takuan
takuan noun: a type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
Noun
takuan (uncountable)
- A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
- When daikon is pickled in a paste of salt and rice bran it is called takuan and in this form or in the fresh state it is utilized when available by the majority of Japanese families for every meal.1936, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, page 60
- Hot rice with takuan is as common on Japanese tables as bread and butter in America.2021, Shizuo Tsuji, Yoshiki Tsuji, Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art, Kodansha USA, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- danmuji
Synonyms of takuan
Forms of takuan
| alternative form | takuwan |
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Origin of takuan
Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuan).
Questions about takuan
- What does takuan mean?
- Takuan means a type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
- What part of speech is takuan?
- Takuan is a noun.
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