@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1302710">わさび</xref>
@@ -21,2 +20 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2160220">西洋わさび</xref>
-<gloss>real wasabi (in contrast to Western horseradish)</gloss>
+<gloss>real wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)</gloss>

KOD

Trimming a lot. Don't need all the xrefs.

@@ -18,6 +18,3 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1302710">山葵・わさび</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1302710">山葵・わさび</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2160220">西洋わさび・せいようわさび</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2857837">山わさび・やまわさび</xref>
-<s_inf>esp. used in marketing to distinguish from western horseradish</s_inf>
-<gloss>(true) wasabi (Wasabia japonica)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1302710">わさび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2160220">西洋わさび</xref>
+<gloss>real wasabi (in contrast to Western horseradish)</gloss>

本わさび	33278	79.4%
本ワサビ	4953	11.8%
本山葵	3683	8.8%

https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/68052
本わさびの使用量が５０％以上なら「本わさび使用」、５０％未満なら「本わさび入り」と表示する決まりです。

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/山葵
Called 本山葵 (hon wasabi) when needed to distinguish it from the derived terms.

The term "本山葵" does not appear in the Japanese wikipedia page for "山葵". This is not in and of itself, as I understand it, a scientific identifier for a particular species of plant.  Instead, it is more like "true wasabi" (vs. western wasabi).

If your product contains at least 50% 山葵, then it can be marketed as 本わさび使用、if less, than 50%, then 本わさび入り.  (The wasabi in my fridge says 使用, must be the good stuff... 1st ingredient is 本わさび, 3rd ingredient is 西洋わさび related)

According to the article, does *not* have to actually be produced in Japan, technically, as long as it is the correct species of wasabi.

I know we're not fans of lots of xrefs.
For marketing purposes, 本わさび　and 山わさび align directly (google/product search will return similar products)
On an ingredient list,  本わさび and 西洋わさび align
and, of course, 本わさび *is* just 山葵 (to the extent that わさび is used with its originally meaning, and not colloquially as "whatever I'm served to put on my sushi")

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>本ワサビ</keb>
@@ -15,2 +18,7 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2160220">西洋わさび</xref>
-<gloss>wasabi (Wasabia japonica)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1302710">山葵・わさび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1302710">山葵・わさび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1302710">山葵・わさび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2160220">西洋わさび・せいようわさび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2857837">山わさび・やまわさび</xref>
+<s_inf>esp. used in marketing to distinguish from western horseradish</s_inf>
+<gloss>(true) wasabi (Wasabia japonica)</gloss>

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