Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

takuan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: takuan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When daikon is pickled in a paste of salt and rice bran it is called takuan and in this form or in the fresh state it is utilized when available by the majority of Japanese families for every meal."
"Hot rice with takuan is as common on Japanese tables as bread and butter in America."
"It began to snow heavily once again whilst the two samurai slowly ate their breakfast of rice and takuan radish"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuan).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 沢庵

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

takuwan (alternative)

Synonyms

danmuji

Questions

What does takuan mean?: A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
Where does takuan come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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