takuwan

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A form of takuan — A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.

OriginJapanese 沢庵 →
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Meanings

nountakuwan (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of takuan.

    Arrange on top of the rice any of the following: colored shrimp flakes, tuna seasoned with bottled teriyaki sauce, thin slices of takuwan, small cooked shrimp, […]

    2000, Ann Kondo Corum, Ethnic Foods of Hawaiʻi, page 73

Origin

  1. Japanese沢庵
  2. Englishtakuwan

Borrowed from Japanese 沢庵 (takuwan).

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APA

takuwan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takuwan

MLA

“takuwan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takuwan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “takuwan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/takuwan.

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