磨ぎ汁

磨ぎ汁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
磨	汁
と Grade: S	しる > じる Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 磨ぎ (togi, “polishing, washing (rice)”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 磨ぐ (togu, “to polish, to wash (rice)”)) +‎ 汁 (shiru, “broth, juice, liquid”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とぎじ​る [tògíjíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • (Tokyo) とぎじる [tògíjírú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ɡʲiʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

磨ぎ汁 (hiragana とぎじる, rōmaji togijiru)

1. water, usually cloudy, that has been used to wash rice

   Synonyms: 研ぎ水 (togimizu), 磨ぎ水 (togimizu), 白水 (shiromizu) (literally “white water”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN