笹かまぼこ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ささ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
笹蒲鉾
笹かまぼこ (sasakamaboko)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(ささ)かまぼこ (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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN