Meaning of narazuke | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of Japanese pickle preserved in sake lees.

Examples

“The presents in money and kind from the benevolent public to the Hospital ships, Kobe Maru and Saikio Maru, were as follows: […] Narazuke (a kind of Japanese pickled vegetables): 1 Cask”

“Generally only cucumbers, eggplants, melons and a few other kinds are made into misozuke or narazuke.”

“The grand-mother in the house in Kyoto where I once lived claimed that a whiff of Nara-zuke was enough to make her drunk.”

“He is almost alcohol-intolerant and can bear only a small glass of beer or a few slices of narazuke before flushing deeply.”

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