eel-liver soup
A clear soup made with eel liver, often served as part of a traditional eel dish set.
The eel over rice came with eel-liver soup.
Standard kanji spelling for this dish.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, less common but readable.
Abbreviated spelling, sometimes seen in menus or casual contexts.
Mixed abbreviated spelling, rarely used.
Formed from 肝 “liver” and 吸い, an abbreviation of 吸い物 “clear soup”; the dish traditionally contains eel liver.