糠: rice bran

rice bran

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Readings

コウ

Kun

ぬか

Everyday words use the native reading ぬか. The on-reading こう appears only in 糟糠 (humble fare), as in 糟糠の妻.

糠ぬかrice bran

糠漬けぬかづけrice-bran pickles

糠味噌ぬかみそrice-bran pickling bed

糠喜びぬかよろこびshort-lived joy

糟糠の妻そうこうのつまwife who shared the hard times

祖母そぼが作つくった糠漬ぬかづけのきゅうりは、とてもおいしかった。

The cucumbers my grandmother pickled in rice bran were delicious.

勝かてると思おもったのは糠喜ぬかよろこびで、結局けっきょくは逆転ぎゃくてん負まけした。

Thinking we could win was premature joy; in the end we lost in a comeback.

彼かれは成功せいこうしてからも、苦労くろうを共ともにした糟糠の妻そうこうのつまを大切たいせつにした。

Even after he succeeded, he cherished the wife who had shared his hardships.