濃漿こんず

noun

rice water; water from washing rice

Archaic term for the starchy water left after washing or boiling rice; historically used for cooking or medicinal purposes. Compare modern 重湯 (おもゆ), which is rice gruel or thin rice porridge.

See also: 重湯

• 昔むかしは濃こん漿ずを料りょう理りに使つかったという。

  It is said that in the past, rice water was used in cooking.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょに「濃こん漿ず」の記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  The term 濃漿 appears in old documents.