noun
dried bonito flakes; katsuobushi shavings
Thinly shaved pieces of dried bonito (katsuobushi), used as a topping or to make dashi broth. A staple in Japanese cuisine.
冷奴に削り節をのせて食べる。
I eat chilled tofu topped with bonito flakes.
削り節からだしをとる。
I make dashi stock from bonito flakes.
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in cooking contexts.
鰹節 refers to the whole dried bonito block before shaving; 削り節 is the shaved flakes.
Compound of 削り (kezuri, 'shaving') + 節 (bushi, 'dried fish'). The reading ぶし is a rendaku form of ふし.