切きり干ぼし

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

dried daikon strips

Refers to daikon radish that has been cut into thin strips and dried, used as a preserved food. Often rehydrated and used in simmered dishes, salads, or as a topping.

切きり干ぼし大だい根こんを水みずで戻もどしてから煮に物ものに使つかいます。
I rehydrate dried daikon strips in water and then use them in simmered dishes.
このサラダには切きり干ぼしが入はいっています。
This salad contains dried daikon strips.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
干dry, parch, ebb
乾drought, dry, desiccate

Related words

切きり干ぼし大だい根こん
A longer, more explicit term for the same food; 切り干し is a common abbreviation.
干ほし大だい根こん
Refers to whole or large pieces of dried daikon, not necessarily cut into strips.

Word family

切きり干ぼし大だい根こん
dried daikon strips

Built from

切きる+干ほす

Written forms

切きり干ぼしUsage78%
Standard spelling; the most common written form.
切きり干ぼしUsage20%
Abbreviated spelling; rarely used.
切きり干ぼしUsage3%
Variant with the first kanji in shinjitai form; less common but still seen.
切きり乾ぼし
Uses the kanji 乾 (dry) explicitly; very rare.

Etymology

Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting', from 切る) and 干し (hoshi, 'drying', from 干す), referring to the process of cutting and drying daikon radish.