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出汁

だし

soup stock

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Examples

  1. 昆布で出汁を取った。

    こんぶでだしをとった。

    I made stock from kelp.

  2. この味噌汁は出汁がよく効いている。

    このみそしるはだしがよくきいている。

    You can really taste the stock in this miso soup.

  3. 出汁から作ると味が全然違う。

    だしからつくるとあじがぜんぜんちがう。

    It tastes completely different when you make the stock yourself.

Common patterns

出汁を取る
to make stock
出汁が効く
the stock comes through
昆布出汁
kelp stock

Memory tip

The verb is 取る, never 作る: you "take" dashi out of kelp or bonito flakes. It is very often written だし in kana, and 出汁 is an ateji spelling meaning roughly "the liquid drawn out".

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