みじん切ぎり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

finely chopped; minced

Cooking term for cutting ingredients into very small pieces, smaller than 粗みじん (coarse chop).

玉たまねぎをみじん切ぎりにする。
Finely chop the onion.
にんにくのみじん切ぎりを加くわえて炒いためる。
Add the minced garlic and stir-fry.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉をみじん切ぎりにするto mince/chop something finely
玉たまねぎをみじん切ぎりにする。
Chop the onion finely.
〈物もの〉のみじん切ぎりfinely chopped ~ (as an ingredient)
にんにくのみじん切ぎりを加くわえる。
Add the minced garlic.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
微delicate, minuteness, insignificance
塵dust, trash, garbage

Related words

刻きざむN3
刻む is the general verb for cutting or chopping food into pieces, whereas みじん切り specifically names the finely-minced result or technique.
小こ刻きざみ
みじん切り is a specific cooking term for chopping ingredients very finely, while 小刻み is broader and can also describe repeated motion or incremental change.

Don't confuse with

輪わ切ぎり
みじん切り means finely mincing food into tiny pieces, unlike 輪切り which keeps the food as whole round slices.

Written forms

みじん切ぎり
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
微み塵じん切ぎり
Full kanji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 微塵 (みじん, 'tiny particle') + 切り (きり, 'cutting'), from 切る (きる, 'to cut').