微塵粉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
微 塵 粉
み
Grade: S		 じん
Hyōgaiji		 こ
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

/midinko/ → /miʑĩŋko/

From 微 (み)塵 (じん) (mijin, “small piece, fragment”) + 粉 (こ) (ko, “flour, powder”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Alternate forms

Pronunciation

Noun

微塵粉 (hiragana みじんこ, rōmaji mijinko, historical hiragana みぢんこ)

  1. rice granules
  2. coarse glutinous rice flour, often used in 菓子 (kashi, “candy”) production

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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