Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shirataki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: shi-rata-ki
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 白滝 (shirataki).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 白滝

Usage

Questions

What does shirataki mean?: Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac.
Where does shirataki come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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