tarako

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noun

A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).

OriginJapanese 鱈子 →
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Meanings

nountarako (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack).

Origin

  1. Japanese鱈子“tarako”
  2. Englishtarako

From Japanese 鱈子 (“tarako”) from 鱈 (tara, “cod”) + 子 (ko, “roe”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kotara
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