雁擬き

Japanese
雁擬き (ganmodoki): two cakes of ganmodoki.
Kanji in this term
雁 擬
がん
Jinmeiyō		 もど
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 雁 (gan, “wild goose”) +‎ 擬き (modoki, “imitating”), from the way the flavor imitates that of goose meat.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Pronunciation

Noun

雁擬き (hiragana がんもどき, rōmaji ganmodoki)

  1. ganmodoki: a type of fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, such as carrots, lotus roots and burdock
    Synonyms: がんも (ganmo), 飛竜頭 (hiryūzu) (Kansai)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. “がんもどき”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  3. “がんもどき”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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