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shiokara

shiokara noun: a Japanese delicacy made from small pieces of the meat of marine animals in a paste of the animals' salted, fermented viscera.

Noun

shiokara (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese delicacy made from small pieces of the meat of marine animals in a paste of the animals' salted, fermented viscera.

Origin of shiokara

From Japanese 塩辛(しおから) (shiokara).

Questions about shiokara

What does shiokara mean?
Shiokara means a Japanese delicacy made from small pieces of the meat of marine animals in a paste of the animals' salted, fermented viscera.
What part of speech is shiokara?
Shiokara is a noun.

Words near shiokara in the dictionary

  1. shinzas
  2. Shinzwani
  3. Shio
  4. Shiodome
  5. shiok
  6. shiokara
  7. Shiolan
  8. Shion
  9. shionone
  10. Shiori
  11. shioyaki

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