also: ドジョウじる
noun
loach soup
A traditional Japanese soup made with pond loaches (どじょう). Often associated with countryside cuisine and sometimes cooked in a miso or soy-based broth.
冬になると、祖母がどじょう汁を作ってくれた。
In winter, my grandmother would make loach soup for us.
この地域の名物料理はどじょう汁です。
The local specialty of this area is loach soup.
Compound of どじょう (loach) + 汁 (soup). The word どじょう itself is of uncertain origin, possibly from mimetic or dialectal roots.