In an old travel account, fierce tidal whirlpools are called naruto.
narutomaki; spiral-patterned fish cake
Abbreviation of 鳴門巻き, the white-and-pink spiral kamaboko often used in ramen. In food contexts it is commonly written ナルト or なると.
See also: 鳴門巻き
I put one slice of narutomaki on the ramen.
spiral cutting technique
Culinary term for cutting or presenting ingredients in a spiral, whirlpool-like pattern. This is a specialized food-preparation use rather than a general everyday noun.
In culinary terminology, naruto refers to a technique of cutting ingredients into a spiral pattern.
Naruto; city in Tokushima
Only when written 鳴門
Proper-place use for Naruto City in Tokushima Prefecture. Restricted this sense to the spelling 鳴門.
Naruto is a city in the northeastern part of Tokushima Prefecture.
Naruto Strait
Only when written 鳴門
Abbreviated place-name use from 鳴門海峡. Restricted this sense to the spelling 鳴門.
The Ōnaruto Bridge spans the Naruto Strait and connects Awaji Island with Shikoku.
Naruto wakame
Only when written 鳴門
Food-product abbreviation for 鳴門若布 or なるとわかめ, wakame associated with the Naruto area. Restricted this sense to the spelling 鳴門.
See also: 鳴門若布 (なるとわかめ)
On a dried-goods menu or label, 鳴門 can refer to Naruto wakame.
I topped the piping hot ramen with narutomaki and ate it.
I cut the cucumber into a spiral and scattered it over the salad.
鳴門巻き is the full name for the spiral fish cake, while 鳴門 is the common shortened form used casually in menus and recipes.
Main spelling and the spelling used for the place names and spelling-restricted senses.
Practical katakana spelling for the fish-cake sense in menus and everyday food contexts.
Less common alternate kanji spelling; avoid it for the Naruto city, Naruto Strait, and Naruto wakame senses, which Restricted to 鳴門.
Practical hiragana spelling for the fish-cake sense; the reading supports this pronunciation, but this is not the normal spelling for the proper-name senses.
Derivation from 鳴門海峡 for the whirlpool and strait-related senses. The fish-cake and culinary senses are connected to the whirlpool-like spiral pattern. Beyond this association with the Naruto Strait and its whirlpools, the detailed historical derivation is uncertain.