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daikon

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English

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Daikons on display in a Japanese supermarket.

Etymology

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From Japanese 大根 (daikon, big root).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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daikon (plural daikons or daikon)

  1. An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
    1. (Japanese cuisine) The usual Japanese cultivar, Japanese radish.
      • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 188:
        Jiko was washing these big white daikons, and I was cutting them up and salting them and putting them into plastic freezer bags.
  2. Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.

Usage notes

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Daikon is the most common name in all forms of English, but historical ties to South Asia permit mooli as a general synonym in British English. Other synonyms usually vary by region, so that daikon is sometimes taken to refer specifically to the usual Japanese form; similarly, the term radish may be used, with the regional variety implied by context. In addition, the plant is most often grown in North America for animal fodder or other uses rather than human consumption, producing a third set of synonyms that are almost never encountered in culinary contexts.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Japanese 大根 (daikon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑi̯kon/, [ˈdɑ̝i̯ko̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikon
  • Hyphenation(key): dai‧kon

Noun

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daikon

  1. Synonym of valkoretikka (daikon).

Declension

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Inflection of daikon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative daikon daikonit
genitive daikonin daikonien
daikoneiden
daikoneitten
partitive daikonia daikoneita
daikoneja
illative daikoniin daikoneihin
singular plural
nominative daikon daikonit
accusative nom. daikon daikonit
gen. daikonin
genitive daikonin daikonien
daikoneiden
daikoneitten
partitive daikonia daikoneita
daikoneja
inessive daikonissa daikoneissa
elative daikonista daikoneista
illative daikoniin daikoneihin
adessive daikonilla daikoneilla
ablative daikonilta daikoneilta
allative daikonille daikoneille
essive daikonina daikoneina
translative daikoniksi daikoneiksi
abessive daikonitta daikoneitta
instructive daikonein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of daikon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative daikonini daikonini
accusative nom. daikonini daikonini
gen. daikonini
genitive daikonini daikonieni
daikoneideni
daikoneitteni
partitive daikoniani daikoneitani
daikonejani
inessive daikonissani daikoneissani
elative daikonistani daikoneistani
illative daikoniini daikoneihini
adessive daikonillani daikoneillani
ablative daikoniltani daikoneiltani
allative daikonilleni daikoneilleni
essive daikoninani daikoneinani
translative daikonikseni daikoneikseni
abessive daikonittani daikoneittani
instructive
comitative daikoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative daikonisi daikonisi
accusative nom. daikonisi daikonisi
gen. daikonisi
genitive daikonisi daikoniesi
daikoneidesi
daikoneittesi
partitive daikoniasi daikoneitasi
daikonejasi
inessive daikonissasi daikoneissasi
elative daikonistasi daikoneistasi
illative daikoniisi daikoneihisi
adessive daikonillasi daikoneillasi
ablative daikoniltasi daikoneiltasi
allative daikonillesi daikoneillesi
essive daikoninasi daikoneinasi
translative daikoniksesi daikoneiksesi
abessive daikonittasi daikoneittasi
instructive
comitative daikoneinesi

Japanese

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Romanization

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daikon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だいこん

Portuguese

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Noun

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daikon m (plural daikons)

  1. (botany) daikon (a large East Asian radish cultivar)