sake lees soup
A traditional Japanese soup made with sake lees (sake kasu), often containing vegetables, fish, or other ingredients. A warming winter dish.
On cold days, I crave sake lees soup.
この粕汁は酒粕の風味が効いていて美味しい。
This sake lees soup is delicious with a rich sake kasu flavor.
Standard modern spelling.
Older kanji form using 糟; 粕 is more common in modern usage.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, commonly seen in everyday writing.
Compound of 粕 (kasu, 'sake lees') + 汁 (shiru, 'soup'). The reading じる is a rendaku form of しる.