takuan

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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”

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