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煮抜き卵 (にぬきたまご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

煮に抜ぬき卵たまご

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Meanings

1

hard-boiled egg

Kansai dialect term for a hard-boiled egg. In standard Japanese, 固ゆで卵 or ゆで卵 is more common.

関かん西さいでは、ゆで卵たまごのことを「煮に抜ぬき卵

たまご

」

と

言い

う

こと

が

ある

。

In Kansai, a boiled egg is sometimes called 煮抜き卵.

Kanji

煮boil, cook
抜slip out, extract, pull out
卵egg, ovum, spawn
玉jewel, ball
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

ゆで卵たまご
Standard Japanese for 'boiled egg', not dialect-specific.
固かたゆで卵たまご
Standard Japanese for 'hard-boiled egg', specifying the firmness.

Built from

煮に抜ぬき+卵たまご

Written forms

煮に抜ぬき卵たまご
Standard kanji spelling.
煮に抜ぬき玉たま子ご
Alternate spelling using 玉子 for 'egg'.

Etymology

Compound of 煮抜き (にぬき, 'boiling thoroughly') and 卵 (たまご, 'egg'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is associated with Kansai dialect usage.