Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mirin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: mirin
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Although naturally brewed mirin is made from only water, sweet brown rice, and rice koji, much of the mirin sold in natural food stores and Oriental markets is sweetened with sugar or corn syrup; read labels carefully."
"Teriyaki sauce, a mixture of mirin, sake, soy sauce, and sometimes sugar, may be brushed on meats, fish, or vegetables […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 味醂

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mirins (plural)

Questions

What does mirin mean?: A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
Where does mirin come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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