noun
dried daikon strips
Thinly sliced daikon radish that has been dried, used as a preserved food. Often rehydrated and simmered in Japanese cooking.
切り干し大根を水で戻してから煮物に使います。
I rehydrate the dried daikon strips in water and then use them in simmered dishes.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with 切干 instead of 切り干し.
Variant with 切干し instead of 切り干し.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; 大根 written as だいこん.
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').