biscoctus panis) of Latin. This indicates the hard biscuit made as preservation food. There is both of it and the hard biscuit of the cake in the word of Biscui in present age France.

In addition, the one that is called a sable as a kind of Biscui exists in France, too. This is larger than that of Biscui (cookie and cookie) the amount of butter or shortening, and indicates the one of the texture that is guessed more and turned over.