ginger vinegar; vinegar with ginger, soy sauce, etc.
A condiment or dipping sauce made by mixing vinegar with ginger juice and often soy sauce. Used in Japanese cuisine, especially with grilled fish or gyoza.
Putting ginger vinegar on grilled fish makes it refreshing.
Some restaurants use ginger vinegar as a dipping sauce for gyoza.
ポン酢 is a citrus-based soy sauce, while 生姜酢 is vinegar-based with ginger and often soy sauce.
三杯酢 is a mixture of vinegar, soy sauce, and mirin in equal parts, without ginger.
Standard kanji spelling using common characters for ginger and vinegar.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.
Katakana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for emphasis or in product names.
Rare kanji form using 薑, an older character for ginger.
Compound of 生姜 (しょうが, ginger) and 酢 (す, vinegar), with rendaku voicing of す to ず.