mirin
mirin noun: a form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
Noun
mirin (usually uncountable, plural mirins)
- A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
- Although naturally brewed mirin is made from only water, sweet brown rice, and rice koji, much of the mirin sold in natural food stores and Oriental markets is sweetened with sugar or corn syrup; read labels carefully.1989 November, Drew DeSilver, Jan Gahala, “What is that stuff?”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 43
- Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]2017, James Peterson, Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, HarperCollins, →ISBN
mirin meaning in Indonesian
mirin in Indonesian
- Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké
- mirin
Forms of mirin
| plural | mirins |
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Origin of mirin
Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin).
Questions about mirin
- What does mirin mean?
- Mirin means a form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
- What is mirin in Indonesian?
- Mirin in Indonesian is mirin. See Mirin meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is mirin?
- Mirin is a noun.
- What is the plural of mirin?
- The plural of mirin is mirins.
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