苦塩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	塩
にが Grade: 3	しお Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) にがしお [nìgáshíó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɕio̞]

Noun

苦塩 (hiragana にがしお, rōmaji nigashio, historical hiragana にがしほ)

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

Synonyms

苦汁 (にがり) (nigari)

References

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

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