苦塩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦 塩
にが
Grade: 3 		しお
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
苦鹽 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にがしお [nìgáshíó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɕio̞]

Noun

苦(にが)塩(しお) • (nigashio) ←にがしほ (nigasifo)?

  1. bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu

Synonyms

References

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