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吸い物 (すいもの) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
clear soup ; suimono
food / cooking
A traditional Japanese clear broth soup, often served in a lidded bowl, with ingredients like fish, vegetables, or tofu floating in it. Common in kaiseki and formal meals.
Written forms 吸す い 物もの Usage 72%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in menus and recipes.
吸すい 物もの Usage 19%
Variant without okurigana; seen in some contexts but less common than 吸い物.
吸す いもの Usage 9%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-kanji mixed form; not a standard spelling.
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This clear soup contains shrimp and mitsuba.
Kanji Similar words 味み 噌そ 汁しる Miso soup is a cloudy, everyday soup made with miso paste, while 吸い物 is a clear, delicate broth typically served in formal settings.
お 吸す い 物もの Polite form with the honorific prefix お, commonly used in spoken Japanese and on menus.
Etymology Compound of 吸い (sui, 'sucking, sipping') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The term originally referred to a dish meant to be sipped or drunk.
