苦塩

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にが)(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

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References

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