also: なまぶし
boiled and half-dried bonito
A processed food made by boiling bonito and then lightly drying or smoking it; softer and less dry than katsuobushi. Used as a topping, in salads, or as a snack.
I sliced the boiled and half-dried bonito thinly and put it on a salad.
This half-dried bonito is moist and delicious even when eaten as is.
Alternate spelling with reading なまぶし; may be encountered but なまりぶし is more standard.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common than なまり節.
From 生り (namari, 'half-dried') + 節 (bushi, 'dried fish fillet'). The reading なまぶし is a variant using 生 (nama, 'raw/fresh').