苦塩

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. 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

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