Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dashi

/ˈdæʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: dashi
IPA: /ˈdæʃi/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Kombu (KOHM-boo): This Japanese seaweed is used to make dashi, an Asian soup stock, and to flavor rice and stews."
"A great dashi (stock) is essential, as it is the crucial element in soups, dipping sauces, nimono (simmered dishes) and nabemono (hotpot dishes), and for cooking fish and vegetables."
"Dashi is the basic soup stock for many Japanese dishes including noodle soups."

Etymology

From Japanese 出汁 (dashi, “essence, dashi soup”) (hiragana だし), from noun form of 出す (dasu, “to draw, to extract”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 出汁

Usage

Inflected Forms

dashis (plural)

Homonyms

dashy

Questions

How do you pronounce dashi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdæʃi/.
What does dashi mean?: A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
Where does dashi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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