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nigari

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ni-gari
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.

Uncountable

noun

salt derived from bittern, a powdered form also used in making tofu

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 苦汁 (nigari, “bittern”).

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Questions

What does nigari mean?
bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.
Where does nigari come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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