香こう香こう

noun

pickled vegetables

Refers to vegetables pickled in a fragrant mixture, often with soy sauce, sake lees, or other seasonings. The term is somewhat specialized and may be encountered in culinary contexts.

• 香こう香こうは、酒さけ粕かすや醤しょう油ゆで漬つけた野や菜さいのことを指さします。

  Kōkō refers to vegetables pickled in sake lees or soy sauce.

• 祖そ母ぼが作つくる香こう香こうは、ご飯はんによく合あう。

  The pickled vegetables my grandmother makes go well with rice.