Etymology

takuan

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Today it means: A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color. Full definition →

Japanese 沢庵
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from沢庵
  2. English todaytakuan

Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuan).

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