Shimofuri

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霜降り (Shimofuri) is a Japanese adjectival noun meaning “speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water”.

Meanings

  1. adjectival noun, nounspeckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)
  2. nounmarbling (of beef)
  3. noun(of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
  4. nounformation of frostorig. meaning

Examples

  • In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 霜降り

frostdescend

Related words

to descendto descend (e.g. a mountain)to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)frostto make a decisionto take downon and afterto jump downsurrendersurrendersurrenderdescent