Etymology

shottsuru

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Today it means: A pungent Japanese fish sauce, usually made from sandfish, typical of Akita. Full definition →

Japanese 塩汁
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from塩汁
  2. English todayshottsuru

Borrowed from Japanese 塩汁, 醢汁 (しょっつる, shottsuru, literally “salt soup”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.