also: ジーマージャン
Chinese sesame paste
A thick paste made from roasted sesame seeds, used in Chinese and Japanese-Chinese dishes like tantanmen and shabu-shabu dipping sauces. Not the same as Japanese 練りごま (nerigoma), which is pure sesame paste without added oil.
from Chinese zhīmajiàng
Chinese sesame paste is essential for tantanmen.
Mix Chinese sesame paste and soy sauce to make a dipping sauce for shabu-shabu.
Kanji spelling directly from Chinese; the reading チーマージャン is the most common Japanese pronunciation.
Alternate reading; less common than チーマージャン.
Katakana spelling for the alternate reading; rarely used.
Borrowed from Chinese 芝麻醬 (zhīmajiàng), meaning sesame paste. The kanji are used directly, and the reading is an approximation of the Chinese pronunciation.