noun
finely chopped; minced
Cooking term for cutting ingredients into very small pieces, smaller than 粗みじん (coarse chop).
玉ねぎをみじん切りにする。
Finely chop the onion.
にんにくのみじん切りを加えて炒める。
Add the minced garlic and stir-fry.
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
Full kanji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.
Compound of 微塵 (みじん, 'tiny particle') + 切り (きり, 'cutting'), from 切る (きる, 'to cut').