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Kotomora

粕

scrap, waste

FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハク

Kun'yomi

  • かす

Meaning

粕 centers on the leftover, useless residue after something valuable has been extracted: scraps, dregs, or waste material.

Most common words using 粕

  • 甘粕あまかす

    thick amazake; thick sweet sake

  • 〆粕しめかす

    oil cake; scrap cake

  • なたね粕なたねかす

    rapeseed meal; rapeseed lees

  • 削り粕けずりかす

    shavings; filings

  • 味噌粕みそかす

    miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs

  • 大豆粕だいずかす

    soybean cake

  • 粕取りかすとり

    shōchū made from sake lees

  • 粕取り焼酎かすとりしょうちゅう

    shōchū made from sake lees

  • 粕漬けかすづけ

    fish or vegetables pickled in sake lees

  • 糟粕そうはく

    sake lees

  • 荒粕あらかす

    fish fertilizer; fertilizer made from fish scraps

  • 豆粕まめかす

    bean cake; soybean (oil) meal

  • 醤油粕しょうゆかす

    soy sauce lees; soy sauce cake

  • 飴粕あめかす

    residue left after making starch syrup

  • 魚粕ぎょかす

    fish meal

  • 鰊粕にしんかす

    dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

  • 黒粕くろかす

    sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)

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Etymology

粕 combines 米 (rice) with 白 (white), suggesting the white, leftover rice dregs after brewing or pressing. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination fits the meaning of waste or scrap from grain processing.

Meaning mnemonic

Rice 米 that has turned white 白 and empty after all the good stuff is taken out: that's the scrap, the waste, the leftover dregs.

Reading mnemonic

For ハク, imagine a hack job of processing rice, leaving only white waste behind: hack -> ハク, and the scrap is all that remains.