soup garnish
Refers to solid ingredients floating on top of soup, such as vegetables, tofu, or seafood, added for flavor and presentation.
吸い物に浮き実として三つ葉をのせる。
Place mitsuba on the clear soup as a garnish.
この味噌汁の浮き実
The garnishes in this miso soup are tofu and wakame seaweed.
Standard kanji spelling for soup garnish.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 浮き (uki, 'floating') + 実 (mi, 'fruit, seed, content'), literally 'floating contents'.