ぬか床どこ

noun

rice-bran pickling bed; nukadoko

A fermented mixture of rice bran, salt, and water used for making Japanese pickles (nukazuke). Requires daily stirring to maintain.

See also: ぬか漬け

• ぬか床どこを毎まい日にちかき混まぜないと、カビが生はえてしまう。

  If you don't stir the nukadoko every day, it will get moldy.

• 祖そ母ぼから受うけ継ついだぬか床どこで、きゅうりを漬つけている。

  I'm pickling cucumbers using the nukadoko I inherited from my grandmother.