Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shiokara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sh-iokara
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese delicacy made from small pieces of the meat of marine animals in a paste of the animals' salted, fermented viscera.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 塩辛(しおから) (shiokara).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does shiokara mean?: A Japanese delicacy made from small pieces of the meat of marine animals in a paste of the animals' salted, fermented viscera.
Where does shiokara come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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