also: みそだれ · みそタレ · みそたれ
miso-based sauce; miso sauce
A sauce made primarily from miso, often used as a dipping sauce or glaze in Japanese cuisine. Common varieties include sweet miso sauce and spicy miso sauce.
This miso sauce goes really well with grilled rice balls.
If you grill the fish after brushing it with miso sauce, it turns out fragrant and delicious.
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling; ダレ is often written in katakana for clarity.
Hiragana spelling for たれ; slightly less common than katakana but still natural.
Full katakana for タレ; seen in menus and product labels.
Full hiragana for たれ; less common but readable.
Kanji spelling for たれ; rarely used in modern writing, mostly historical or stylistic.
Compound of 味噌 (miso, 'fermented soybean paste') and タレ (tare, 'sauce, dipping sauce'). The second element is often written in katakana for clarity.