切きり干ぼし大だい根こん

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Meanings

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dried daikon strips

Thinly sliced daikon radish that has been dried, used as a preserved food. Often rehydrated and simmered in Japanese cooking.

I rehydrate the dried daikon strips in water and then use them in simmered dishes.

大だい根こん
Fresh daikon radish, as opposed to the dried strips.
干ほし大だい根こん
Another term for dried daikon, but 切り干し大根 specifically refers to thinly sliced strips.

Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting') + 干し (hoshi, 'drying') + 大根 (daikon, 'daikon radish'). The spelling 干し is from 干す (hosu, 'to dry').