お新香

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Japanese

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お新香 (oshinko): typical pickled vegetables as a side dish.
Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
こう > こ
Grade: 4
irregular
Alternative spelling
御新香

Etymology

Compound of (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 新香 (shinkō, shinko, literally “new fragrance”, as these were traditionally only pickled for a few days). Usage appears to be shifting now from meaning specifically lightly pickled vegetables, to meaning pickled vegetables in general.

Pronunciation

Noun

(しん)() (oshinko

  1. (polite) pickled vegetables

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: oshinko
  • French: oshinko

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN