noun
mirin-dried fish
A traditional Japanese preserved food: fish is butterflied or sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, then dried in the sun. Often grilled before eating.
味醂干しを軽く炙って食べると美味しい。
Mirin-dried fish is delicious when lightly grilled.
このみりんぼしは甘辛い味付けが絶妙だ。
This mirin-dried fish has an exquisite sweet-salty seasoning.
干物 is a general term for dried fish, while 味醂干し specifically refers to fish seasoned with mirin and soy sauce before drying.
Compound of 味醂 (mirin, sweet cooking rice wine) and 干し (drying, from 干す 'to dry').