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糟: dregs

dregs; lees; sediment
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Readings

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Variant of 粕 (かす); 糟糠の妻 (そうこうのつま) means a wife who stood by you through poverty.

Key words

糟かすdregs; lees
酒糟さけかすsake lees
糟漬かすづけpickled in sake lees
糟糠そうこうchaff and bran; plain food
糟粕そうはくdregs; sake lees

Example sentences

On cold days, amazake made with dissolved sake lees warms you to the bone.

My mother pickled daikon in sake lees as preserved food for the winter.

A man who doesn't cherish the wife who stood by him in hard times will regret it someday.

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