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shirataki

shirataki noun: thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac.

Noun

shirataki (countable and uncountable, plural shirataki)

  1. Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac.

Forms of shirataki

pluralshirataki

Origin of shirataki

Borrowing from Japanese 白滝 (shirataki).

Questions about shirataki

What does shirataki mean?
Shirataki means thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac.
What part of speech is shirataki?
Shirataki is a noun.
What is the plural of shirataki?
The plural of shirataki is shirataki.

Words near shirataki in the dictionary

  1. shiralees
  2. shirallee
  3. shirallees
  4. shiranui-gata
  5. Shiras
  6. shirataki
  7. shiraz
  8. shirazes
  9. Shirazi
  10. Shirazis
  11. Shirburnian

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