Takuan

Quick meaning: Takuan is a noun meaning A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

Word Forms

• takuwan

Synonyms for takuan

Depending on context, synonyms include danmuji.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include takuwan, daikon, tsukemono, fukujinzuke, youkan, shibazuke.

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