みそっかす

noun

miso lees; miso dregs; miso strainings

The solid residue left after straining miso; a literal food term.

• 味み噌そ汁しるを作つくったあと、みそっかすが残のこった。

  After making miso soup, miso lees were left.

noun

good-for-nothing; worthless person; left-out child

Colloquial, often used for a child who is excluded or treated as useless by peers; can also refer to any worthless thing or person. Sense 3 (child left out of games) is a specific common usage.

• あの子こはいつもみそっかすにされて、かわいそうだ。

  That child is always treated as a good-for-nothing, poor thing.

• グループで一人ひとりだけみそっかす扱あつかいされた。

  In the group, only one person was treated like a worthless outcast.