みじん切り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
切
き > ぎ
Grade: 2

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 微塵 (mijin, “particles, tiny pieces”) +‎ 切り (kiri, “cutting”).[1][2][3][4] The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みじんぎり [mìjíńgírí] (Heiban – [0])[3][5][4]
  • IPA(key): [mʲiʑĩŋʲɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

みじん切(ぎ)り • (mijingiri) 

  1. chopping into small pieces, finely chopping

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 (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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