mirins

Noun

mirin (usually uncountable, plural mirins)

1. (usually) 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