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.
焼き鳥にたれをつけて食べる。
I eat yakitori with tare sauce.
Specifically the sauce used for yakitori (grilled chicken skewers).
この焼き鳥のたれは甘辛い。
This yakitori sauce is sweet and salty.
The thick, sweet soy-based sauce used for grilled eel (unagi).
うなぎのたれがご飯にしみて美味しい。
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.
刺身はつけだれで食べる。
I eat sashimi with dipping sauce.
Literally 'sushi sauce', but less common than specific terms. Often refers to the soy sauce used for dipping.
寿司のたれは醤油が基本だ。
The basic sushi sauce is soy sauce.
A concentrated sauce used as a base for other dishes or as a marinade.
Can also refer to a marinade or seasoning base, such as for braised dishes.
肉をたれに漬け込む。
Marinate the meat in the sauce.
A mixed or combined sauce, often used as a dressing or dipping sauce.
この合わせだれはサラダにも合う。
This mixed sauce also goes well with salad.
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.