sweet sauce
A sweet sauce used in Japanese cooking, often soy-sauce-based with sugar or mirin. The term is a compound of 甘 (sweet) and ダレ (sauce, from 垂れ).
See also: タレ
I pour sweet sauce over the yakitori.
This sweet sauce also goes well with teriyaki.
Compound of 甘 (sweet) and ダレ (sauce, from the verb 垂れる 'to drip'). The katakana spelling ダレ is common in culinary contexts.