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

Noun

笹(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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