おかべ
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Japanese
Etymology
From 御壁 (o-kabe, “wall”, honorific), from the resemblance between a block of tofu and a white wall.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- (dialectal, Ishikawa, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki) tofu, bean curd
- Synonym: 豆腐 (tōfu)
- (dialectal, Nagasaki) okara (solid byproduct of soy milk production)
References
- ^ “おかべ【御壁】”, in 日本方言大辞典 (Nihon Hōgen Daijiten, “Nihon Hōgen Daijiten”)
(in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1989, released online 2016, →ISBN
