Translation guide
The English word "tare" refers to a dipping or basting sauce in Japanese cuisine, often used for grilled foods, sushi, or as a seasoning base. It is not a direct translation of a single Japanese word but a culinary term adopted into English.
A sweet-savory sauce used for dipping or basting grilled meats, especially in dishes like yakitori or unagi.
The general term for a dipping or basting sauce in Japanese cooking. It is often soy-sauce based with mirin, sugar, and sake.
I eat yakitori with tare sauce.
Specifically the sauce used for yakitori (grilled chicken skewers).
This yakitori sauce is sweet and salty.
The thick, sweet soy-based sauce used for grilled eel (unagi).
The eel sauce soaks into the rice and is delicious.
A dipping sauce for sushi or sashimi, often soy sauce based, sometimes with added flavors.
A dipping sauce, often used for sashimi or cold noodles. For sushi, it can refer to a seasoned soy sauce.
I eat sashimi with dipping sauce.
Literally 'sushi sauce', but less common than specific terms. Often refers to the soy sauce used for dipping.
The basic sushi sauce is soy sauce.
A concentrated sauce used as a base for other dishes or as a marinade.
The English 'tare' specifically refers to Japanese-style sauces. For other sauces, use words like ソース (sōsu) for Western-style sauces or 醤油 (shōyu) for soy sauce.