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    3. 霜降り

    霜降り

    霜しも降ふり​

    speckled with white

    KMT10News #36+1Ref L2Food & DiningKanji Vocab29 strokes

    霜降

    しもふり

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

    Noun

    2.
    marbling (of beef)
    3.
    (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water
    abbreviation
    4.
    formation of frost

    Stroke 0 / 29

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    霜しも降ふりの牛ぎゅう肉にくは美お味いしい。

    Marbled beef is delicious.

    KMT10Food & Dining
    このステーキは美うつくしい霜しも降ふりが入はいっている。

    This steak has beautiful marbling.

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    霜しも降ふり肉にくは、口くちの中なかでとろけるような食しょっ感かんが特とく徴ちょうだ。

    Marbled meat is characterized by a melt-in-your-mouth texture.

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    高こう級きゅうな和わ牛ぎゅうは、きめ細こまやかな霜しも降ふりが評ひょう価かされる。

    High-grade wagyu beef is valued for its fine marbling.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    魚さかなの臭くさみを取とるために、霜しも降ふりという調ちょう理り法ほうを用もちいる。

    To remove the fishy smell, a cooking method called "shimofuri" (blanching) is used.

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    Characters that make up this word

    霜
    しも…(1)
    frost
    Kanji
    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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