Cut kebab in sandwiches – a Japanese specialty (7)
I believe the answer is:
ikebana
'japanese specialty' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cut kebab in sandwiches a' is the wordplay.
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'sandwiches' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to sandwich is to block something in).
'kebab' with its last letter taken off is 'keba'.
'keba' placed inside 'in' is 'ikeban'.
'ikeban'+'a'='IKEBANA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ikebana that I've seen before include "artistic arrangement" , "Art of Japanese flower arrangement" , "formal display" , "Japanese occupation" , "arrangement of flowers" .)