微塵粉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	塵	粉
み Grade: S	じん Hyōgai	こ Grade: 5
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
みじん粉

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/

From 微(み)塵(じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 粉(こ) (ko, “flour, powder”) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みじんこ [mìjíńkó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲiʑĩŋko̞]

Noun

微(み)塵(じん)粉(こ) • (mijinko) ^{←みぢんこ (midinko)^?}

rice granules
coarse glutinous rice flour, often used in 菓子 (kashi, “candy”) production

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN