お新香

Japanese

お新香 (oshinko): typical pickled vegetables as a side dish.
Kanji in this term
新 香
しん
Grade: 2		 こ
Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of お (o, honorific prefix) +‎ 新香 (shinkō or shinko, literally “new fragrance”, as these were traditionally only pickled for a few days).[1][2] Usage appears to be shifting now from meaning specifically lightly pickled vegetables, to meaning pickled vegetables in general.

Pronunciation

Noun

お新香 (hiragana おしんこ, rōmaji oshinko)

  1. (polite) pickled vegetables

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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