clear soup; suimono
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.
In kaiseki cuisine, suimono is often served first.
This clear soup contains shrimp and mitsuba.
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in menus and recipes.
Variant without okurigana; seen in some contexts but less common than 吸い物.
Search-only kana-kanji mixed form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 吸い (sui, 'sucking, sipping') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The term originally referred to a dish meant to be sipped or drunk.