味噌

Chinese

taste sound of bells, etc; to scold; whoosh!
simp. and trad.
(味噌)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 (miso).

Pronunciation


Noun

味噌

  1. miso (fermenting soybean paste)

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Jinmeiyō
goon kan’yōon

Alternative forms

  • 味醤

Etymology

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Pronunciation

Noun

味噌 (hiragana みそ, katakana ミソ, rōmaji miso)

  1. miso (fermenting soybean paste)
  2. the innards of a crab or shrimp resembling miso
  3. the good part (from the taste of miso)
    そこがミソなんだよ。
    Soko ga miso na n da yo.
    That's the great part about it.
  4. Short for 味噌っ滓 (misokkasu): a good-for-nothing child
  5. a weakling
  6. a failure
    Synonyms: しくじり (shikujiri), 失敗 (shippai)

Derived terms

Idioms

Proverbs

  •  () () (くそ) (いっ) (しょ) (miso mo kuso mo issho),  (くそ) () () (いっ) (しょ) (kuso mo miso mo issho)
  •  (おに) () () (oni miso)
  •  (ちょう) (じゃ) (はぎ) () () () (chōja no hagi ni miso o nuru)

Descendants

See also

Proper noun

味噌 (hiragana みそ, rōmaji Miso)

  1. a surname

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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