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噌 kanji
boisterous
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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ソウショウソ
Kun readings
かまびすしい
Words with 噌
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —おかず味噌miso eaten as it is; neat miso as an accompaniment
- —味噌おでんoden made with hatcho miso
- —味噌スープmiso soup
- —味噌擂り坊主low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
- —からし酢味噌vinegared miso mixed with mustard
- —味噌をつけるto make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
- —隣の糂粏味噌the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)
- —味噌ラーメンmiso ramen
- —糞も味噌も一緒not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same
- —下駄と焼き味噌things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso
- —味噌も糞も一緒not distinguishing between what's good and bad; miso and shit are the same
- —味噌煮込みうどんudon cooked in a broth containing miso paste
- —弱味噌weakling; coward
- —脳味噌brains; brain tissue
- —蟹味噌brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
- —焼味噌grilled miso
- —鬼味噌grilled miso mixed with chili peppers; person who acts tough but is actually timid
- —鰹味噌bonito miso; miso mixed with bonito
- —練味噌miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat
- —柚味噌miso with sugar, sake, yuzu juice and skin; hollowed out yuzu stuffed with miso and yuzu juice then baked
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