鳴門巻き

Japanese
A slice of narutomaki served on miso ramen.
Kanji in this term
鳴 門 巻
な(る)
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 2		 ま
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
鳴門卷き (kyūjitai)
鳴門巻
なると巻き

Etymology

Compound of 鳴門 (naruto, “a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools”) +‎ 巻き (maki, “winding; spiral”), for the way the spiral pattern in the kamaboko resembles a whirlpool.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なるとまき [nàrútómákí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝto̞ma̠kʲi]

Noun

鳴(なる)門(と)巻(ま)き • (narutomaki) 

  1. a type of 蒲鉾 (kamaboko, “fishcake”) that is white on the outside with a pink spiral pattern on the inside; prepared in loaves or rolls, then sliced and added to dishes as a garnish

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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