Etymology

ajinomoto

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Today it means: monosodium glutamate Full definition →

Japanese 味の素
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from味の素
  2. English todayajinomoto

From Japanese 味の素 (Ajinomoto).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.