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Shōga (生姜) is the Japanese word for ginger and can refer to: Gari (ginger), also called sushi ginger; Beni shōga, a type of Japanese pickle; Pork shogayaki, a Japanese dish with sliced pork and ginger; See also: Kuchi shōga, a Japanese phonetic system for 'pronouncing' the sounds of drums; Shogaol, a chemical found in ginger
Gari (ガリ) is a type of tsukemono (Japanese pickled vegetables). It is made from sweet, thinly sliced ginger that has been marinated in a solution of sugar and vinegar. Younger ginger is generally preferred for gari [1] [2] because of its tender flesh and natural sweetness. Gari is often served and eaten after sushi, and is sometimes called ...
Ginger leaves, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804) Myoga, myoga ginger or Japanese ginger (myōga ) is the species Zingiber mioga in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Tsukemono are also referred to as konomono (香の物), oshinko (御新香), or okōkō (御香々), all carrying the meaning of "fragrant dish" in Japanese. [2] The ko or kō (香) portion in these names means "fragrant", and the term was used as a nyōbō kotoba or "woman's word" for miso in reference to the smell.
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Many generalizations about Japanese pronunciation have exceptions if recent loanwords are taken into account. For example, the consonant [p] generally does not occur at the start of native (Yamato) or Chinese-derived (Sino-Japanese) words, but it occurs freely in this position in mimetic and foreign words. [2]
Beni shōga (紅生姜) is a type of tsukemono (Japanese pickle). It is made from thin strips of ginger pickled in umezu (梅酢), the vinegary pickling solution used to make umeboshi. The red color is traditionally derived from red perilla (Perilla frutescens var. crispa). Commercial beni shōga often derives its hue from artificial coloring.