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From "Kyoto's Never-Changing Scene", Gourmet, May 2007, p. 225
It took him a good three years to learn to slice eel correctly, he said, but at least eight to learn how to properly insert the skewers. "I've only been in the kitchen for ten years, so I haven't mastered it yet. Every eel is different. I'm still benkyo [studying] every day," he said, smiling at Matsuno, who smiling back, had the last word: "It takes a lifetime, " she said.
Just to provide more context, this is the junior cook at an eel restaurant in Kyoto. They serve eel - not sushi, not tempura, not noodles - just eel.
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