笹かまぼこ

笹かまぼこ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笹
ささ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	笹蒲鉾

笹かまぼこ (sasakamaboko)

Etymology

From 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”) +‎ 蒲鉾 (kamaboko, “fishcake”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ささか​まぼこ [sàsákáꜜmàbòkò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠sa̠ka̠ma̠bo̞ko̞]

Noun

笹かまぼこ (hiragana ささかまぼこ, rōmaji sasakamaboko)

1. a type of kamaboko that is made to look like a white bamboo leaf; a specialty of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

   Hypernym: 蒲鉾 (kamaboko)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN