takuwan

English

Alternative forms

• takuan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuan).

Noun

takuwan (uncountable)

1. Pickled daikon radish.
   • 2000, Ann Kondo Corum, Ethnic Foods of Hawaiʻi, page 73:

     Arrange on top of the rice any of the following: colored shrimp flakes, tuna seasoned with bottled teriyaki sauce, thin slices of takuwan, small cooked shrimp, […]

Translations

pickled daikon radish — see also pickled daikon radish

• Korean: 단무지 (ko) (danmuji), 다꽝 (ko) (dakkwang), 다꾸앙 (ko) (dakkuang), 다쿠앙 (ko) (dakuang)