nigari
English
Etymology
From the Japanese 苦汁 (nigari, “bittern”).
Noun
nigari (uncountable)
- (food) bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.
Anagrams
- Ingria, airing
French
Etymology
From the Japanese 苦汁 (nigari, “bittern”).
Noun
nigari m (uncountable)
- (food) bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.
Japanese
Romanization
nigari
- Rōmaji transcription of にがり