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nitsuke

nitsuke noun: a Japanese technique of simmering food, especially fish, in a strongly-flavoured soy sauce with sake or mirin.

Noun

nitsuke (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese technique of simmering food, especially fish, in a strongly-flavoured soy sauce with sake or mirin.

Origin of nitsuke

From Japanese 煮付け.

Questions about nitsuke

What does nitsuke mean?
Nitsuke means a Japanese technique of simmering food, especially fish, in a strongly-flavoured soy sauce with sake or mirin.
What part of speech is nitsuke?
Nitsuke is a noun.

Words near nitsuke in the dictionary

  1. Nitschke
  2. Nitschkes
  3. nitschkiaceous
  4. Nitshill
  5. nitsky
  6. nitsuke
  7. nitta
  8. Nittany
  9. Nittany apple
  10. nittas
  11. nitted

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