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Koro Koro is a Japanese onomatopoeic expression for the sound of something spherical, fat or small “rolling” or “tumbling.” The expression is often associated with this Japanese fable about an old couple and the fortunes they reap by sharing their rice balls! The Old Man and the Rice Ball There was an old couple who lived in the mountains. One day, when the husband set out to fetch some firewood, he stopped to eat the rice balls his wife always packed him for lunch. While he was eating, one rice ball fell on the ground and koro-koro rolled down the...