also: しょうゆダレ · しょうゆタレ · しょうゆたれ
noun
soy-based sauce; soy sauce-based dipping sauce or glaze
A sauce made primarily from soy sauce, often with mirin, sugar, sake, or dashi, used as a dipping sauce, marinade, or glaze in Japanese cooking. Common in dishes like teriyaki, yakitori, and various nimono.
焼き鳥に甘辛い醤油だれを塗って焼く。
Grill the yakitori after brushing it with a sweet and savory soy-based sauce.
この醤油だれは、刺身にもよく合います。
This soy-based sauce also goes well with sashimi.
Compound of 醤油 (しょうゆ, 'soy sauce') and たれ ('sauce, dipping sauce'). The latter derives from the verb 垂れる (たれる, 'to drip, to hang down'), referring to a sauce that drips or is poured over food.