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わらび粉 (わらびこ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

わらび粉こ

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Meanings

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noun

bracken starch

Starch produced from the rhizomes of bracken fern, used in traditional Japanese sweets like warabimochi.

わらび粉こを使つかってわらび餅もちを作つくった。
I made warabimochi using bracken starch.

Written forms

わらび粉こUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling using 粉 (powder/starch).
蕨わらび粉こ
Alternate spelling using the full kanji for bracken (蕨). Less common but still seen.

Kanji

粉flour, powder, dust
蕨bracken, fernbrake

Similar words

わらび餅もち
A traditional sweet made from わらび粉, often dusted with kinako and served with kuromitsu.
片かた栗くり粉こ
Potato starch, a more common thickener; sometimes used as a substitute for bracken starch in modern recipes.

Etymology

Compound of わらび (bracken) and 粉 (powder/starch).